University of Tartu

The University of Tartu (UT) was founded in 1632. UT offers 195 research-based graduate and postgraduate degree programs and deals with both fundamental and applied research. 13 400 students (incl. ca 1000 foreign students) study in 4 faculties (Arts and Humanities, Medicine, Science and Technology, Social Sciences). UT Library contains 4,1 million items. The University of Tartu (UT) belongs to the top 2% of the world’s best universities, ranking 314th in the QS World University Rankings 2017 and within the 301–350 range in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2017. UT is placed 3rd in the QS University Rankings: Emerging Europe and Central Asia (QS EECA University Rankings 2018). UT accounts for more than a half of all the doctoral degrees conferred (120 in 2016), research publications, and national R&D financing in Estonia. According to ESI (Essential Science Indicators), UT belongs to the top 1% of the world’s most-cited universities and research institutions in nine research areas: Clinical Medicine, Plant and Animal Sciences, Chemistry, Social Sciences, Environmental Science and Ecology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, Neuroscience and Behavioural Science, Psychiatry and Psychology. A total of 42 UT researchers belong to the top 1% of most-cited scientists in the world. As Estonia’s national university, UT places great importance on international co-operation and partnerships with reputable research universities all over the world. Institutional co-operation with 80 partner universities in 31 countries extends from the Baltic Sea area to North America, East Asia and Australia. As a member of several high-level research university networks such as the European
University Association (EUA), the Coimbra Group, The Guild of research-intensive universities, and an associate member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), UT actively participates in the formulation of European science policy. According to the Estonian Research Information System, scholars associated with the University of
Tartu publish more than 2,500 research publications annually (2,676 in 2016), close to 2,000 of which are classified as high-level publications (1,909 in 2016).