Medicine
Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
- Tuition
- €13,200 / year
- Confirmed 2026-2027
- Application close
- 15 Apr 2026
- Confirmed 2026-2027
- Requirement check
- A — exact sponsor-note verified
- Confirmed 2026-2027
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University of Tartu runs one English-taught health program in Tartu, in medicine. Its confirmed 2026-27 fee is €13,200 a year.
Evidence confidence
92%
Average source completeness across verified programs.
- Country
- Estonia
- City
- Tartu
- Program areas
- Medicine
- Verified Programs
- 1 program
- Current tuition
- 1/1 current
- Current timelines
- 1/1 current
- Official source
- Open official source
What this university is, in practice
Tartu is the only English-taught medicine program in Estonia in this catalog, which makes the country decision and the university decision the same decision. It charges €13,200 a year, selects on academic record and assessment rather than an entrance exam, and closes its application window in mid-April — months earlier than most of the cheaper options in Central and Eastern Europe.
One program, one country
Estonia has exactly one English-taught medicine program on this site, at one university. Everywhere else in the region you are choosing between institutions inside a country — Poland has fourteen medicine programs, Romania twelve, Bulgaria five. Here there is no shortlist to build, and no cheaper domestic alternative to weigh against.
That has a practical consequence worth naming. If Tartu rejects you or its deadline passes, there is no second Estonian option to fall back on, so it belongs in an application set alongside programs in other countries rather than as one of several bets on the same one.
€13,200, and where that lands
€13,200 per academic year, confirmed for 2026 entry against the university's own curriculum page. Thirty-eight of the 124 European medicine programs with a confirmed fee cost less, so Tartu sits in the cheaper third of the catalog without being a budget option: it is roughly €4,000 a year above Bulgaria's Pleven and about €1,200 above Croatia's uniform €12,000.
What that buys, relative to the cheaper end, is a six-year degree in an EU member state with an English-language route that does not run through a written entrance exam. Whether that is worth €25,000 across the degree against Bulgaria is a question about how you test, not about the medicine.
Selected on file, and early
Selection runs on academic score plus motivation and assessment under the university's admission rules — there is no biology-and-chemistry entrance exam of the kind Bulgaria requires. The application itself goes through DreamApply and asks for a motivation letter, a certified secondary-school certificate and grade list with its grading scale, certified English translations, a passport, proof of English, and a €100 application fee unless you are exempt.
The timing is the trap. The 2026 window ran from 2 January to 15 April 2026, with results by 1 June and studies starting 31 August 2026 — that intake is now closed. Applicants who discover Tartu during the summer, when Bulgarian and Croatian deadlines are still open, have already missed it by months. If Estonia is on your list, it sets the start date for your whole application year.
Who this suits
Applicants who present better on paper than in an exam hall, who can commit to a January-to-April application window, and who are choosing a country rather than comparing universities within one.
Return-pathway evidence
Tartu is listed in WDOMS as school F0000071. The ECFMG Sponsor Note was present with the graduation-year field including Current on the audit date, and the Canada sponsor note was present with a pass at school level for the MCC check. Sponsor notes were checked on 2026-06-11. That is evidence the school-level records existed, not a promise of certification, residency, registration, or licensure.
Written from the verified catalog and the official sources linked on this page. Sources last checked 2026-09-12; profile updated 2026-09-12. Approver: EuroMedGuide AI editorial pipeline. Figures quoted here are gated against the catalog by npm run validate:guide-stats.
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Faculty of Medicine
Medicine
- Length
- 6 years
- Tuition
- €13,200 / year
- Evidence
- 92%
- Degree
- Degree in Medicine
- Language
- Full English program
- With patients
- Local language for patient contact
- Intake
- 15 Apr 2026
Application requirements
- Online DreamApply application; motivation letter; certified secondary-school certificate and grade list with grading…
- Direct entry from secondary school
- Local-language competence is normally required for patient contact.
- A — exact sponsor-note verified
Living costs in Tartu
Typical monthly student costs in Tartu. Over a 10-month academic year, with €250 of health insurance, that is about €8,850 before tuition.
Monthly housing estimate
€290
Monthly living estimate
€570
Typical monthly total
~€860
Basis: Tartu, Estonia student cost preset (2026-06-11), high confidence. These are planning estimates — rent, housing availability, visa and insurance costs and exchange rates differ, so check housing and the university's own guidance before committing.
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Latest source check: 2026-06-11. Sources are attached only to verified programs on this university page.