Admissions
05.06.2025
Urban Studies MSc programme online info session
The additional intake for the Urban Studies Master’s programme at EKA is open until 19 June 2025. On Thursday, 5 June 2025 at 16:00 (EET), all prospective Master’s students are warmly invited to join an online info session introducing the programme.
This is a great opportunity to learn about how the Urban Studies Master’s programme is structured, how to prepare for the admissions process, and what is expected from candidates. There will also be a chance to ask questions. The info session will be held in English.
Those interested are kindly asked to register via the link below. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants shortly before the start of the session.
More information about the Urban Studies Master’s programme can be found here:
The application period for the international Urban Studies Master’s programme at EKA remains open until 19 June 2025.
More information about admissions can be found here.
Urban Studies MSc programme online info session
Thursday 05 June, 2025
The additional intake for the Urban Studies Master’s programme at EKA is open until 19 June 2025. On Thursday, 5 June 2025 at 16:00 (EET), all prospective Master’s students are warmly invited to join an online info session introducing the programme.
This is a great opportunity to learn about how the Urban Studies Master’s programme is structured, how to prepare for the admissions process, and what is expected from candidates. There will also be a chance to ask questions. The info session will be held in English.
Those interested are kindly asked to register via the link below. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants shortly before the start of the session.
More information about the Urban Studies Master’s programme can be found here:
The application period for the international Urban Studies Master’s programme at EKA remains open until 19 June 2025.
More information about admissions can be found here.
03.04.2025
Open Architecture Lecture: Ingo Kowarik
The 2025 Spring semester session of the Open Lectures ”City as novel ecosystem” focuses on landscape architecture and, more specifically, urban nature.
The lecture series is being put together by landscape architects Karin Bachmann, Merle Karro-Kalberg and Anna-Liisa Unt, who have co-founded and edited the landscape architecture magazine ÕU for 7 years and are currently leading the project “Curated Biodiversity”, which experiments with ways to make urban landscaping more diverse as an environment. Therefore, the open lectures in the spring will also turn their attention to the quality of the space between buildings and, using the speakers’ words and creations, show how to make the city more biodiverse and enjoyable and how people and other species that call the city their home can live in symbiosis.
Next week, on April 3rd at 6:00 PM, Ingo Kowarik will give the next open lecture of the spring semester, “Wild Urban Nature: Challenge or Opportunity?”.
Cities have long been wrested from the wilderness, and traditional urban design often contrasts sharply with nature. Yet even highly urbanised areas can become places of wild nature, as seen in an unintended experiment in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. After 1945, many areas lay fallow, and in West Berlin, redevelopment progressed much more slowly than elsewhere. The study of urban revegetation — and its potential for quality of life and biodiversity conservation — made Berlin a cradle of modern urban ecology. The “Berlin School of Urban Ecology” uniquely integrates ecology, planning, and design. This approach, together with community-based activities, has enabled vast areas of urban wilderness to be woven into the city’s green system, despite growing land competition. The fusion of wilderness, design, and management has created distinctive green spaces that connect people with nature while supporting climate adaptation.
Ingo Kowarik studied landscape planning at TU Berlin and led the Department of Ecosystem Science/Plant Ecology for over 20 years. As Berlin’s honorary State Commissioner for Nature Conservation and Land Management, he was also involved in numerous green projects.
The lectures are intended for all disciplines, not only for students and professionals in the field of architecture.
All lectures are held on Thursdays at 6 pm in the EKA main auditorium. All lectures are in English and free of charge.
Schedule of the Spring 2025 lectures:
March 27. Toposcape: Justyna Dziedziejko & Magdalena Wnęk https://toposcape.pl/
April 3. Ingo Kowarik https://www.tu.berlin/en/oekosys/about/team/ingo-kowarik
April 10. Jan van Schaik https://www.janvanschaik.com/
April 24. Taktyk https://taktyk.net/
Within the framework of a series of open lectures, the Faculty of Architecture of EKA presents a dozen unique practitioners and valued theorists in the field in Tallinn every academic year.
The lecture series is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Open Architecture Lecture: Ingo Kowarik
Thursday 03 April, 2025
The 2025 Spring semester session of the Open Lectures ”City as novel ecosystem” focuses on landscape architecture and, more specifically, urban nature.
The lecture series is being put together by landscape architects Karin Bachmann, Merle Karro-Kalberg and Anna-Liisa Unt, who have co-founded and edited the landscape architecture magazine ÕU for 7 years and are currently leading the project “Curated Biodiversity”, which experiments with ways to make urban landscaping more diverse as an environment. Therefore, the open lectures in the spring will also turn their attention to the quality of the space between buildings and, using the speakers’ words and creations, show how to make the city more biodiverse and enjoyable and how people and other species that call the city their home can live in symbiosis.
Next week, on April 3rd at 6:00 PM, Ingo Kowarik will give the next open lecture of the spring semester, “Wild Urban Nature: Challenge or Opportunity?”.
Cities have long been wrested from the wilderness, and traditional urban design often contrasts sharply with nature. Yet even highly urbanised areas can become places of wild nature, as seen in an unintended experiment in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. After 1945, many areas lay fallow, and in West Berlin, redevelopment progressed much more slowly than elsewhere. The study of urban revegetation — and its potential for quality of life and biodiversity conservation — made Berlin a cradle of modern urban ecology. The “Berlin School of Urban Ecology” uniquely integrates ecology, planning, and design. This approach, together with community-based activities, has enabled vast areas of urban wilderness to be woven into the city’s green system, despite growing land competition. The fusion of wilderness, design, and management has created distinctive green spaces that connect people with nature while supporting climate adaptation.
Ingo Kowarik studied landscape planning at TU Berlin and led the Department of Ecosystem Science/Plant Ecology for over 20 years. As Berlin’s honorary State Commissioner for Nature Conservation and Land Management, he was also involved in numerous green projects.
The lectures are intended for all disciplines, not only for students and professionals in the field of architecture.
All lectures are held on Thursdays at 6 pm in the EKA main auditorium. All lectures are in English and free of charge.
Schedule of the Spring 2025 lectures:
March 27. Toposcape: Justyna Dziedziejko & Magdalena Wnęk https://toposcape.pl/
April 3. Ingo Kowarik https://www.tu.berlin/en/oekosys/about/team/ingo-kowarik
April 10. Jan van Schaik https://www.janvanschaik.com/
April 24. Taktyk https://taktyk.net/
Within the framework of a series of open lectures, the Faculty of Architecture of EKA presents a dozen unique practitioners and valued theorists in the field in Tallinn every academic year.
The lecture series is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
27.03.2025
Open Architecture Lecture: topoScape
The 2025 Spring semester session of the Open Lectures ”City as novel ecosystem” focuses on landscape architecture and, more specifically, urban nature.
The lecture series is being put together by landscape architects Karin Bachmann, Merle Karro-Kalberg and Anna-Liisa Unt, who have co-founded and edited the landscape architecture magazine ÕU for 7 years and are currently leading the project “Curated Biodiversity”, which experiments with ways to make urban landscaping more diverse as an environment. Therefore, the open lectures in the spring will also turn their attention to the quality of the space between buildings and, using the speakers’ words and creations, show how to make the city more biodiverse and enjoyable and how people and other species that call the city their home can live in symbiosis.
The first lecture of the spring semester lecture series will take place on March 27 at 6:00 pm in the EKA large auditorium. Architects Justyna Dziedziejko and Magdalena Wnęk from the Polish landscape architecture firm TopoScape will take the stage with a lecture „Park on the Warsaw Uprising Mound – design development method”.
„The topic of this lecture is to discuss the design process we used in the creation of the ‘Park on the Warsaw Uprising Mound’. During the lecture we will discuss strategies aimed at creating a place-related design that supports biodiversity and closed cycle economy, we will define principles for typifying components that constitute the value of a place. The example of the park realises our postulation of an interdisciplinary design process, combining ideas based on the history of a place and nature. We will talk about the practical principles of information selection, interdisciplinary cooperation and guidelines for the construction phase of the park. The example of the Warsaw park shows how a degraded, abandoned and forgotten area, which is a post-industrial type space (brownfield), becomes a vibrant place again.”
