MASTER’S PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
Estonia
FACTS ABOUT TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (TTÜ) • • • • • • • • •
Public university, founded in 1918 Biggest university in the capital with nearly 12,000 students Unique, internationally-recognised programmes Modern award-winning campus The most international university in Estonia - over 90 nationalities Close cooperation with industry; strong emphasis on entrepreneurship Mektory Innovation and Business Centre No 601-650 in the QS World University Rankings® 2016/2017 Many scholarships available
FACTS ABOUT ESTONIA • • • • • •
Location: North-eastern Europe Population: 1.3 million Member of: EU, NATO, OECD, Schengen Area, Eurozone Official language: Estonian. English widely spoken A safe Nordic country with European living standards at affordable prices One of the most advanced e-societies, with e-elections, e-taxes, e-police, e-healthcare, e-banking, e-schooling, and hundreds of other e-services • One of the hottest start-up hubs in Europe • A clean and green living environment (ranked 1st worldwide in air quality by WHO)
PROGRAMMES INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT (MSC) Number of tuition fee waiver scholarships (free study places): 7 (out of 10 study places). Additional scholarships available! Tuition fee for fee-paying students is 3,300€ for each academic year. Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in mechanical or manufacturing engineering or in economics or business administration. The programme focuses on the following topics: supply chain management, quality management, rapid product development, production planning and management, e-manufacturing, and innovation. The key words for the present situation worldwide are production globalisation, international and local cooperation, and a dynamic market. KEY FEATURES • Teaching staff includes lecturers from the industry and international professors • On-site visits to manufacturing firms and lots of area-related associations for students (ABB, Ericsson, Bestnet, Cybernetica, etc) • Various interactive games for Lean production, 5S, and production management and optimisation skills development • Students can use various items of equipment in Protolab (3D scanners, 3D printers, and laser sintering units) and Product Modelling and Material Dynamical Testing Laboratory. ERP, PLM, CAD, and CAE software is also used in the study process • Master’s theses are commonly based on real-life problems experience within the industry and/or company and therefore possess a practical value on top of an academic one. Many graduates proceed to work for the companies in question after graduation FUTURE CAREER OPTIONS This programme aims to prepare engineers who will be experts in a particular field of engineering and have the required skills for company management. Graduates can work in every field, starting from manufacturing and ending with retail. Possible positions include production manager, project manager, quality manager, and CEO.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT (MSC) Number of tuition fee waiver scholarships (free study places): 8 (out of 10 study places). Additional scholarships available! Tuition fee for fee-paying students is 3,300€ for each academic year. Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in engineering (industrial, chemical, electrical, mechanical, materials, civil, etc). The programme offers an integrated approach towards current and long term strategic environmental issues, focusing on technologies and concepts in environmental planning and management for the sustainable development of industrial production systems. This programme provides interdisciplinary solutions in a market-based economy through the integrated management of water, wastewater, solid wastes, and air pollutants. KEY FEATURES • Students have the opportunity to take part in various environmental research projects • The professors for the programme, Mr Enn Loigu and Mr Rein Munter, received a significant award from the president of Estonia in 2012 for their lifetime’s research in this field, both in Estonia and internationally • Greener technological solutions for the environment FUTURE CAREER OPTIONS Career opportunities exist in managerial and policy positions in companies, consulting firms, and in government as an environmental manager, engineer, auditor, or policy analyst. The graduates work as environmental engineers in industrial and trade enterprises, municipalities, and environmental agencies.
DESIGN AND ENGINEERING (MSC) Number of tuition fee waiver scholarships (free study places): 9 (out of 12 study places). Additional scholarships available! Tuition fee for fee-paying students is 3,300€ for each academic year. Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in technology or design (a BSc in engineering or a BA in design). In cases in which students already possess a strong degree of professional experience in product development or design, exceptions in the candidate’s background can be allowed. The ‘Design and Engineering’ multi-disciplinary programme has been created with the purpose of combining the rigours of technical development and the honing of engineering competence with the creative, inspirational, and communicative power of design. Besides the two core study areas of design and engineering, students will gain a firm understanding of the contemporary entrepreneurial world. Keep on eye on their projects, events, and news at: www.design-engineering.ee. KEY FEATURES • The core of the course is formed around Design Studio development projects run in multidisciplinary teams and with industry partners • There are special studio rooms dedicated to product development courses to which students have access twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Additionally, the facilities in Mektory include wood and metal workshops that are open to our students throughout the course of their studies • The programme offers a joint degree from two respected universities in Estonia: Tallinn University of Technology and the Estonian Academy of Arts FUTURE CAREER OPTIONS Product development professionals and managers who are able to work in a wide scope of creative integrated development teams, able to tie together the technological opportunities provided by industry with opportunities that can be found on the market, able to compose technology, design, and user-centred studies, or create and develop new product solutions. Entrepreneurs will be working with innovative and technologically-demanding product systems.
