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I am Polina from Ukraine and my story of moving to Tallinn isn’t quite romantic. My boyfriend got a job offer from a local IT-company (Pipedrive), so we discussed it, panicked for some time and then we decided to move to Estonia.  [caption id="attachment_27427" align="alignleft" width="300"] Polina studies Communication Management MA.[/caption] I’ve wanted to enter a master's programme for some time because I had only a bachelor's degree and it was in Biophysics. Since I’ve been working in the fields of marketing and communication for the last 5 years - literary everyone asked me about my weird education choice :) Giving the fact that I needed a long-term visa in Estonia, I decided where to enter for my master's very quickly. After a month of lazy research, I chose Tallinn University and as a specialization. Of course, I never thought that I would go to study in Estonia. All I knew about the country was a bunch of stereotypes and its proximity to Finland. Well, and the fact that I constantly confuse the Baltic states.  I had no idea about what kind of educational system was here, what was the level of teaching etc. Everything proved to be better than I expected :) Studies in Tallinn are very different from studies at my university in Donetsk (Donetsk National University). Master's classes are usually in the evening so that we can work. There are 3 compulsory subjects in this semi-semester, but a lot of the home readings and instead of the exams - practical tasks or creative essay. Moreover, we have group or class discussions, we are free to choose elective subjects (this semester I took French and Conflict Analysis), and our groups are very (very!) international. The best thing about my studies is that all the students are very different, with different experiences and backgrounds. We have 11 countries out of 16 students only in my group. And they are not only from EU, but I also have classmates from Georgia, Pakistan... Students come right after the bachelor, after years of work in the field of communications, after volunteering, after work in Disney World. You can be easily be surrounded by students from the United States, Iran, Russia, Belgium, Korea - almost any country at the discussion group on any of your subjects. Awesome is that such international education makes it possible to interact with a huge number of points of view at any question. I have never even thought about the things that are the first thoughts for a student from Estonia, who studies International Relations, or a student of IT from Iran. But there they are, next to me at one of our Intercultural Communication classes. Currently, I see this as the most precious part of my education. Yes, I can take courses online (and I have several Marketing certificates from Coursera), attend lectures in Kyiv, or even enter the master's degree in Ukrainian university. But I haven't been able to get such an experience neither in the Ukrainian university, nor while working with international partners, nor on the youth exchanges somewhere in Italy or UK. [caption id="attachment_27428" align="alignright" width="300"] Tallinn Old Town in the distance.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_27429" align="alignleft" width="300"] Beautiful seaside.[/caption]                     And, without a doubt, Tallinn is a great city to study at :) The small distances (I need only 17 minutes to get from home to university on a bike), free transport, a large library and the opportunity to talk to basically any local resident in English or Russian. Come, visit and stay :) Polina Shevchenko ( student).  

In case you are in Ukraine and would like to know more about Tallinn University and Estonia, you have the chance to meet the representatives of TU and Study in Estonia in Kyiv at café Chasopys on 16 October at 16.00. !

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