At the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics, theses are defended in four curricula. See information about theses defenses and come to listen!
All defenses are open to listeners.
The dates and venues of defenses for the academic year 2025/2026 are as follows:
| Estonian and Finno-Ugric linguistics BA | January 27th 2026 | Jakobi 2-438 |
| Linguistics MA | January 27th 2026 | Jakobi 2-438 |
| Estonian language and literature teacher MA | January 30th 2026 | Jakobi 2-428 |
| Estonian and Finno-Ugric linguistics | June 2nd, June 3rd 2026 | Jakobi 2-438 |
| Estonian and Finno-Ugric Languages | June 5th 2026 | Jakobi 2-438 |
| Estonian language and literature teacher | June 4th, June 5th 2026 | Ülikooli 18-139 |
| Linguistics | June 8th 2026 | Jakobi 2-438 |
Additional defence dates
| Estonian and Finno-Ugric linguistics BA | June 25th 2026 | Jakobi 2-438 |
| Linguistics MA | June 26th 2026 | Jakobi 2-438 |
| Estonian language and literature teacher MA | August 24th 2026 | Jakobi 2-428 |
For all theses to be defended in January, the due date is January 19th at 12:00 PM.
For all theses to be defended at the beginning of June, the due date us May 21st at 12:00 PM.
For all theses to be defended on additional defence dates, the due date is June 17th at 12:00 PM.