The lectures are intended for all disciplines, not only for students and professionals in the field of architecture.
All lectures are held on Thursdays at 6 pm in the EKA main auditorium. All lectures are in English and free of charge.
Schedule of the Spring 2025 lectures:
March 27. Toposcape
April 3. Ingo Kowarik
April 10. Jan van Schaik
April 24. Taktyk
For those registered for optional subjects, the essay submission date is 12.05.2025.
Within the framework of a series of open lectures, the Faculty of Architecture of EKA presents a dozen unique practitioners and valued theorists in the field in Tallinn every academic year.
The lecture series is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Open Architecture Lecture: topoScape
Thursday 27 March, 2025
The 2025 Spring semester session of the Open Lectures ”City as novel ecosystem” focuses on landscape architecture and, more specifically, urban nature.
The lecture series is being put together by landscape architects Karin Bachmann, Merle Karro-Kalberg and Anna-Liisa Unt, who have co-founded and edited the landscape architecture magazine ÕU for 7 years and are currently leading the project “Curated Biodiversity”, which experiments with ways to make urban landscaping more diverse as an environment. Therefore, the open lectures in the spring will also turn their attention to the quality of the space between buildings and, using the speakers’ words and creations, show how to make the city more biodiverse and enjoyable and how people and other species that call the city their home can live in symbiosis.
The first lecture of the spring semester lecture series will take place on March 27 at 6:00 pm in the EKA large auditorium. Architects Justyna Dziedziejko and Magdalena Wnęk from the Polish landscape architecture firm TopoScape will take the stage with a lecture „Park on the Warsaw Uprising Mound – design development method”.
„The topic of this lecture is to discuss the design process we used in the creation of the ‘Park on the Warsaw Uprising Mound’. During the lecture we will discuss strategies aimed at creating a place-related design that supports biodiversity and closed cycle economy, we will define principles for typifying components that constitute the value of a place. The example of the park realises our postulation of an interdisciplinary design process, combining ideas based on the history of a place and nature. We will talk about the practical principles of information selection, interdisciplinary cooperation and guidelines for the construction phase of the park. The example of the Warsaw park shows how a degraded, abandoned and forgotten area, which is a post-industrial type space (brownfield), becomes a vibrant place again.”
The lectures are intended for all disciplines, not only for students and professionals in the field of architecture.
All lectures are held on Thursdays at 6 pm in the EKA main auditorium. All lectures are in English and free of charge.
Schedule of the Spring 2025 lectures:
March 27. Toposcape
April 3. Ingo Kowarik
April 10. Jan van Schaik
April 24. Taktyk
For those registered for optional subjects, the essay submission date is 12.05.2025.
Within the framework of a series of open lectures, the Faculty of Architecture of EKA presents a dozen unique practitioners and valued theorists in the field in Tallinn every academic year.
The lecture series is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
10.03.2025
Conversation evening on Japanese architecture: Yuma Shinohara
Conversation evening on Japanese architecture with Yuma Shinohara
on Monday, March 10 at 5:00 PM in room A-501
The Estonian Association of Architects and the Estonian Academy of Arts invite you to participate in a conversation evening, where Yuma Shinohara, curator of the Swiss Museum of Architecture, will introduce the work of the younger generation of Japanese architects, whose focus is on society and environmental issues. Moving away from the usual image of the architect-author, they have discovered for themselves the charm of working together. The conversation evening will be hosted by Siim Tanel Tõnisson and Saskia Krautman.
