Estonian Language Courses

Click on the course you are interested in to see the course description, schedule, and other information in the Study Information System. Please note the language of instruction for each course.

Fall 2025/2026 Semester Courses

HVEE.02.005 Estonian as a Second Language for Academic Purposes (3 ECTS) Maarika Teral, Aive Mandel

FLEE.04.126 Estonian for Advanced Learners I (C1.1) (6 ECTS) Maarika Teral

FLEE.04.124 Practical Estonian Phonetics (3 ECTS) Kristiina Praakli

HVEE.05.025 Estonian (C1) (6 ECTS) Maarika Teral – Online!

HVEE.05.047 Estonian Language Communication Course with a Language Friend (2 ECTS) Maarika Teral

HVEE.05.030 Estonian Conversation Course (2 ECTS) Maarika Teral

FLEE.02.042 Estonian Orthography and Composition (3 ECTS) Riina Reinsalu, Helena Lemendik

FLEE.04.188 Drama Texts in Language Learning (4 ECTS) Maarika Teral, Sirje Rammo

HVEE.05.028 Tandem Language Learning (3 ECTS) Aive Mandel

Autumn semester courses start in the first or second week of September, and Spring semester courses start in the second week of February (see the academic calendar). They last for a total of 15-16 weeks. Registration for courses in the Study Information System is open from 15 May to 16 December and remains open until the beginning of the semester. During that period, we upload the course information to our website, and applications from continuing education students are also welcome.

In addition, we offer:

• KeeleKohting (Language Dating) provides an opportunity to practice Estonian with native speakers. Language Dates take place on the last Wednesday of each month at Lossi 3 lobby.
• Train your Estonian pronunciation independently using the SayEst mobile application developed by linguists at the University of Tartu's Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics.
• Estonian Language Summer Courses in collaboration with the Swedish Estonian Association.

If you have a deeper interest in Estonian language and culture:

• Would you like to improve your Estonian language skills to navigate the Estonian language and culture more confidently and support your studies in your main field? If you are studying another subject for your Bachelor's degree and Estonian is not your mother tongue, then you are more than welcome to choose Estonian as a Foreign Language as your minor.
• You are welcome to study in the English-language Master's curriculum Estonian and Finno-Ugric Languages, where you can choose the specialization of Estonian or Finno-Ugric linguistics.

See also:

• Estonian Language Courses at the Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures.