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{{Short description|University in Tallinn, Estonia}}
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|name = Tallinn University
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| native_name = Tallinna Ülikool
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|endowment = | endowment =
| administrative_staff = 371 (2023)
|staff =
|faculty = | faculty = 475 (2023)
|president = Rein Raud | president = ]
| students = 6,843 (2023)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tlu.ee/en/studies | title=Studies | date=13 January 2021 }}</ref>
|students =
|undergrad = 5,482 | undergrad = 3,927 (2023)
|postgrad = 2,333 | postgrad = 2,629 (2023)
|doctoral = | doctoral = 287 (2023)
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| affiliations = ], ], EUA-CDE, Magna-Charta, BUP, ATEE, ENAI, ENIHEI, FilmEU
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| QS_EECA =72 | QS_EECA_year =2022 | QS_EECA_ref =<ref name="QS World University Rankings 2022">{{Cite web |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/eeca-rankings/2022 |title=QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia |access-date=15 January 2023}}</ref>| QS_W = | QS_W_year = | QS_W_ref =
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}}'''Tallinn University''' ('''TLU'''; {{langx|et|Tallinna Ülikool}}, ''TLÜ'') is a public research university in ]. Located in the centre of ], the capital city of Estonia, Tallinn University is one of the three largest institutions of higher education in the country. Both ] and ] place it among the top 1000 universities in the world.<ref name="Tallinn University Profile">{{cite web |title=Tallinn University Profile |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/tallinn-university |website=QS University Rankings}}</ref><ref name=":3" />


==History==
'''Tallinn University (TLU)''' (]: ''Tallinna Ülikool (TLÜ)'') is one of the largest institutions of higher education in Estonia. It is located in the capital city of ], ].
Tallinn University's predecessor, Tallinn Pedagogical University ({{langx|et|Tallinna Pedagoogikaülikool}}), was founded in 1919. Tallinn University in its present form was established on 18 March 2005 as the result of a merger of several universities and research institutions in Tallinn.


== Structure == ==Academics==
{{Infobox university rankings
===Academic Institutes===
| THE_W = 801–1,000 | THE_W_year = | THE_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/tallinn-university|title=Tallinn University profile|website=THE University Rankings|date=4 April 2023 }}</ref>
| QS_W = 801–1,000 | QS_W_year = | QS_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=World University Rankings 2021 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2019 |website=QS Rankings}}</ref>
}}
As of 2023, about 7,000 degree students were enrolled at Tallinn University (with over 14,000 more taking part in continuing education programmes), making it the third largest provider of higher education in Estonia. Among degree students, 10% were international. There are 846 employees at the university, of which 475 are academic staff.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Tallinn University in numbers|url=https://www.tlu.ee/en/university-numbers#students|access-date=December 21, 2020|website=Tallinn University|date=28 March 2018 }}</ref>


Tallinn University's Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School is the only institution in Northern Europe teaching film, television and audiovisual production in English, and one of the largest film schools in the region.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baltic Film and Media School|url=http://www.cineuropa.org/sc.aspx?t=schoolprofile&l=en&did=199713|website=Cineuropa|access-date=20 April 2017}}</ref> Its student body represents over 40 countries worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=About BFM|url=https://www.tlu.ee/en/Baltic-Film-Media-Arts-and-Communication-School/Institute|website=Tallinn University|access-date=20 April 2017}}</ref>
* The Estonian Institute of Humanities
* Institute of History


As of 2021 the Times Higher Education World Rankings ranked the university's research coefficient fourth highest in the ].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2020/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/scores_research/sort_order/asc/cols/scores|title=World University Rankings 2020|website=THE University Rankings|date=20 August 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/tallinn-university|title=Tallinn University profile|website=THE University Rankings|date=4 April 2023 }}</ref>
===Faculties===


