Description
The university was founded in 1632 by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. The university, which operated mainly under the Kingdom of Sweden in the 17th century and under the Russian Empire in the 19th century, has survived several closures and reopenings and moved a few times. In 1919, it was reopened as the Estonian-language University of Tartu. This laid the foundations for Estonian-language higher education and created a community of national intellectuals, who have a significant role in the development of the Estonian state, society and culture.
The University of Tartu is the only classical comprehensive university in Estonia. Research is done at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of Medicine, and the Faculty of Science and Technology
Around 1,600 students are international students and more than 1,100 are doctoral students. About half of our employees are academic staff, 63% of whom have a PhD. There are 220 professors at the university.
We are among the first 400 in two of the world’s most prestigious university rankings (in 2023, 358th in QS World University Rankings and the 301-350 band in Times Higher Education World University Rankings).
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