Business Administration, Bachelor’s

The studies take place in the University of Tartu Delta Centre. Opened in 2020, the Delta Centre comprises academic and research and entrepreneurship buildings and brings together more than 3000 students, lecturers, researchers, and company development employees.

The academic and research building accommodates the Institute of Computer Sciences, the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and some laboratories of the Institute of Technology.

After graduation, students have a wide range of possible career choices and opportunities in Estonia and other countries. Thousands of School of Economics and Business Administration graduates work successfully in private businesses, hold influential positions in public companies and institutions, or have continued in academic careers worldwide, incl. many outstanding business and political leaders, notably Mr Siim Kallas, former Vice-President of the European Commission.

After completing the BBA degree, there are also opportunities to continue at the master’s level at the University of Tartu, e.g. Innovation and Technology Management, Quantitative Economics, Contemporary Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Entrepreneurship in Economic Policymaking or abroad.

The programme’s strong focus on entrepreneurship helps you focus on building up your own company. Read the story of Business Administration students, how they combined the knowledge of the studies into their company, investment platform Investonian.

Traineeship is part of the studies in the Business Administration programme. Our students have successfully done their traineeships in many different companies both in Estonia and abroad. Some examples from Estonia and beyond include banks like LHV, SEB, Swedbank, Ziraat Bank Georgia; cultural institutions such as the Estonian National Museum, University of Tartu Art Museum, Black Nights Film Festival; legal companies like Dilaw Attorney-at-Law Ltd in Finland; tech companies like ABB, Bolt, Playtech Estonia, Stora Enso, Hitachi Energy, and Tallink Silja, Delfi Media, Wise IT, Nordic Metrology Science and SEBA Neuromarketing Lab. Based on our students’ experience the traineeship and career options are endless when studying Business Administration.

The University of Tartu helps the students to find an internship. In particular, we have provided the students with a list of possible places (companies and other organisations) for practical training in Estonia and the other Baltic States. The internship mediation page FUTULAB has also been created (see more here). However, students have to apply for the internship themselves. The internship can be taken in any country, given that it matches the profile of the study curriculum. One can apply for funding from the Erasmus+ programme when taking an internship abroad. The University of Tartu has also offered some internship opportunities, either as part of the work for some research projects of the School of Economics and Business Administration or at the University of Tartu Centre for Applied Social Sciences (see more here).

In addition to the study programme, you can join several practical programmes to support your development, grow your network and learn from international mentors worldwide.

• BBA students are often involved in the AIESEC network and participate in the annual Student Startup camp. Open lectures ranging from the power of improvisation to policymaking in the EU are held regularly by the university.
• CDL (Creative Destruction LAB, read more here) brings together experienced founders of unicorns, and together with world-leading experts, you will help scale innovations underpinned by the digitisation of human societies. As a student, you can gain valuable insights from the leading experts and startup ecosystem. Students can polish their future tech and marketing skills and work directly with the startups they like to help them scale up quickly. You can take Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) courses besides your main curriculum and expand your network even more!
• Wharton Global Course (read more here) is a collaboration programme between the University of Tartu, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. You will explore more deeply how these nations have transformed their economies and policies by prioritising digital innovation, entrepreneurship and technology commercialisation. Our students benefit most from expanding their international network and learning about Estonian and Latvian unicorns and other fast-growing companies by solving their practical business problems. This way, we bring value to students and local companies in Tartu. Our partners have been, for example, Bolt, Pipedrive, NPV, Cybernetica, Foxway and others. You are very welcome to take these courses while studying here!
• We have been taking the lead also in organising the most start-up-minded business festival in the Baltics – the annual sTARTUp Day and Delta Trends Day. You can help us organise this event while you are studying here! You can start from simple tasks and advance to international communication and organizing specific side-events.

Estonia’s society is based on contemporary science and technology, and has become one of the most entrepreneurial and advanced digital societies in the world, but also a success story of economic development in New Europe! Did you know that we are the country with most unicorns per capita?

We are surrounded by the offices and R&D centres of many startup and technology companies – Bolt, Pipedrive, Nortal and Playtech – to name a few. You can learn about these companies and visit them during your studies, perhaps also get a job there!

Estonia is famous for its startups, so it is a perfect fit for students with business ideas and the desire to implement them in real life. Here in Tartu, we have a very strong local community, and we are the most startup-minded city in the world.

We work closely between the faculties of the University and Tartu and with our local community, partners and companies.

Regarding transportation, the dormitories are located close to the university buildings, within walking distance. The same goes for all other necessary places, such as gyms, museums and shopping centres. Here is the official site of Tartu’s residence halls.