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• Graduates can apply their expertise in the professions that require a complex knowledge of cultural analysis, i.e. semiotic consulting companies, marketing or media.

• Practical applications of semiotics include translation and scienti�c research, design and architecture, advertising, and communication strategies.

• Employees of international organizations, e.g. embassies, where tolerance and con�ict management skills are vital, can improve their professional education.

• Programme graduates can continue on to doctoral studies and research. Semiotics is particularly relevant to advanced study in the life sciences, where biosemiotic understanding and semiotical interpretation is proving to be of remarkable value.

Why Semiotics

Excellent international career prospects

S E M I O T I C SMaster of Arts in Humanities

• 2-year interdisciplinary programme • • Instruction in English• Scholarships

• Theory of semiotics • Cultural semiotics: media, art • Sociosemiotics: communication, subculture studies• Biosemiotics: zoo- and ecosemiotics

Semiotics is the science of revealing sign systems by identifying the limits of any given discourse. Sign processes, or semiosis, make the world meaningful.Independent of the object of enquiry, whether in the humanities or the hard sciences, semiotics provides the tools for rendering explicit the observer-dependent status of enquiry. Semiotics negotiates the subjectivity of the researcher across all academic practices. Semiotics is thus a general methodology for humanities and life sciences.The programme provides an interdisciplinary background and gives a theoretical base for the application of semiotic ideas to a wide variety of disciplines and scienti�c study.

Why study Semiotics in TartuThe University of Tartu is one of the key semiotic centres in the academic world today. The tradition of excellence in semiotic theory in Tartu was established by Juri Lotman in 1960s, the founder of semiotics of culture and the Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School, as well as the oldest journal of semiotics, Sign Systems Studies.

Kalevi Kull, Professor of Biosemiotics

Montana Salvoni (student from USA): I came to semiotics interested in the study of meaning, and to Tartu with the wish to live abroad. I found a programme and a city with personality - both are unique, stimulating, and independent. Most students have to choose between living where they want and

studying what they want, but Tartu is the center of current semiotic research and a beautiful city

with a thriving, open culture. So both of my wishes came true here.

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Curriculum structure:General module 30 ECTSSpecialty module 54 ECTSElective courses 6 ECTSMaster’s thesis 30 ECTSTOTAL 120 ECTS

General module:

Specialty module: 1. Culture module (18 ECTS):

2. Nature module (18 ECTS):

3. Society module (18 ECTS):

Elective courses: can be chosen from courses currently available at the University of Tartu.

Language of instruction: English

Programme duration: 2 years

Department of SemioticsUniversity of TartuJakobi 2, 51014 Tartu, EstoniaTelephone +(372) 737 5933Ms. Katre Väli, katre.vali@ut.ee

International Student ServiceUniversity of TartuÜlikooli 18, 50090 Tartu, Estonia Telephone +(372) 737 6109

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General admission requirements:• Bachelor’sdegreeorequivalentinsocialsciences,naturalsciencesorhumanities.

• ApplicantsforwhomEnglishisnotanativelanguageneedtoprovideproofofEnglishlanguageproficiency(TOEFL,IELTS).

Application process:1. Submittheonlineapplication.Theformisavailableat

www.ut.ee/apply-master.Youwillreceiveanautomatedconfirmationofsubmissionwithlogininformationthatenablesyoutotrackthestatusofyourapplication.

2. Mailtherequiredandproperlyprepareddocumentsbytheindicateddeadlineto:

International Student Service, University of Tartu, Ülikooli 18, Tartu 50090, Estonia.

Applicantswillreceiveconfirmationuponreceiptoftheirapplicationandupdatesregardingitsstatus.OnlycompleteapplicationswillbeconsideredbytheAdmissionCommittee.

Documents to be submitted:1. Onlineapplication(remembertoprintitout,signatthe

end,andmailalongwithotherlisteddocuments).

2. Motivationletter–guidelinesandevaluationcriteriaareincludedintheonlineapplicationform

3. Officialcopyofthebachelor’sdiplomaoritsequivalentandDiplomaSupplement(transcript/marksheet)intheoriginallanguage

4. Officialtranslationofthebachelor’sdiplomaandDiplomaSupplement(transcript/marksheet)intoEnglish,translationcertified

5. ProofofEnglishlanguageproficiency.Detailedinformationonacceptedtestsandscoresisavailableat:www.ut.ee/requirements

6. Copyofapplicant’svalididentificationdocument

Application deadline: April 16

*Applicantsgraduatingwithdiplomasissuedlaterthanthedeadline(e.g.inJuly)mustsendtheapplicationformandthemostrecentTranscriptofRecordsbytherequireddeadline.

Tuition fees and scholarships:Theprogrammefeeof€3520/yearcoverstuition,somestudymaterials,supervisionandadvisingofthesispreparation.Alimitednumberofscholarshipswillbeawardedtoqualifiedapplicants.

*Thispublicationismeantforinformationalpurposesonly.Pleaserefertotheprogramme’swebsiteforcurrentofficialinformation.