Category: Departments

EKA Graphic Design MA program invites prospective students to join the online info session on Thursday, January 29, 2026 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 Wednesday, 28 January 2026, 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:

• https://eka-gd-ma.ee/
• https://www.artun.ee/ma-gd/
• https://www.instagram.com/ekagd_ma/

Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2026 and application deadline is 2nd of March 2026 at 3pm EET (local Estonian time).

Admissions information here

EKA Interaction Design MA programme invites prospective Master’s students to join the online info session on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 17:00 EET (local Estonian time).

You’ll have an opportunity to hear about the mission and philosophy of the programme, learn about student experiences and see their projects, take a virtual tour in our studios, and meet and ask questions directly from the faculty, students and alumni.

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 the Interaction Design MA (IxD.ma) programme:

• https://www.ixd.ma
• https://www.artun.ee/ixd
• https://www.facebook.com/IxD.ma
• https://www.instagram.com/ixd.ma/

Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2026 and application deadline is 2nd of March 2026 at 3pm EET (local Estonian time).

Admissions information here

EKA Contemporary Art MA program invites prospective students to join the online info session on Monday, January 19, 2026 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.

If you would like to attend, please register online through the form below.

Register HERE

More information about the Contemporary Art MA programme:

• https://www.artun.ee/maca
• https://www.instagram.com/macatallinn/

Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2026 and application deadline is 2nd of March 2026 at 3pm EET (local Estonian time).

Admissions information here

EKA Craft Studies MA programme invites prospective master’s students to join the programme’s online info session on Thursday, January 15, 2026 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/
• https://www.instagram.com/eka_craftstudies

Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2026 and application deadline is 2nd of March 2026 at 3pm EET (local Estonian time).

Admissions information here

EKA Animation MA programme invites prospective master’s students to join the programme’s online info session on Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 17:00 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:

• https://www.artun.ee/animation
• https://www.facebook.com/EKAanimatsioon
• https://vimeo.com/ekaanima

Admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2026 and application deadline is 2nd of March 2026 at 3pm EET (local Estonian time).

Admissions information here

EKA Urban Studies MSc programme invites prospective master’s students to join the programme’s online info session on Monday, January 12, 2026 at 17:00 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:

• https://www.artun.ee/urban-studies
• https://www.facebook.com/urbantallinn
• https://www.instagram.com/ekaurbanstudies

Next admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2026 and application deadline is 2nd of March 2026 at 3pm EET (local Estonian time).

Admissions information here

A public peer-review of knowledge transfer PhD student Liisi Tamm’s first case study will be held on December 17th at 16:00–17:30 at the Estonian Academy of Arts, room A202. The case study is part of a creative doctoral thesis analyzing design practice and methods of working with wool to determine its influence on design decisions and the designer’s role in meaning making. The knowledge transfer partner for the doctoral project is Pallas University of Applied Sciences.

Supervisors: Jaana Päeva PhD (EKA) and prof. Aet Ollisaar (Pallas)
The peer-reviewers are Ave Matsin and Nithikul Nimkulrat PhD (OCAD University)

The first case study focuses on the process of creating the material – making wool yarn. It examines how working directly with wool – from sorting and washing to hand- and machine-spinning – shapes textile students’ experience with the material, influencing their design process, aesthetic choices, and attitudes toward the value of local wool.

EKA Doctoral School will be hosting an online info session about doctoral studies at EKA on February 11, 2026, at 15:00-16:30 EET (local Estonian time). 

Info session provides a good opportunity to hear more about doctoral studies at EKA, available programmes, admission requirements and procedure, etc; also meet and ask questions directly from people behind the Doctoral School and the programmes. The info session will be hosted online over Zoom. A link to attend will be e-mailed to registered participants shortly before the event begins.

REGISTER HERE

The Estonian Academy of Arts offers following PhD level programmes for international applicants:

• Architecture and Urban Planning
• Art and Design
• Art History and Visual Culture
• Cultural Heritage and Conservation

Admission period for international PhD applicants for 2026/2027 starts on February 1st, 2026. Deadline for submitting application is March 31st, 2026, at 3pm (EET).

Admission requirements for PhD programmes can be found HERE.

More information:
Irene Hütsi
Doctoral School coordinator
irene.hutsi@artun.ee

A collective end-event of the Studio1: Urbanization course by the first year Urban Studies students. Feel free to jump in any time, bring your headphones and dress warm!

Location: at Putukaväil, bus stop Ehte
Start date: 07. 12. 2025.
Start time: 12.00

Through the semester, we walked, talked, toured, detoured, shared, felt, lost and found the essence of Shtromka and now we would like to warmly invite you to join our final walk – a shared journey through the complexity of time, space, imagination, and communities.

But what does Shtromka, a colloquial term, an intuitive district, tell us about our time, if space can be a socio-cultural mirror? And what forms the futures might take – both for communities and for spatial structures – if we look closely at the stories of Sthromka and broader cultural, economical and political forces that hold and shape us? And ultimately, why does Shtromka matter, after all?

Together, we will peel back the layers of Shtromka, dive into the questions it arises and situate them within the wider contexts of the emerging processes. Along the way, we will share our 11 individual projects, each living at the intersection of these questions and feelings, curated into three thematic detours – each ending with a shared moment of reflection, where we can open the floor to collective discussion.

12.00 – 14.00 detour1 – – – – – – – – meeting at Putukaväil, bus stop Ehte

15.20 – 16.30 detour2 – – – – – – – – meeting at Sõle tn 67

17.00 – 18.15 detour3 – – – – – – – – meeting at bus stop Pelguranna

Students:

Mahamudul Hasan
Kadri Haugas
Md. Shariful Islam
Mihkel Uku Karindi
Catherine Vera Lavrik
Helka Molnar
Luca Oszwald
Alexander João Pereira Witte
Clara Prellwitz
Nabid Shovon
Elena Wübbeling

Tutors:

Mira Samonig
Karina Vabson

This exhibition features handmade books by EKA students as the culmination of a course in which they worked with photographs in book format. They explored the similarities and differences between artist books, self-publishing, and book dummies. In addition to creating and editing visual materials, students tried their hand at design, pre-press, and binding by hand. 

The books contain both analog and digital photos in the form of collages, typologies, narratives, and archival materials. The subjects explored include personal themes such as hometown, friendship, family, and childhood, as well as everyday life, the inexpressibility of feelings and perceptions, and mundane architecture.

Artists participating in the exhibition: Mikk Keis, Olesja Prants, Gleb Volodtšenko, Mari Karjus, Viktoria Weiszova, Tobias Tikenberg, Jana Mätas (MACA), Kristiina Aarna (DKT).

Supervisor Mirjam Varik.