Tartu Ülikool

The University of Tartu:

• The largest and most comprehensive university in Estonia and one of the most respectable centres of education and research in Northern Europe
• Belongs to the top 1.2% of the world's best universities (QS World University Rankings 2023, 296th)
• Founded in 1632 by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
• Four faculties: Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science and Technology
• Offers international bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programmes, International Summer University, tailor-made study programmes, MOOCs
• 14,000 students (including 1,800 international students from 100 countries)
• 3,200 employees, including 1,650 academic employees, including 209 professors
• Member of the ISEP network, the AEN and Erasmus+ offering exchange opportunities
• Member of various prestigious research university networks, e.g. ENLIGHT, the Coimbra Group, the Guild, Utrecht Network, LERU etc.
• Famous for its research-based education
• Nobel Prize in 1909 (Wilhelm Ostwald, founder of Physical Chemistry)
• The budget volume of 227 million euros