Estonian Aviation Academy

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Estonian Aviation Academy

Eesti Lennuakadeemia
Estonian Aviation Academy
Former name	Tartu Aviation College
Motto	Viribus unitis ad altitudines
Motto in English	With efforts to heights
Type	Public university system
Established	April 13, 1993 (1993-04-13)
Rector	Koit Kaskel
Location	Reola , Tartu County , Estonia 58°18′39″N 26°41′37″E / 58.3107°N 26.6936°E / 58.3107; 26.6936Coordinates: 58°18′39″N 26°41′37″E / 58.3107°N 26.6936°E / 58.3107; 26.6936
Language	Estonian, English
Colors	Navy and white
Website	www.eava.ee

Estonian Aviation Academy (Estonian: Eesti Lennuakadeemia) is a state-owned professional higher education institution educating and training specialists for Estonian aviation enterprises and organisations. It's situated beside the Tartu Airport in Reola, 8 km south of Tartu. The studies are conducted in accordance with the standard curricula meeting the requirements of the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Estonia, ICAO, JAA, EASA and EUROCONTROL.

Mission[]

The mission is to educate and train aviation personnel meeting international requirements, develop national aviation culture and support the development activities in the field of aviation.

Learning environment[]

Main building is situated beside Tartu Airport. The building was completed in 2011. Before that the academy used the buildings of the airport and the University of Life Sciences in Tähtvere.

Overview of Specialities[]

• Air Traffic Services
• Management of Aviation Communication and Navigation Surveillance
• Aircraft Piloting
  • Aeroplane Piloting
  • Helicopter Piloting
• Aviation Management
• Aircraft Engineering

Rectors[]

• Illari Lään (-2020)^[1]
• Koit Kaskel (2020-)

Co-operation partners in Estonia[]

To ensure high quality in preparing specialists for Estonian aviation and, also, to help the lecturers and staff keep up with the latest developments in aviation and aviation education in the whole world, Estonian Aviation Academy has developed close co-operation links with aviation enterprises and higher educational institutions in Estonia and abroad.

• Estonian Air
• Estonian Air Force
• Estonian Air Navigation Services
• Estonian Aviation Museum
• Estonian Border Guard Aviation Group
• Estonian Civil Aviation Administration
• Estonian National Defence College
• Estonian University of Life Sciences
• Magnetic MRO (ex. Air Maintenance Estonia)
• Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
• Ministry of Education and Research
• Pakker Avio
• Tallinn Airport, Ltd.
• Tallinn University
• Tallinn University of Applied Sciences
• Tallinn University of Technology
• University of Tartu
• Ülenurme High School

Co-operation partners in other countries[]

• Anadolu University School of Aviation
• Avia College
• EUROCONTROL Institute of ANS
• Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
• Hochschule Bremen
• Hogeschool van Amsterdam
• Finnair
• Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen
• Lufthansa Technical Training
• Lund University School of Aviation
• Lycon Engineering AB
• Mayflower College
• National Defence University of Warsaw
• Patria Pilot Training OY
• Riga Technical University
• SAS Flight Academy
• Transport and Telecommunication Institute
• University of Maryland Eastern Shore
• Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
• Technical University of Košice

Gallery[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website