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Estonia augments its post-study work offer

The Estonian government is keen to augment the post-study work opportunities it offers international students and it is running targeted networking events to facilitate job offers for its international graduates with businesses in the country.

Students spoke to others about their experiences. Photo: Andrei Ozdoba (Archimedes Foundation)

Indian student intake is modest but represents growth of 3000% during the past decade

The country, named “most digitally advanced society in the world” by one tech title, is syncing the work of the “Work in Estonia” and “Study in Estonia” consortia, via student networking receptions.

Recent events specifically for Indian and Turkish students have attracted employers and soon-to-be graduates to the events, according to the Archimedes Foundation..

“Estonia wants to be a magnet for international talent – including those studying at our universities”

Eero Loonurm, head of international marketing at the Archimedes Foundation, the Estonian government body which “coordinates and implements different international… training, education and research”, and Erasmus+ in the nation, said the events lead directly to benefits for the Estonian economy.

“According to our internationalisation strategy, we expect 30% of the international graduates at master’s and doctoral level to work in Estonia after graduating, so we try to bring students and Estonian companies together,” he explained.

“The event went well, 54 participants registered… we had two companies – GeniusSports and Veriff – in attendance and according to the feedback so far received, at least one student has already been employed,” he told The PIE News.

Along with potential employers, this support for international students attracted diplomatic support, with the Turkish ambassador to Tallinn, Hayriye Kumaşcıoğlu, attending and speaking to Turkish students.

Turkish ambassador Kumaşcıoğlu speaking to students. Photo: Andrei Ozdoba (Archimedes Foundation)

Leonardo Ortega, a partner relations expert at Work in Estonia, said the joint events were part of the country’s holistic international education project.

“We organise these events for a simple reason: Estonia wants to be a magnet for international talent – and that includes the young international talents from all around the world studying at our universities,” Ortega told The PIE.

“When graduating, these talents have the most up-to-date education and skills that the employers in Estonia need – so it is clearly a very useful resource that has already been acclimatised to the Estonian culture and way of life. And graduates are eager to put their skills into work – so easing the transition from the classroom to the labour market is what we hope to do.”

According to the latest available figures provided by the Archimedes Foundation, the initiatives to attract and retain foreign students are working.

There were 186 Indian students in Estonia in 2018, which may seem modest, but represents growth of 3000% during the past decade. The figures are similar for Turkish students, with 189 registered in 2018 – up from just four in 2008.

According to Study in Estonia, more than 250 degree programs are fully taught in English.

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  1. The two-day training (2 and 3 July) brought together 40 representatives from law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies in Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden. It was hosted in close cooperation with the Estonian Central Criminal Police, with strong support from the INTERPOL National Central Bureaus of each country involved, as well as experts from the International Ice Hockey Federation and the IntegriSport Erasmus+ Project.

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