Research and development institutes, cultural establishments and learned societies, whose activities and objectives comply with the interests and aims of the Academy, may associate with the Academy. The relations between the associated institution or society and the Academy, the mutual rights and obligations are provided for in the statutes of the Academy and the association agreement.
Since 1998 the agreements of association have been signed with the following societies and unions:
Estonian Naturalists' Society
Associated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences 23.01.1998
Founded 1853
Estonian Geographical Society
Associated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences 27.01.1998
Founded 1955
Society of Estonian Areal Studies
Associated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences 27.01.1998
Founded 1939
Estonian Mother Tongue Society
Associated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences 4.02.1998
Founded 1920
Estonian Union of the History and Philosophy of Science
Associated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences 4.02.1998
Founded 1967
Estonian Learned Society in Sweden
Associated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences 19.03.1999
Founded 1945
Estonian Literary Society
Associated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences 23.01.2001
Founded 1907
Learned Estonian Society
Associated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences 23.01.2001
Founded 1838
Estonian Musicological Society
Associated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences 21.06.2004
Founded 1992
Estonian Physical Society
Associated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences 14.06.2005
Founded 1989
Estonian Association of Engineers
Associated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences 23.09.2008
Founded 1988
Estonian Biochemical Society
Associated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences 13.11.2009
Founded 1959
Estonian Semiotics Association
Associated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences 22.12.2010
Founded 1998
Estonian Chemical Society
Associated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences 8.03.2011
Founded 1919