Ethnology students learn to use the methods of ethnographic fieldwork and visual anthropology in depth, as well as acquire the ability to write a cultural analytical text
Founded in 1956, it is the Centre for conducting in-depth comparative and multidisciplinary research into Oriental Asian Middle Eastern Regions, States and Peoples.
The Institute of Cultural Research consists of three departments: the Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore, the Department of Ethnology and the Department of Literature and Theater Studies.