🇪🇪 18 institutions · 7 universities · 11 professional higher education institutions
Estonia's 18 higher-education institutions — and when each was last accredited.
Every university and professional higher education institution on the Ministry of Education and Research's list, with each institutional accreditation decision of the Estonian Quality Agency for Education (HAKA) and its term.
Universities
7
Professional higher education institutions
11
Latest term of seven years
18 of 18
Accreditation decisions listed
41
since 2012; for 3, the latest decision asks for a report on a condition
What it costs, and what isn't here
Under the Higher Education Act (§ 16), study on an Estonian-language programme is free for a full-time student who keeps up the required credits; at a private institution this applies only to programmes that receive state activity support (§ 46). Students on programmes taught in other languages, including English, and part-time students may be charged fees, which each institution sets — Study in Estonia gives €1,500 – €15,000 a year as the usual range for bachelor's and master's programmes, with a few more expensive exceptions.
Which study-programme groups each institution may teach is decided by the minister of education under the Higher Education Act (§ 10) — earlier rights granted by the Government carry on until the minister re-grants them (§ 48). We found no published list of those decisions, and the current Higher Education Standard no longer has an annex naming institutions, so programme groups aren't shown here. Each institution's own website lists its programmes.
No student numbers, fees, entry thresholds or graduate outcomes are published per institution as open data — the ministry's statistics portal (Haridussilm) shows them only as interactive reports, without files or a licence — so this is a directory, not a matcher.
All 18 institutions
Grouped as the ministry lists them (its list was last updated on 25 May 2026). Beside each: the term of its latest institutional accreditation, as listed by HAKA on 23 October 2026. The Estonian name is the official one, as the ministry lists it; English names are those Study in Estonia, the Education and Youth Board's programme, uses.
Public universities
Avalik-õiguslikud ülikoolid
- Estonian Academy of ArtsEesti Kunstiakadeemia · Tallinn
Earlier terms: 2017–2024
- Estonian University of Life SciencesEesti Maaülikool · Tartu
- Estonian Academy of Music and TheatreEesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia · Tallinn
Assessed by MusiQuE (Music Quality Enhancement), with a decision of HAKA's council.
Earlier terms: 2017–2024
- Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)Tallinna Tehnikaülikool · Tallinn
Earlier terms: 2015–2022
- Tallinn UniversityTallinna Ülikool · Tallinn
A condition was attached; HAKA lists it as met.
Earlier terms: 2014–2021
- University of TartuTartu Ülikool · Tartu
Earlier terms: 2015–2022
State professional higher education institutions
Riigi rakenduskõrgkoolid
- Estonian Military AcademyKaitseväe Akadeemia · Tartu · a structural unit of the Estonian Defence Forces
Earlier terms: 2014–2021
- Estonian Academy of Security SciencesSisekaitseakadeemia · Tallinn · in the Ministry of the Interior's area of government
Professional higher education institutions administered by the Ministry of Education and Research
Haridus- ja Teadusministeeriumi hallatavad rakenduskõrgkoolid
- Estonian Aviation AcademyEesti Lennuakadeemia · Reola, Tartu County
- TTK University of Applied SciencesTallinna Tehnikakõrgkool · Tallinn
Earlier terms: 2015–2022
- Tallinn Health Care CollegeTallinna Tervishoiu Kõrgkool · Tallinn
A condition was attached; HAKA lists it as met.
Earlier terms: 2013–2020
- Pallas University of Applied SciencesKõrgem Kunstikool Pallas · Tartu
- Tartu Health Care CollegeTartu Tervishoiu Kõrgkool · Tartu
A condition was attached; HAKA lists it as met.
Earlier terms: 2013–2020
Private professional higher education institutions
Erarakenduskõrgkoolid
- Institute of Theology of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran ChurchEELK Usuteaduse Instituut
A condition was attached and HAKA lists it as met; a new condition was then attached, with a report due by 28 January 2027.
Earlier terms: 2016–2023
- Baltic Methodist Theological SeminaryEesti Metodisti Kiriku Teoloogiline Seminar · Tallinn
A condition was attached; a report on it is due by 19 February 2027.
- Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied SciencesEesti Ettevõtluskõrgkool Mainor · Tallinn
A condition was attached; HAKA lists it as met.
Earlier terms: 2014–2021
- Estonian Free Church Theological SeminaryEesti EKB Liit Kõrgem Usuteaduslik Seminar · Tallinn
A condition was attached; a report on it is due by 1 July 2027.
Earlier terms: 2019–2026
Institutional accreditation assesses the institution as a whole — its management, teaching, research and resources — not each programme. Under the Higher Education Act (§ 38), HAKA accredits an institution for seven years where it meets the requirements, for three years where it has deficiencies to remedy, or refuses accreditation. Terms are as listed by HAKA on the date we read its page; a listing is not a statement that an institution is accredited today.
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Sources: Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium (Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia), list of higher-education institutions (updated 25 May 2026); Estonian Quality Agency for Education (Eesti Hariduse Kvaliteediagentuur, HAKA), institutional accreditation decisions (page updated 25 June 2026). Read on 23 October 2026. Facts re-keyed by CollegeMatcher under the Copyright Act of Estonia (Autoriõiguse seadus) § 5 p 3 and p 7; English names as Study in Estonia gives them; the groups' English labels and the wording of conditions are ours. No HAKA logo or text is reproduced.