The University of Tartu, founded in 1632, is Estonia's oldest and largest university, with around 15,000 students, some 1,600 of them international, and 28 English-taught programmes in 2026. Non-EU students pay EUR 4,200 to EUR 13,200 a year, Medicine being the most expensive, and from 2026-27 there are no tuition waivers for newly admitted students from outside the EU and EEA. The application fee is EUR 100.