The application period for ExpREES studies starting in Autumn 2024 is open! The deadline for applications is 18 April 2024.
Are you enrolled in a Finnish university? Would you like to specialise in Eastern Europe (incl. Ukraine, countries in Eastern Central Europe and South-Eastern Europe, the Baltic countries), Russia, Central Asia or the Southern Caucasus in your master’s?
The Aleksanteri Institute at the University of Helsinki coordinates a network of 12 Finnish universities which offer a multidisciplinary study programme known as ExpREES (Expertise in Russian and Eastern European Studies).
Please submit your application via the by 18 April. For more information, visit the website “” The results will be announced by 23 May 2024.
You may also follow ExpREES in social media, please check and .
For further information, please contact Sirke Mäkinen, University Lecturer and Head of the ExpREES programme at sirke.makinen@helsinki.fi or 050 4767293, or Hanna Peltonen, ExpREES Coordinator, at hanna.o.peltonen@helsinki.fi or 02941 23681. The best way to reach us is by email.