The UT Viljandi Culture Academy offers undergraduate study programmes in such fields as performing arts, culture management, music, Estonian native crafts, community education and hobby activity.

The Academy also offers MA graduate study programmes in such fields as creative applications of cultural heritage, teacher of arts and technology, creative project management, and sound and visual technology.

In the last decades, the UT VCA’s main area of research has been the humanities, but there is an increasing amount of cooperation with social, economic, technological and material sciences.

In addition, the academy also participates in the activities of several international university networks:[5] UT VCA has signed bilateral co-operation agreement in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme with many universities[6] (selection): In Tallinn in the year 1952, the Tallinn Culture School (est: Tallinna Kultuurharidusala Kool) – later the Tallinn School of Cultural Education (Tallinna Kultuurharidustöö Kool) was founded, where specialists are educated for libraries and community centres.

[8] Main Building The oldest part of the building was built in 1860 as a town-palace by count Theodor von Helmersen, the owner of Karula manor house in the north of Viljandi and was registered as a protected architectural monument in 1998.

[12] Vilma house In May 2012, the Culture Academy acquired the buildings of the former Viljandi bread factory.