PhDStudies of Cultures (Junior Research Fellow position)
| Study location | Estonia, Tallinn |
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| Type | Doctoral, full-time |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | PhD |
| Application fee | €100 one-time |
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| Entry qualification | Postgraduate diploma (or higher)
Doctoral level (PhD) applicants must have a Master’s degree or corresponding qualifications and experience. At least 60% of the possible maximum results from your Bachelor’s as well as Master’s studies is expected in order to qualify for studies in Tallinn University. Please see a list of required documents here. For country-specific requirements please see here. Step-by-step application guides can be found here. We advise you to apply as soon as possible so that the admission specialists can give you feedback before the application deadline and a chance for you to update your application, if necessary. Tallinn University does not accept applications submitted by third parties. Applicants must complete and sign the application form themselves. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Estonian. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. All required documents must be uploaded with the application by the application deadline. Applicants who have successfully passed their entrance exam, may be asked to send their educational documents to Tallinn University by post. Specific instructions will be given by the admission specialists to each applicant individually. Please do not send any documents by post until you have personally been asked to do so. Whether any documents are required by post can also be determined by examining Tallinn University’s country-specific requirements. which may state, for example, that the applicant’s Transcript of Records must be sent to Tallinn University by the awarding institution or that a document needs to be certified in a particular way. |
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| Language requirements | English
Tallinn University only accepts English language test scores which have been taken no more than 2 years before the beginning of studies. More information about language proficiency requirements is available at |
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| Other requirements | Programme-specific requirements are listed on the programme’s website. |
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Overview
The study programme is aimed at all people who are interested in
- Cultural Theory,
- Estonian Literature and Culture,
- English Literature and Culture,
- German Literature and Culture, Romance Studies,
- Russian Literature and Culture,
- Middle Eastern and Asian Literatures and Cultures,
- Cultural Geography,
- Philosophy,
- Social and Cultural Anthropology.
We are looking for PhD students who wish to pursue academic research in the areas mentioned above and be supervised by our experts in these fields.
We encourage our PhD students to approach their research topics from an interdisciplinary angle and combine comparative literature, theoretical and practical approaches to the mechanisms of culture and other methodological and research approaches. During their studies the students achieve an in-depth knowledge of contemporary approaches in the humanities and in cultural theory.
Career opportunities
Postgraduate destinations: www.tlu.ee/en/school-of-humanities/studies-cultures
Meet some of our Alumni: www.tlu.ee/en/ht/studies-cultures#meet-some-of-our-alumni