Scholarships - Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences

Scholarships and grants

Scholarships
Dora Plus Grants
Dora Plus Action 1
Dora Plus Action 2

Scholarships and grants are a good way to fund your studies and are open to a wide range of students. Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences provides a range of different scholarships and grants.

Scholarship of the Ülo Pärnits Education Foundation

The application deadline is 21 May 2021

The scholarship is intended to support and commend students and lecturers who are successful in teaching and research in their exploratory research (studies, dissertation or master's thesis, scientific publication) related to the development areas of Ülemiste City as a future city, is of practical value and contributes to solving some matters facing Ülemiste City.

A contest for up to four scholarships shall be announced each year.
The minimum monetary value of one scholarship is 1,500 euros.
The scholarship contest shall be announced at least one month before the deadline for receipt of applications in the information channels of Ülemiste City and EUAS Mainor and, if necessary, in partner higher education institutions for Ülemiste City.
Documents to apply for the scholarship should be sent by e-mail to stipendium@eek.ee.
Specific information can be found in the scholarship statute HERE.

RKRN Graduate and Master’s Thesis Scholarship Competition

The scholarship is intended for students of the Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences who have defended their Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis this year and received the grade “excellent”.

The financial value of the scholarship is 500 euros.

The chairpersons of the Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis defense committees have the right to nominate the candidates. The evaluation committee will select two theses from amongst the submissions - the best Bachelor’s thesis and the best Master’s thesis. The authors of the best theses and their supervisors will be recognized at the graduation ceremony.

More information can be found in the scholarship statute.

Kristjan Jaak Scholarships

The Kristjan Jaak Programme awards mobility scholarships to the MA and PhD students and young faculty members. The scholarships are open to the applicants from all subject areas.

Applications are accepted in three categories:

The scholarships for degree studies abroad are available for individuals beginning or continuing their PhD/MA studies at a recognised university abroad and willing to return to Estonia after graduation. The applicant must be able to speak Estonian on a communication level. The deadline for applications is once a year, on April, 1.
The scholarships for study period abroad are created for MA and PhD students wishing to spend part of their studies abroad. The scholarship period can last from one to twelve months based on individual need. Applications are accepted twice a year, on May 1 and on October 15.
The scholarship aimed for supporting short-time visits are awarded for visits abroad that last up to 30 days. These may involve participation in the conferences, intensive courses, visiting libraries or labs, fieldwork, meeting the relevant experts, preparation of teaching material or any other study, research or teaching related activity. The scholarship can be applied for by MA and PhD students, resident physicians and young faculty members (aged up to 35 years of age or 5 years from the defence of their PhD). Applications are accepted four times a year, on March 1, June 1, October 1 and December 1.
The calls for applications are opened in the application system one month before the application deadline.

Detailed application conditions are available HERE.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Scholarship 2021 for Postgraduate International Business Administration Master's Programme

EUAS together with the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers two-year scholarship for a student from Georgia. This scholarship is open to a full-time student undertaking the International Business Administration Master's (IBA) programme at the EUAS and starting their study in September 2021.

This opportunity is open to students from Georgia. To be considered for the scholarship the student must:

be a citizen of and resident in Georgia during the application process
have been accepted for a full-time IBA Master's programme September 2021 intake at the EUAS
self-funding student (not holding a scholarship nor be fully sponsored)

Scholarship Amount

The successful candidate will be awarded a scholarship that covers full tuition fees and pays a monthly stipend.
The scholarship will be initially awarded for the autumn semester and will be extended on merit.
Total amount for 2 years is 18 468 EUR (including tuition fee 10 868 EUR; accommodation and living cost 7600 EUR).
Self-financing is 972 EUR.

The application deadline is 31^st July 2021.
More information HERE.

RCUAS Contest of the applied researches 2021

The application deadline is September 9, 2021

The contest is for EUAS’ individuals (students, teachers) and alumni who has completed the studies this or last year.
The submitted work must be innovative and its results are aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the economy and/or the use of innovative solutions.
The author (s) of the best research will be awarded a scholarship of up to 1000 euros.

In order to participate in the contest please send the completed form and additional documents to the email address info@rkrn.ee.

Specific information can be found in the RCUAS website and in the scholarship statute

City Council Scholarship

The scholarship is intended to support and acknowledge Master’s whose Master’s thesis or research paper addresses a topic related to the fields of activity of the City of Tallinn as a local government, has an applicable value for the city, and contributes to the solution of a problem the City of Tallinn is facing.

The application deadline is April 1, 2021.
The structural unit of the university or the student’s supervisor can nominate a candidate.
The monetary value of a scholarship is 1,000 euros.
Documents to apply for the scholarship should be sent by e-mail to raestipendium@tallinnlv.ee.

Detailed application conditions are available HERE.

ABB scholarship for financial students

ABB Global Business Services (GBS) centre is a company providing support in the fields of finance, human resources and procurement to the business units of ABB Group in Europe and Russia. The scholarship programme gives students a fantastic opportunity to gain experience in an international working environment.

The deadline for submitting applications is April, 12 2021.
Students of financial specialities as well as all others interested in the field of finances are welcome to apply for the scholarship. Within the framework of the scholarship programme, the student undergoes a three-month internship at the ABB services centre.
The monetary value of the scholarship is 3,000 euros.

The documents to apply for the scholarship have to be sent by e-mail to anu.olvik@eek.ee.

