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- Planning your studies
- How to manage your studies?
- How to plan for your studies?
- How much freedom do you have to modify your studies?
- When to make learning choices within the curriculum?
- How little or how much can you study?
- How can you concentrate on and manage the time of studies?
- How to change specialisations?
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Planning further studies
When you complete secondary education, many paths open up before you. You will probably realise that the decisions you make will strongly influence the rest of your life. This can cause hesitation and uncertainty, especially if you don’t have enough information to decide and don’t know what to choose. How to stay calm and make the best decision?
In the Estonian education system, you can go to a vocational or higher education institution after completing upper secondary education. When you have already completed the first (or second) level of higher education, you may choose to continue studying at the master’s (or doctoral) level, or consider other options. You may also want or need to upgrade your education, improve your professional qualification, or acquire new skills and knowledge to make career changes at other stages of your life. There are other options that you can do besides studying: for example, go to work, do conscript service, start a business, take a gap year, or travel, study, work or volunteer abroad.
Career Hub focuses mainly on finding study opportunities at higher education institutions. Estonia is part of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), with a three-cycle system of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral studies (Figure 1).
Source: https://www.hm.ee/korgharidus-ja-teadus/korgharidus.
| Time to reflect Which options have you considered for the future? Do you want to go to study, the army, or work? Or would you rather travel the world or do something else altogether? If you want to study, do you prefer bachelor’s studies, professional higher education, or integrated bachelor’s and master’s studies? If you have already completed the first level, are you ready to pursue the master’s and, after graduating, the doctoral degree? Would you like to take up vocational studies or join a continuing education programme? Do you feel outside pressure (e.g. from parents, teachers, friends, society) to make a choice? What do others think you should do, and what do you prefer? |
Where to start, how to find your way in the information flood, and who can help you decide? You can discuss all the options with a career counsellor of the Unemployment Insurance fund or a higher education institution. Click below to book an appointment with the career counsellor of the University of Tartu Counselling Centre.
NB! The form is in Estonian, please use Google translate for translating the form.