Exhibitions curated by Yuma Shinohara: “Make Do With What Is: New Directions in Japanese Architecture” (2024), “Make Do With Now” (2022), “SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook” (2023), “Beton” (2021) and “Swim City” (2019). Before joining S AM Swiss Architecture Museum, he worked as an editor and curator at the Storefront for Art and Architecture gallery in New York, Ruby Press, the Academy of Arts in Berlin and the Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Yuma Shinohara was invited by the Estonian Association of Estonian Architects – he is a member of the jury for this year’s Young Architect Award.
Supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Conversation evening on Japanese architecture: Yuma Shinohara
Monday 10 March, 2025
Conversation evening on Japanese architecture with Yuma Shinohara
on Monday, March 10 at 5:00 PM in room A-501
The Estonian Association of Architects and the Estonian Academy of Arts invite you to participate in a conversation evening, where Yuma Shinohara, curator of the Swiss Museum of Architecture, will introduce the work of the younger generation of Japanese architects, whose focus is on society and environmental issues. Moving away from the usual image of the architect-author, they have discovered for themselves the charm of working together. The conversation evening will be hosted by Siim Tanel Tõnisson and Saskia Krautman.
Exhibitions curated by Yuma Shinohara: “Make Do With What Is: New Directions in Japanese Architecture” (2024), “Make Do With Now” (2022), “SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook” (2023), “Beton” (2021) and “Swim City” (2019). Before joining S AM Swiss Architecture Museum, he worked as an editor and curator at the Storefront for Art and Architecture gallery in New York, Ruby Press, the Academy of Arts in Berlin and the Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Yuma Shinohara was invited by the Estonian Association of Estonian Architects – he is a member of the jury for this year’s Young Architect Award.
Supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
04.02.2025
Graphic Design MA programme online info session 2025
EKA Graphic Design MA program invites prospective students to join the online info session on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 17:00 EET (local Estonian time). This will be an opportunity to hear more about the program, to meet and ask questions directly from the faculty.
The online info session will be hosted on Zoom, the link will be e-mailed to all registrants 2 hours before the start of the event.
Please register by Monday, 3 February 2025, 15:00h EET. A zoom-link will be e-mailed out to all registrants a few hours before the event starts.
Register HERE
More information about the Graphic Design MA programme:
Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2025 and application deadline is 3rd of March 2025.
Graphic Design MA programme online info session 2025
Tuesday 04 February, 2025
EKA Graphic Design MA program invites prospective students to join the online info session on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 17:00 EET (local Estonian time). This will be an opportunity to hear more about the program, to meet and ask questions directly from the faculty.
The online info session will be hosted on Zoom, the link will be e-mailed to all registrants 2 hours before the start of the event.
Please register by Monday, 3 February 2025, 15:00h EET. A zoom-link will be e-mailed out to all registrants a few hours before the event starts.
Register HERE
More information about the Graphic Design MA programme:
Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2025 and application deadline is 3rd of March 2025.
27.01.2025
Animation MA programme online info session 2025
EKA Animation MA programme invites prospective master’s students to join the programme’s online info session on Monday, January 27, 2025 at 18:00 EET (local Estonian time).
This will be a good opportunity to hear more about the programme and to meet and ask questions directly from the people of animation department – both the teaching staff and the current students.
The online info session will be hosted online over Zoom and the link will be e-mailed out to all registrants 2 hours before the start of the event.
If you would like to attend, please register online through the form below.
Register HERE
More information about the Animation MA programme:
Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2025 and application deadline is 3rd of March 2025.
Animation MA programme online info session 2025
Monday 27 January, 2025
EKA Animation MA programme invites prospective master’s students to join the programme’s online info session on Monday, January 27, 2025 at 18:00 EET (local Estonian time).
This will be a good opportunity to hear more about the programme and to meet and ask questions directly from the people of animation department – both the teaching staff and the current students.
The online info session will be hosted online over Zoom and the link will be e-mailed out to all registrants 2 hours before the start of the event.
If you would like to attend, please register online through the form below.
Register HERE
More information about the Animation MA programme:
Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2025 and application deadline is 3rd of March 2025.
27.01.2025
Contemporary Art MA online info session 2025
EKA Contemporary Art MA program invites prospective students to join the online info session on Monday, January 27, 2025 at 16:00 EET (local Estonian time). This will be an opportunity to hear more about the program, to meet and ask questions directly from the faculty.
The online info session will be hosted on Zoom, the link will be e-mailed to all registrants 2 hours before the start of the event.
If you would like to attend, please register online through the form below.
Register HERE
More information about the Contemporary Art MA programme:
Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2025 and application deadline is 3rd of March 2025.
Contemporary Art MA online info session 2025
Monday 27 January, 2025
EKA Contemporary Art MA program invites prospective students to join the online info session on Monday, January 27, 2025 at 16:00 EET (local Estonian time). This will be an opportunity to hear more about the program, to meet and ask questions directly from the faculty.
The online info session will be hosted on Zoom, the link will be e-mailed to all registrants 2 hours before the start of the event.
If you would like to attend, please register online through the form below.
Register HERE
More information about the Contemporary Art MA programme:
Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2025 and application deadline is 3rd of March 2025.
13.02.2025
Craft Studies MA programme online info session 2025
EKA Craft Studies MA programme invites prospective master’s students to join the programme’s online info session on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 17:00 EET (local Estonian time).
This will be a good opportunity to hear more about the curriculum, and to meet and ask questions from the people behind the programme.
The online info session will be hosted online over Zoom and the link will be e-mailed out to all registrants 2 hours before the start of the event.
If you would like to attend, please register online through the form below.
Register HERE
More information about the Craft Studies MA programme: https://www.artun.ee/en/curricula/craft-studies/overview/
Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2025 and application deadline is 3rd of March 2025.
Craft Studies MA programme online info session 2025
Thursday 13 February, 2025
EKA Craft Studies MA programme invites prospective master’s students to join the programme’s online info session on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 17:00 EET (local Estonian time).
This will be a good opportunity to hear more about the curriculum, and to meet and ask questions from the people behind the programme.
The online info session will be hosted online over Zoom and the link will be e-mailed out to all registrants 2 hours before the start of the event.
If you would like to attend, please register online through the form below.
Register HERE
More information about the Craft Studies MA programme: https://www.artun.ee/en/curricula/craft-studies/overview/
Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2025 and application deadline is 3rd of March 2025.
06.02.2025
Urban Studies MSc programme online info session 2025
EKA Urban Studies MSc programme invites prospective master’s students to join the programme’s online info session on Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 18:00 EET (local Estonian time).
This online info session will be a good opportunity to hear more about the curriculum, and to meet and ask questions directly from people behind the Urban Studies programme. The info session will be hosted online over Zoom.
If you would like to attend, please register online through the form below. A link to attend will be e-mailed shortly before the event begins.
REGISTER HERE
More information about Urban Studies MSc programme:
Next admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2025 and application deadline is 3rd of March 2025.
Urban Studies MSc programme online info session 2025
Thursday 06 February, 2025
EKA Urban Studies MSc programme invites prospective master’s students to join the programme’s online info session on Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 18:00 EET (local Estonian time).
This online info session will be a good opportunity to hear more about the curriculum, and to meet and ask questions directly from people behind the Urban Studies programme. The info session will be hosted online over Zoom.
If you would like to attend, please register online through the form below. A link to attend will be e-mailed shortly before the event begins.
REGISTER HERE
More information about Urban Studies MSc programme:
Next admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2025 and application deadline is 3rd of March 2025.
05.02.2025
Interaction Design MA programme online info session 2025
EKA Interaction Design MA programme invites prospective Master’s students to join the online info session on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 17:00 EET (local Estonian time).
Register HERE
More information about the Interaction Design MA (IxD.ma) programme:
Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2025 and application deadline is 3rd of March 2025.
Interaction Design MA programme online info session 2025
Wednesday 05 February, 2025
EKA Interaction Design MA programme invites prospective Master’s students to join the online info session on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 17:00 EET (local Estonian time).
Register HERE
More information about the Interaction Design MA (IxD.ma) programme:
Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2025 and application deadline is 3rd of March 2025.