Step 1: Meet the admission criteria
Before submitting your application, please make sure that you meet the admission criteria. The criteria will depend on the programme you wish to apply to. Read more about the programme-specific and language requirements on the following pages:
Step 2: Submit an online application in DreamApply
Our admission process is through the DreamApply system. All necessary information and documents should be provided through this platform.
You will be asked to provide your personal data, educational background, language skills, extracurricular activities and employment information.
To start off go to DreamApply and create an account.
You will be asked to provide
Step 3: Application fee payment
- The application fee is 120€ and it allows the applicant to apply to 2 programmes during one application round.
- Candidates from EU/EEA countries, as well as from Ukraine, are exempt from paying the application fee.
- The application fee invoice will be sent via DreamApply after admission team has received your application. Please keep in mind that the invoice is not generated automatically.
- The application and relevant documents will be processed within 7 days of receiving your application fee. Candidates whose application and documents successfully pass the preliminary evaluation will get to the examinations status.
- The application fee is non-refundable.
- Candidates from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates or Uzbekistan, must use Wise or Paysera for the payment to avoid extra charges and ensure faster processing.
Step 4: Admission interview
You will be contacted to schedule the admission interview. The interview will be conducted in English and is around 20 minutes. Admission interviews take place once a month online.
The aim of the interview is to get to know more about the applicant. We expect you to share your story, journey towards EBS and your future aspirations.
We evaluate the admission interview based on 3 criteria:
- Motivation
- Ambition
- Argumentation skill
We encourage you to ask your questions about EBS during the interview.
Step 5: Admission interview results
You will be informed about the results of the admission interview in 7 days.
If you successfully pass the admission interview, you will be conditionally accepted:
- To receive full acceptance, we will need you to fulfil the conditions that are brought out in the conditional acceptance letter. Once they are fulfilled, we will issue a final acceptance letter.
Step 6: Verification of the educational documents
In order to receive full acceptance, we will need to verify the validity of your educational documents. Please note that educational documents should be sent only upon the request of the Admissions team.
Options for sending the documents:
- Send us notarised and verified hard copies of the educational documents by post:
- Contact details: EBS Admissions and Study Department, address: A. Lauteri 3, 10114 Tallinn, Estonia
- Please note that the application documents will not be returned
- If you are in Estonia already, you can come to the study department and scan the original documents as well. Please take the diploma, transcript and passport with you in this case.
- Ask your previous education institution to send us the documents directly (from their official email to admission@ebs.ee).
- In case there are online verification services available in your country, this option can be used as well.
Step 7: Academic recognition of your previous education
To ensure that all submitted education documents are authentic and grant access to higher education in Estonia, they are verified by an Academic Recognition Information Centre called ENIC/NARIC.
- EBS will send the educational documents for assessment to ENIC/NARIC.
- The ENIC/NARIC evaluation can take up to one month.
- Please note that a positive ENIC/NARIC evaluation decision is a prerequisite for receiving the final admission decision.
Step 8: Admission decision & payment of the tuition fee
Once we have an evaluation of the final documents, your status in DreamApply will change to "Accepted". After being accepted, the student will be issued the tuition fee invoice.
Tuition fee payment deadlines vary by country
Step 9: Acceptance letter
The final acceptance letter is sent to an applicant who:
- has sent all the required documents to EBS and received a positive evaluation from the Estonian ENIC/NARIC centre
- has successfully passed the admission interview
- has confirmed their study offer in the DreamApply system
- has paid the tuition fee according to the invoice
Candidates who need to acquire a visa to migrate to Estonia can now book a visa appointment.
Step 10: Access to MyEBS & course enrolment
To give you a smooth start to your studies, we have moved the study contract (terms & conditions of study), course enrolment and future payment to one platform called MyEBS.
Access to MyEBS is granted after the tuition fee payment. You will receive instructions about how to choose courses in July. You will also access the schedules in MyEBS.
Country Specific Requirements
Country Specific Requirements
International Baccalaureate (IB):
- Original results must be sent to EBS directly by the IB (ibo.org) at the request of the applicant.
- The minimum score is 24 points.
- Extended Essay (EE) and Theory of Knowledge (TOK) courses must be completed with a minimum grade of D.
- All Higher Level (HL) courses must be passed with a minimum grade of 3. The minimum score for Higher Level (HL) courses is 12.
- One Standard Level (SL) course may be passed with a grade of 2. The minimum score for Standard Level (SL) courses is 9.
European Baccalaureate (EB):
When applying with an EB diploma, the English language admission requirement can be waived if the English language score is at least 70 points.
GED: Exam results must be at least 145 points out of 200.
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