An independent think tank at the Riigikogu
The Future of Higher Education
Funding models for higher education and their future security
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The current report focuses on the future of higher education in Estonia. The importance of human capital in the knowledge economy has promoted the debates about the role, size, and financing of higher education to the core of academic and political debates.
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Uku Varblane
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18.09 2025Report: If higher education funding is frozen, the introduction of tuition fees seems unavoidable
Over the past decade, gross domestic product and average salaries have grown twice as fast as public funding for higher education. The Foresight Centre finds in its new short report that if the state’s contribution to higher education will no longer increase after 2026, the only alternative is the introduction of tuition fees.