University of Tartu, founded in 1632 is one of the oldest universities in Northern and Eastern Europe. It is the only Estonian university in the top 3% universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-2012 ).
University of Tartu belongs to the top 1% of the world's most-cited universities and research institutions in the fields of Clinical Medicine, Chemistry, Environment/Ecology, Plant and Animal Science, Geosciences, Social Sciences (general), Biology and Biochemistry.