Research

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 ).

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 and Engineering (ISI Web of Science).

More than half of the PhD theses written in Estonia are defended here. More than half of the country’s research publications are authored by UT academics, and the university manages work-intensive research projects and topics in every important research area.

There are 9 faculties and important contributions to the research work of the faculties are made by the university’s 4 colleges, the Estonian Genome Center and the University of Tartu Library .

High-level research is also conducted by the university’s interdisciplinary centres of excellence.