Erasmus+

Preparations for your exchange semester

• Get in touch with your Erasmus Coordinator and ask, if your University has the Inter-Institutional Agreement for mobility with EAVA;
• inquire about the opportunities for receiving Erasmus+ support from your University;
• check EAVA's admission deadlines and semester dates;
• check our subject courses;
• find out more about moving to Estonia.
  

Quick Facts about Estonian Aviation Academy

How to arrive?

1. Fly to Tallinn and take a bus to Tartu. Buses depart from Tallinn Airport/Bus station almost every half an hour during the day – the bus ticket costs approximately 12 €.
2. Drive to Tartu with a car (the best option to travel around Estonia as well).
3. Come by bus (from nearby countries).
   

During your stay

• A living place. Unfortunately, we do not provide private housing. Read more about your options here. 
• You can use our library without any fees. The library is located in the academy’s building.

• The academic year for Erasmus+ exchange students is divided into 2 semesters:
  

  • Fall semester: beginning of September – end of December
    
  • Spring semester: beginning of February – end of May
• Learning Agreement changes are allowed within 2 weeks after the start of the semester. You can find the template here.
• Useful links:
  • Student Guide
  • About the city of Tartu
  • Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Applying for a visa to the Schengen area 
  • Travel document requirements for visitors
  • Temporary residence permit for studies in Estonia
    

Assessment and grading at EAVA

Common procedures guarantee academic recognition of studies abroad. They help to measure and compare the learning outcomes and to transfer the received credits from one institution to another. Inter-institutional agreements are based on the principle of mutual trust and confidence. Higher education institutions use an effective quality assurance system and the rules of the European Credit Transfer System accordingly (ECTS).

• grade A or “excellent”– an outstanding and particularly broad level of learning outcomes, characterized by exceptional, free, and creative use of knowledge and skills;

• grade B or “very good” – a very high level of learning outcomes, characterized by appropriate and creative use of knowledge and skills. More specific and detailed knowledge may reveal errors that are neither substantive nor serious;

• grade C or “good” – a high level of learning outcomes, characterized by appropriate use of knowledge and skills. More specific and detailed knowledge may reveal uncertainty and imprecision;

• grade D or “satisfactory” – a sufficient level of learning outcomes, characterized by the use of knowledge and skills in typical situations, non-typical situations reveal gaps and uncertainty;

• grade E or “sufficient” – a minimally acceptable level of the more important learning outcomes, characterized by the limited use of knowledge and skills in typical situations, non-typical situations reveal significant gaps and uncertainty;

• grade F or “insufficient” – the knowledge and skills acquired by the student are below the minimum required level.

In the case of undifferentiated assessment, a subject course is completed if all requirements set to complete the course have been fulfilled. The assessment:

• grade “pass” – the student has acquired knowledge, skills, and competences in the volume prescribed in the syllabus;
• grade “fail” – the student has not acquired knowledge, skills, and competences in the volume prescribed in the syllabus.

The subject course (incl. graduation thesis) shall be considered completed if learning outcomes are positively assessed. Positive grades are A, B, C, D, E, and “pass” (entered as “S” in the SIS). Negative grades are F, “fail” (entered as “MS” in the SIS), and “Failure to Appear” (entered as “MI” in the SIS).

Passing the subject with a sufficient result an international exchange student is guaranteed ECTS credit points as fixed in the learning agreement.

Estonian Holidays

• New Year’s Day - 1 January
• Independence Day - 24 February
• Good Friday – in April
• Easter Sunday - in April
• May Day - 1 May
• Whitsunday - in May
• Victory Day - 23 June
• Midsummer day - 24 June
• Day of Restoration of Independence - 20 August
• Christmas - 24-26 December
  

After the exchange semester, you will be provided with: