The University of Tartu is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country. The university was founded under the name of Academia Gustaviana in 1632 by Baron Johan Skytte, the Governor-General of Swedish Livonia, Ingria, and Karelia, with the required ratification provided by King Gustavus Adolphus, shortly before the king's death on 6 November in the Battle of Lützen (1632).
Korporatsioon Vironia is an Estonian fraternal student society and the oldest student corps in Estonia. The organization is named after the Latin name for the ancient Estonian county of Virumaa. A full member of the organization is called a "vironus", while every member can also be called a "Vironian" (viroonlane).
Korporatsioon Revelia is an all-male fraternity in Estonia. It was founded in 1920.
Korporatsioon Sakala is a fraternal organization of Estonian higher education students. It was established at the University of Tartu on November 14, 1909.
The Estonian Students' Society is the largest and oldest all-male academical student society in Estonia, and is similar to the Baltic German student organizations known as corporations (Corps). It was founded in 1870 at Tartu. It has over 900 members in Estonia and abroad.
Elmar Tampõld was an Estonian-Canadian architect and founder of an academic base for Estonian studies in Toronto.
Fraternitas Estica (C!F!E!) or Korporatsioon Fraternitas Estica is an all-male academic corporation at the University of Tartu in Tartu, Estonia. It was founded in 1907 and was reestablished in 1988.
League of Estonian Corporations is an umbrella organisation for male academic corporations in Estonia.
Korporatsioon Ugala, also known as Korp! Ugala, is an Estonian student corporation or fraternal organization for college students. It was established at the University of Tartu in 1913. It now has branches in four countries.
Presidium Convent also known as P!K! is an umbrella organization of all-male academic corporations in Latvia. It was founded in 1919.
Korporatsioon Leola or Korp! Leola is an Estonian student fraternity or studentenverbindung. It was established in 1920 in Tallinn. It is a member of the League of Estonian Corporations.
Phi Upsilon Omicron (ΦΥΟ), sometimes called Phi U, is a scholastic honor society that recognizes academic achievement among students in the field of family and consumer science. It was established in 1909 at the University of Minnesota.
Estonia Student Society Veljesto is an association of Estonian university students. It was founded on February 24, 1920, at Tartu, Estonia.
Filiae Patriae is an Estonian academic student organization for women. It was formed in 1920 at the University of Tartu. It is the oldest sorority in Estonia.
Konwent Polonia is a Polish student corporation. It is the oldest active Polish student corporation.
Rotalia is an Estonian student corporation. Its members and chapters are located around the world.
The history of Anarchism in Estonia dates back to the Russian Revolution, seeing a resurgence after the Singing Revolution.
Janno Reiljan was an Estonian politician, economist and professor of foreign economics at the University of Tartu. He has been a member of IX and X Riigikogu. He was a member of Conservative People's Party of Estonia.
The Corps Concordia Rigensis is a German Baltic student association founded at the University of Riga in Riga, Latvia in 1869. It has been based in Hamburg since 1956 and has been a member of the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband since 1959. The international corps members are called Concords and form a cross-generational, lifelong bond of friendship.
