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).
Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology is the only technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, public administration and maritime affairs. TalTech has colleges in Tartu and Kohtla-Järve. Despite the similar names, Tallinn University and Tallinn University of Technology are separate institutions.
Rainer Kattel is an Estonian academic and science administrator. He is professor of Innovation and Public Governance at Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, UCL, and Research Professor and Chair of Innovation Policy and Technology Governance at Tallinn University of Technology. In 2015-16, he was a visiting professor at Columbia University's Earth Institute.
Jaak Aaviksoo is an Estonian politician and physicist, a former rector of the University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech).
Paul Nikolai Kogerman was an Estonian chemist and founder of modern research in oil shale.
Otto Liiv was an Estonian historian and archivist. He was one of the founders of Estonian archival science as well as one of the most prolific and respected historians in Estonia.
University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy is an Estonian institution of higher education, situated in the provincial town of Viljandi, central Estonia. The UT Viljandi Culture Academy merged with the University of Tartu in 2005. The UT VCA has been teaching professional higher education and performing applied research within information science, culture education and creative arts since 1952. The academy has about 1000 students, half of whom are open university students. The teaching and instruction are based on the continuity and sustainability of Estonian native culture enriched by new impulses which widen the notion of traditional culture. As of 2021, the Director of the institution is Juko-Mart Kõlar.
The Estonian Information Technology College (EITC) was a private non-profit institution of professional higher education in Estonia, located in Tallinn. EITC provided Estonian applied higher education diploma-level education in information technology in four main programmes, carried out shorter-term vocational training programmes as well as various R&D-oriented activities. In 2017 it merged with the Tallinn University of Technology.
Rein Raud is an Estonian academic and author.
Tanel Tammet is an Estonian computer scientist, professor, software engineer, and computer programmer. He was also one of the founding members of the Estonian Greens party, and helped found the IT College in Tallinn.
Karl Rebane was a Soviet and Estonian physicist.
Gunnar Kangro was an Estonian mathematician. He worked mainly on summation theory. He taught various courses on mathematical analysis, functional analysis and algebra in University of Tartu and he has written several university textbooks.
Tullio Ilomets was an Estonian chemist, science historian and a volunteer in heritage protection.
Kaur Alttoa is an Estonian art historian and cultural historian.
Ene–Margit Tiit is an Estonian mathematician and statistician who became the founding president of the Estonian Statistical Society.
Arnold Seppo was Estonian surgeon and traumatologist.
Peeter Tulviste was an Estonian psychologist, educator and politician. He was a member of X and XI Riigikogu.
Mart Kalm is an Estonian architecture historian.
Jaak Kangilaski was an Estonian art historian.
Mati Erelt is an Estonian linguist.
