About Tartu University

University of Tartu is one of the oldest universities around the Baltic See region, it celebrated 375th anniversary in October 2007. With main campuses in Tartu city centre and around it, Univeristy of Tartu also has seven colleges across Estonia (Two in Tartu, Pärnu, Türi, Narva, Tallinn, Viljandi).

• Today 18,000 students study in 11 faculties, which makes it largest university in Estonia.
• University of Tartu is involved in number of international cooperation projects and also has around 400 foreign students enrolled in academic programmes.
• Graduates from University of Tartu are highly regarded in Estonian labour-market - 9 out of 14 members of Estonian Government come form University of Tartu.
• University of Tartu aims to connect excellency in teaching with high quality of research - every year more than 3000 academic articles are authored by academic staff of University of Tartu
• Best known research areas of the University of Tartu are: molecular and cell biology, gene technology, immunology, pharmacology, laser medicine, mateirals science, laser spectroscopy, biochemistry, environmental technology, language technology, psychology and semiotics.
• University of Tartu provides homes for many museums (Art, History, Zoology, Geology Museums, Botanical Gardens, Observatory) and its many buildings are among the best know sightseeing places in Tartu.

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