Top reasons to choose the University of Tartu Narva College

High-quality education 

Narva College offers higher education with the quality label of the University of Tartu, which is in the TOP 1% of the world's best universities (see Rankings & Surveys). It is the leading university in Estonia and one of the top universities in Northern Europe.

Top-level teaching staff

The college has 25 teaching staff members from Narva, Tartu, Pärnu and Tallinn, nine of whom have a PhD. The college is part of the University of Tartu Faculty of Social Sciences and is characterised by close cooperation with other units of the university, foreign universities and public institutions in the fields of psychology, political science, economics and others.

Forward-looking curricula

Narva College has become one of Estonia's main training centres for teachers of bilingual general education schools and language immersion. In addition to teacher training, the college offers curricula in youth work, entrepreneurship, project management and IT systems development.

Multilingual and multicultural learning environment

The college is characterised by its multilingual teaching and multicultural learning environment. This gives students a life experience that is valued everywhere. Our students can learn a number of languages and pursue a minor specialisation in addition to their chosen major. We strive to supply our students with knowledge and skills of public speaking, entrepreneurship and various pedagogical approaches.

Travel the world

Narva College has many international links. Our students have the opportunity to complete a part of their studies in exchange programmes in other EU countries (in the Erasmus programme) or elsewhere in the world.

Live in a safe and digital country

Estonia is famous for its digital society and has the highest number of startups per capita in Europe. 93% of our international students say they feel safe living in Estonia.