University of Tartu
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The University of Tartu (UT; Estonian: Tartu Ülikool; Latin: Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia.[2] It is the only classical university in the country,[3] and also its biggest[4] and most prestigious[5] university. It was founded under the name of Academia Gustaviana in 1632 by Baron Johan Skytte, the Governor-General (1629–1634) of Swedish Livonia, Ingria, and Karelia, with the required ratification provided by his long-time friend and former student – from age 7 –, King Gustavus Adolphus, shortly before the king's death on 6 November in the Battle of Lützen (1632),[6][7] during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648).
Tartu Ülikool | |
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| Latin: Universitas Tartuensis | |
Former names | Academia Gustaviana, University of Dorpat/Yuryev, Tartu State University |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1632 (closed 1710–1802) |
| Rector | Toomas Asser |
Academic staff | 1,847 |
Administrative staff | 1,520 |
| Students | 14,263 (2022)[1] |
| Undergraduates | 8,787 (2022)[1] |
| Postgraduates | 4,342 (2022)[1] |
| 1,134 (2022)[1] | |
| Location | , 58°22′52″N 26°43′13″E |
| Campus | Urban (University town) |
| Colours | Blue White |
| Nickname | UT, unitartu |
| Affiliations | CBUR, EUA, Coimbra Group, Utrecht Network, Atomium Culture Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities |
| Website | www |
Nearly 14,300 students are at the university, of whom over 1,800 are foreign students.[1] The language of instruction in most curricula is Estonian, some more notable exceptions are taught in English, such as semiotics, applied measurement science, computer science, information technology law, and European Union–Russia studies.[8]
The historical buildings of the university are included in the European Heritage Label list as "embodiment of the ideas of a university in the Age of Enlightenment".[9] The university is a member of the Coimbra Group and the Utrecht Network.[10]