More detailed information can be found in the scholarship statute HERE.

ABB scholarship for logistics students

The deadline for submitting applications is 31 May 2021

Students of logistics specialities as well as all others interested in the field of logistics are welcome to apply for the scholarship. Within the framework of the scholarship programme, the student undergoes a three-month internship at the ABB services centre.

ABB Global Business Services (GBS) centre is a company providing support in the fields of finance, human resources and procurement to the business units of ABB Group in Europe and Russia. The scholarship programme gives students a fantastic opportunity to gain experience in an international working environment.

The monetary value of the scholarship is 3,000 euros.

The documents to apply for the scholarship have to be sent by e-mail to anu.olvik@eek.ee.

More detailed information can be found in the scholarship statutes.

Dora Plus Action 1

Sub-action 1.1 Study and research-related short-term mobility

Short-term mobility may last for up to 30 calendar days (inclusive). The grant can be used to participate in a professional conference, seminar or course, or carry out other educational and research-related activities, for example, working in libraries, using laboratories, developing study materials, working with a supervisor, participating in field work, consultations or other similar tasks, which are closely related to the priorities of Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences.

The grant may be applied by anyone who is:

an accredited Master’s student of Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences;
a lecturer or researcher at Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences, is not older than 35 years of age on the first day of the mobility, or who has defended their Doctoral Thesis less than 5 years ago. Parental leave can be used to prolong these limitations proportionally;
not on academic leave during the mobility;
not using this grant together with other mobility grants (the Kristjan Jaak grant, Eramus+, other actions in Dora Plus etc.);
not using this grant to visit multiple countries at once.

Grant amount: The maximum amount granted is €2,000 per mobility.

The grants are given according to a ranking list and the principle, that every applicant will receive no more than two mobility grant per academic year.

Expenses covered:

travel expenses
accommodation
allowance: €32 per day, paid no longer than 1 day before the event and 1 day after the event.
Participation fee (will be covered according to early bird fees and an expense document/bill, or confirmation by the organizer)

NB! Expenses (except for the participation fee) cannot be covered by other sources (except for personal funding by the applicant).

Additional information: http://haridus.archimedes.ee/en/amount-scholarship4

Applying:

To apply for the grant, the applicant should fill the application form and applications are accepted four times during a calendar year:

1 February (visits starting from April, 1)
1 May (visits starting from July,1)
1 September (visits starting from November, 1)
1 November (visits starting from January, 1)

The EUAS Dora Plus council will make a decision and submit the grants for approval to SA Archimedes by the 10th of the month following the deadline.

There must be a 6-week period between the 10th of the month following the deadline to the start of the mobility (SA Archimedes reserves the right to allow exceptions)!

Important! Using the European Regional Development Fund must be proven on paper. If the documents are not submitted on time, the grant must be returned. The grant is also withdrawn, if the applicant does not submit their report on time.

Acknowledgement:

The Dora Plus programme are funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Estonia. Both grantees and universities must cite the European Regional Development Fund’s Dora Plus programme. This is not a complicated task – just add the logos of the EU Regional Development Fund and SA Archimedes, or cite them in text (e.g. “This article was funded by the European Union via the European Regional Development Fund”).

Please also read the procedure for applying for sub-action 1.1

Additional information:

Mari Taalmann
Dora Plus A1.1 and A2 coordinator

E-mail: mari.taalmann@eek.ee

Dora Plus Action 2

Sub-action 2.1 Inclusion of foreign Master’s students

The goals of this action are to support foreign Master’s students studying in Estonia, thereby contributing to the exchange of knowledge, to make the local study process more internationalised and to increase the amount of highly educated workers in Estonia in the long run. As a result of the sub-action, the capability of Estonian higher education institutions to accept international students will increase, as will the numbers of Master’s students attending Estonian schools.

Support is offered to talented foreign Master’s students in Estonian universities. Support is also offered to foreign Master’s students and they can only obtain a grant when studying in Estonia full-time and for one academic year at a time.

The grant can be awarded to a Master’s student of Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences:

who is a full time international master’s student at EUAS, i.e. has received 54EAP during their first year of studies;
who is not a resident of the Republic of Estonia;
who is not a citizen of Estonia;
whose country of residence is not Estonia;
who does not have a permanent residence permit/long-term residence permit;
who studies on a nationally certified programme, which is 100% non-Estonian;
who has not been in Estonia for more than one year during the past three years, except when they have studied and graduated from a Master’s programme at an Estonian university, and will continue their studies at EUAS on 1 September;
who does not receive additional support from other sources. The student will have to confirm the fact. There are exceptions according to the Archimedes statute: studies can be covered from the resources allocated to the university by the Ministry of Education and Research, the Dora Pluss short-term study mobility grants offered to Master’s students, or the smart specialisation grants.

The scholarship for foreign Master’s students is 350 euros per month. The scholarship could be awarded for one academic year for Master´s students, i.e. 10 calendar months at a time.

Conditions for applying for the scholarship:

A free format signed application to stand as a candidate is submitted to EUAS Dora Plus Coordinator by October 10. The application includes the year of admission, title of the study programme, a confirmation that the student does not receive financial support under other measures and a motivational letter.

Please read before submitting your application: EUAS procedure for applying for sub-action 2.1

Additional information:

Mari Taalmann
Dora Plus A2.1 coordinator at EUAS
E-mail: mari.taalmann@eek.ee

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