Finno-Ugric language courses

The Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics offers a wide variety of Finno-Ugric language courses, from Livonian to Hungarian. In addition to language courses, Finno-Ugric culture courses are also offered. Click on the course of interest to see course descriptions, dates, etc. in the study information system.

Courses in English for the fall semester of the 2025/2026 academic year

Erzya Language
FLEE.07.171 Erzya Language (3 ECTS) Denys Teptiuk

Finnish Language
HVEE.03.007 Finnish for Beginners I on the Basis of English, Level 0 > A2 (6 ECTS), Atte I. P. Huhtala

Komi Language
FLEE.07.192 Komi Language I (3 ECTS) Nikolay Kuznetsov

More Distantly Related Languages
FLEE.07.182 More Distantly Related Languages I (3 ECTS) Gerson Stefan Klumpp - Samoyedic languages

More courses on the basis of Estonian can be found here.

Fall semester courses start in the first or second week of September and spring semester courses start in the second week of February (see academic calendar) and last for a total of 15-16 weeks. Registration for courses in the study information system is open from May 16 and December 16, respectively, and will remain open until the beginning of the semester. At the same time, we will also upload the courses to the website, and applications for continuing education students are also expected from the same dates.

If you have a deeper interest in Finno-Ugric languages and culture:

• You can apply to the English-language curriculum "Estonian and Finno-Ugric Languages", where you can specialise in Estonian or Finno-Ugric linguistics.

See also:

• Fenno-Ugria association