Value proposition

Belongs to the TOP 1% of the world's best universities. #unitartu

- The largest and most comprehensive university in Estonia and one of the top universities in Northern Europe

- The oldest university in Estonia: founded in 1632 by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

- Belongs to the top 350 of the world's best universities by ranking (358th in the QS World University Rankings 2024 and top 250 in the THE World University Rankings 2025)

- 4 faculties - Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science and Technology

- Over 30 international bachelor's and master's programmes in English and 9 doctoral programmes;

- 14,000 students, 13% international students

- 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)

- Nobel Prize in 1909 (Wilhelm Ostwald, founder of Physical Chemistry)


Medicine, Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Science and Technology, Law, Economics, and Computer Science