History
Established 18 March 2005 as a merger of:
Academic Library of Estonia (1946)
Baltic Film and Media School (1992/97)
Estonian Institute of Humanities (1988)
Institute of History (1946)
Tallinn Pedagogical University
(1919/52/92)
Structure
19 academic institutes (structural reform in 2008)
Estonian Institute for Future Studies
Estonian Institute of Humanities
Estonian Institute for Population Studies
Institute of Communication
Institute of Ecology
Institute of Educational Sciences
Institute of Estonian Language and Culture
Institute of Fine Arts
Structure (continues)
Institute of Germanic-RomanceLanguages and Cultures
Institute of Health Sciencesand Sports
Institute of History
Institute of Informatics
Institute of Information Studies
Institute of International andSocial Studies
Institute of Mathematics andNatural Sciences
Institute of Political Scienceand Governance
Structure (continues)
Institute of Psychology
Institute of Slavonic Languages andCultures
Institute of Social Work
Confucius Institute, established in 2010
Colleges
Baltic Film and Media School
Catherine’s College
Haapsalu College
Rakvere College
Tallinn University Law School
Fields of Research and Studies
Humanities
Social Sciences
Law
Arts
Educational Sciences
Natural and Exact Sciences
Health Sciences
Rarities
Baltica Collection
Yuri Lotman Archive and Memorial Library
Medieval ArchaeologyCollection
Student Body2011/2012
Number of students -
10 000
Staff 2010/2011
All together - 1070
Academic staff - 510
Administrative and support staff - 560
International Activities
Strategy for Internationalisation 2008-2015
Development Plan 2010-2014
Fund for Internationalisation
44 cooperation agreements withuniversities from 26 countries
500 Erasmus agreements
Participation in many internationalnetworks: EUA, EUA-CDE, UNICA,BSRUN, BUP, EURAXESS, IAU, EADTU,UNeECC
BA Programs in English (5)
Law with Management
Law
Liberal Arts in Humanities
Liberal Arts in SocialSciences
Audiovisual Media
Crossmedia Production
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MA Programs in English (9)
Film Arts
Interactive Media and Knowledge Environments
Anthropology
European Studies
Digital Library Learning (Erasmus Mundus)
International Relations
Comparative Literature and Cultural Semiotics
Crossmedia Production
Communication Management
International Business Law
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International Students 2011/2012
457 students, including 175 degree students and 282 exchangestudents (5 % of the student body)
Students from more than 50 countries, incl. Erasmus Mundus students
Good support services for international students
International Lecturers2010/2011
Contract based – 68 lecturers and researchers
Exchange based - 56
Vacant positions announced internationally
University guest – public lectures and seminarsby internationally renowned guest lecturers
University research grants
Support services: International Cafe, welcomekit, Interlec mailing list
Tallinn Summer School2011
273 participants from 42 countries
17 courses
3-week culture program
Various trips
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Tallinn Summer School2012July 16 – August 3
In cooperation with otheruniversities located inTallinn (for the first time)
24 courses
Cultural program
Special events
Trips within Estonia andto Russia
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Welcome!
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