title: Tallinn English College
text: # Tallinn English College
  
  Tallinn English College (Estonian: Tallinna Inglise Kolledž) is a co-educational general education school in Tallinn, Estonia with in depth education in the English language. It has elementary, middle and senior levels with students aged from 7 to 18.
  
  ## History
  
  The history of the college starts in 1940, when Tallinn Secondary School No. 7 was created by merging Tallinn French School and Jakob Westholm Grammar School. The school was located in the building on Hariduse Street erected for the French Lyceum in 1937. Its name returned to Jakob Westholm Grammar School in 1941 under the German occupation authorities, but its original name was lost again in 1944 when the Soviet occupation was restored. The students had to survive more mergers with other schools. Finally the college became one of the few elite schools specializing in English in Soviet-occupied Estonia.
  
  In 1996 the school was renamed to Tallinn English College and moved to its current location on Estonia Puiestee in the very heart of Tallinn.
  
  ## Notable alumni
  
  * Yoko Alender, architect
  * Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia
  * Jüri Krjukov, actor
  * Anu Lamp, actress
  * Rein Lang, Minister of Culture
  * Mihkel Raud, singer, guitarist and journalist
  * Riina Sildos, film producer
  * Meeli Sööt, actress
  * Kristo Käärmann, co-founder of Wise
  