MATERIALS AND PROCESSES FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGETICS (MSC) Number of tuition fee waiver scholarships (free study places): 15 (out of 17 study places). Additional scholarships available! Tuition fee for fee-paying students is 3,300€ for each academic year. Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in natural sciences or engineering. The programme provides an education in science and engineering involving alternative energy materials with a strong technology component and specialisations either on materials or processes in sustainable energetics. The goal of this programme is to educate specialists who are able to design, develop, and improve materials for use in sustainable energy systems. KEY FEATURES • A joint programme with the University of Tartu • Integrating lectures, laboratory work, theoretical classes, and experience in industries • The specialisation in materials side of the programme will concentrate on functional materials, solar panels and fuel cells; the specialisation in processes side will cover everything involved in the different ways of producing energy: oil shale, wind energy, water, etc • The programme’s professors are highly recognised scientists, prof Andres Öpik and prof Enn Lust are members of the Estonian Academy of Sciences FUTURE CAREER OPTIONS Many graduates have continued their studies at the PhD level, with material specialisation students having worked as researchers in the field of fuel cells and solar panels, while processes students are demanded in industries that are related to sustainable energetics.
THE TECHNOLOGY OF WOOD AND PLASTIC (MSC) Number of tuition fee waiver scholarships (free study places): 10 (out of 15 study places). Additional scholarships available! Tuition fee for fee-paying students is 3,300€ for each academic year. Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in natural sciences or technical fields. Teaching is organised into modules that combine lectures, seminars, and laboratory work in the recently renovated and refurbished laboratory at Polymer Physics and Technology, which is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment. The programme also emphasises the basic practical knowledge of CAD-engineering programmes and CAMmanufacturing technologies as they are extremely important in every industrial sector all over the world. The curriculum provides students with the unique opportunity of being able to implement their individual research projects in collaboration with various companies. KEY FEATURES • Specialisation either in woodwork or plastic technology • All courses are taught by using blended learning solutions (face-to-face + e-learning) which makes the learning process more flexible • Students have the opportunity to visit various manufacturing companies which are involved in producing wood, plastic, and furniture products, so that they are able to familiarise themselves with the production processes involved • Three hands-on scientific research or industrial projects will help to develop student skills and provide a smooth transition from university studies to a professional career FUTURE CAREER OPTIONS This Master’s programme provides students with vocational and professional preparation for working in the international engineering industry as a designer and/or constructor, specialist, industrial engineer, or middle manager.
MECHATRONICS (MSC) Number of tuition fee waiver scholarships (free study places): 15 (out of 20 study places). Additional scholarships available! Tuition fee for fee-paying students is 3,300€ for each academic year. Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree in ICT, mechanical or electrical/electronics engineering or physics. Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary engineering discipline dealing with design and operation of computer-controlled electro-mechanical systems. This programme aims to provide students with the state of the art knowledge and advanced skills that they will need for a successful career to work in any field related to ICT, mechanical, electrical/electronic engineering, robotics, automation and smart industrial services management and IoT. This programme is strongly orientated towards practical, hands-on projects and development of practical skills, supported by laboratories that specialize in classes and integrated teamwork on mechatronics, robotics, machine vision, measurement technique, electrical drives, control engineering, artificial intelligence and smart products and systems. KEY FEATURES • A unique opportunity to acquire integrated levels knowledge and skills in robotics, automation, electrical/ electronics, mechanical and software engineering along with a deep level of ICT knowledge. • Strong orientation towards facilitating the development of smart manufacturing technologies, industrial services management, Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0 and entrepreneurial skills, supported by strong practical courses and projects. • The programme conforms to internationally-recognized professional mechatronics engineering qualification standards, an option to obtain a Mechatronics Engineer Professional Qualification Certificate along with carrying out a MSc Thesis defense. • A double degree option in MSc Mechatronics in collaboration with ITMO University St Petersburg and an option to undertake exchange studies with leading EU Universities. FUTURE CAREER OPTIONS The graduates will have an excellent job prospect in a wide range of careers from manufacturing technologies to business services in Europe and around the world including ICT, mechanical, electrical, electronics, robotics, automation, automotive, aerospace, health care systems, as well as in industries and businesses which are required the strong support of modern ICT and the future network services. The graduates can also apply for PhD programs at TTÜ or at leading research universities worldwide.
ENGINEERING PHYSICS (MSC) Number of tuition fee waiver scholarships (free study places): 10 (out of 15 study places). Additional scholarships available! Tuition fee for fee-paying students is 3,300€ for each academic year. Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in natural sciences, engineering sciences, or applied mathematics. The programme provides an interdisciplinary education that covers physics, engineering, and mathematics, bridging the divide between theoretical science and practical engineering. For Master’s projects, students can choose between a wide spectrum of topics, such as nanotechnology, quantum topics, solar cells, experimental solid state physics, econophysics, non-linear dynamics, biophysics, condensed matter physics, high energy physics, wave engineering, applied mathematics, computer simulations of various physical phenomena, or modelling turbulence and complex systems (such as biological or social networks), and more. KEY FEATURES • Access to modern research laboratories and to the high-performance computing cluster at TTÜ • Master’s projects include topics that are related to cutting-edge science and topics that deal with interdisciplinary phenomena • The option of working on thesis projects at the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics • Collaboration with Swedbank in the field of econophysics FUTURE CAREER OPTIONS Programme graduates will have skills that are suitable for PhD studies or for a broad spectrum of professions, such as research or teaching staff in universities, engineers or project managers in modern companies (including high-tech companies and start-ups) in fields that are related to physics, applied mathematics, big data, robotics, etc.
EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE (MSC & M.ARCH) Double Degree with Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. Tuition fee: 5,500€ for each academic year. Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in architecture. The new postgraduate programme is a unique and innovative approach to international architectural education: it combines the idea of the classical artist’s journey with teamwork and the intensive, interdisciplinary, projectorientated workshop tradition, focusing on relevant topics that serve to generate architectural knowledge and dialogue across a broad context of Europe, between cities as diverse as Tallinn, Lisbon, Helsinki, Berlin, Dessau, Ljubljana, Innsbruck, and Haifa. KEY FEATURES • Eight project workshops plus three reflective workshops at six different higher education institutions • Professors from all participating universities work together with a small group of no more than 15-25 international postgraduate students • The teaching, research, and studio-based architectural project work is realised in topics that cover a total of eight different problems • Students in the international group work in cooperation with on-site students from each university and in dialogue with professors and guest lecturers FUTURE CAREER OPTIONS After completing their studies, graduates are capable of independently designing, planning, and implementing building tasks in various different cultural and economic contexts, as well as developing, communicating, or representing architectural and urban concepts or planning processes in international work contexts.
HOW TO APPLY? Complete your online application at: estonia.dreamapply.com Upload your educational documents and proof of ability in English. Pay a non-refundable application fee of 100â‚Ź and upload the receipt. Further guidance regarding the next steps will be provided via the online application system. More information is available at: www.ttu.ee/studying. Application deadlines 14 April Non-EU citizens 1 May EU, Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and citizens of visa-free countries
PRACTICAL INFORMATION VISA AND RESIDENCE PERMIT Non-EU students must apply for a Temporary Residence Permit (TRP) at the nearest Estonian consulate. A TRP allows students also to work during the course of their studies and stay in Estonia for six months after graduation in order to look for a job. ACCOMMODATION • On campus in refurbished dormitories for around 125€ a month. Limited places available! • Private rooms and apartments for rent - around 200-400€ a month LIVING EXPENSES Considerably lower prices than in Western Europe. Students can usually enjoy a comfortable life with around 200-250€ a month for food. Public transport in Tallinn is free for residents. Many discounts are available for students. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AMBASSADORS ‘Student Ambassadors’ advise prospective students, provide information about the university, and offer an insight into the life of international students in Tallinn. They have all had the experience of applying for a residence permit, choosing their lectures, and getting adapted to life in Estonia. Meet our ambassadors at: www.ttu.ee/studentambassadors. SCHOLARSHIPS Scholarships are available to help students fund their studies. All students are eligible for a performance-based scholarship, and speciality scholarships and tuition fee waivers are offered in certain fields, including engineering and science. There are more options available for Master’s students. In addition to scholarships for all of the Master’s programmes that are offered by the university, scholarships are also available from the Estonian government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well. More information is available at: www.ttu.ee/scholarships and www.studyinestonia.ee/scholarships.
STUDENT EXPERIENCE “TTÜ provided me with a master’s degree that is very practical. The Industrial Engineering and Management Master’s is an interdisciplinary programme of mechanical engineering, production optimisation and business administration. It gives you the chance to combine theoretical, scientific aspects with practical examples and after graduating you can work along the whole supply chain of a product (supplier, production or logistics side). Since engineers are the ones who develop the tangible part of the industry further and further, there should never be any difficulty finding a job in this field.” Stefan Voigt (Germany), Industrial Engineering and Management
“My decision to study for my master’s in Estonia and particularly at TTÜ has been pivotal in placing my feet on the paths of a fascinating career. TTÜ has offered me a very good platform: I received a lot of practical experience working under the supervision of excellent professors, I had an opportunity to study as an exchange student at the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States, and I was also able to attend a lot of different conferences – as a result, I completed my M.Sc. with cum laude. Currently, I am doing my Ph.D. in Material Sciences at the same department.” Nkwusi Godswill Chimezie (Nigeria) Materials and Processes of Sustainable Energetics
“Design and Engineering is a truly interesting but also challenging course. As it’s a joint programme of TTÜ and Estonian Academy of Arts, you will get to study and work with lecturers from both engineering and design faculties. As a designer, I really value that this programme helped me to understand engineers better and gave me a deeper understanding of technologies, thanks in particular to the many group works and projects we had to do, which created a lot of synergy. I was also given the opportunity to study as an exchange student at the partner university of TTÜ in Barcelona, which broadened my experiences even more.” Tinatin Dzirkvadze (Georgia), Design And Engineering
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