==Tallinn University campus==
* Faculty of Philology
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* Faculty of Educational Sciences
The campus of Tallinn University is located in the center of Tallinn. The campus consists of six connected buildings which have Latin names: Terra, Astra, Mare, Nova, Silva and Vita. Between the buildings there is a campus courtyard.
* Faculty of Physical Education
* Faculty of Fine Arts
* Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
* Faculty of Social Sciences


Terra is the main and oldest building on Tallinn University's campus. It was built for the ] in 1938. The building is under heritage protection. The Mare building was completed in 2006. The Nova building houses the Baltic Film and Media School and was completed in 2012, along with the Astra building. The Vita building was completed and opened in January 2020.
===Colleges===


The University's Academic Library is located a short walk from the main campus. It was established as the as the Central Library for the ] in 1946; it became a part of the university in 2003.<ref name="tlu.ee1">{{cite web |title=Campus |url=http://www.tlu.ee/en/university/campus |access-date=17 March 2015}}</ref>
* Baltic Film and Media School
* Haapsalu College
* Rakvere College


===Research Institutes===
==Internationalisation==
The university was ranked among the top 15 institutions in the Emerging Europe and Central Asia by the percentage of international faculty.<ref name=":EECA18">{{cite web |title=QS EECA University Rankings 201 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/eeca-rankings/2018 |access-date=17 October 2017 |work=Top Universities}}</ref>


In 2023, Taiwan set up a ] center in Tallinn University .
* Institute of Ecology
* Institute of International and Social Studies
* Institute of Educational Research
* Institute of Estonian Demography


== Sports and culture ==
===International Master programs===
Tallinn University has a range of cultural and sport activities. The university has a symphony orchestra,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Symphony Orchestra|url=https://www.tlu.ee/en/Symphony-Orchestra|website=Tallinn University|date=4 June 2018 }}</ref> men's choir,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Men's Choir|url=https://www.tlu.ee/en/mens-choir|website=Tallinn University|date=4 June 2018 }}</ref> women's choir,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Women's Choir|url=https://www.tlu.ee/en/womens-choir|website=Tallinn University|date=4 June 2018 }}</ref> and the folk dance group Soveldaja.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Soveldaja|url=https://www.tlu.ee/en/soveldaja|website=Tallinn University|date=4 June 2018 }}</ref>


== Notable faculty ==
* ], American composer and music theorist
* ], legal scholar and former advisor to the ]
* ], educational psychologist (currently professor of education at ])
* ], semiotician and politician
* ], philosopher and translator
* ]
* ]
* ], demographer, known for the concept of ]
* ], lecturer, actor, musician and academic
* ], professor of Cultural Theory and Japanese studies, writer and translator
* ], filmmaker and academic


==References==
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===International Bachelor programs===

===R&D Activities and Knowledge Transfer===
The main objectives of '''R&D activities''' are efficiency and a high international standard.
In order to achieve these the University will:
- Increase the proportion of researchers to at least 30 percent of academic personnel by 2006;
- Concentrate research while specifying the priority directions of study mainly through
intensifying cooperation between the faculties of the University, but also with other research and development establishments;
- Develop centres of competence;
- Introduce systems for motivating lecturers and researchers and for international publication
of results;
- Support application of research results and applied studies;
- Orient itself towards increasing the role of international joint projects (mainly research and development programmes of the European Union) and other foreign funding of research;
- Improve the conditions of research work (providing researchers and lecturers with the time, facilities, equipment, literature, study abroad, information technology, etc. necessary for
research);
- Increase the role of faculties in coordinating research work within the faculties and respectively the responsibility of the faculties for the quality of the research; create favourable conditions for developing perspective fields of research;
- Take active part in initiating, developing and carrying out national and regional projects;
- Develop cooperation with other research libraries of Estonia with the aim of meeting the research and training needs of academic personnel and students to a maximum extent;
- Mediate the results of research to the general public; develop a complex system of research and training marketing. R&D Department

'''Knowledge Transfer''' and implementation of research results for society needs development of services, working processes and products of organisations and institutions. Basic forms of knowledge transfer are:
- Research and development projects,
- Knowledge services,
- Sale of definitive work,
- Industrial property,
- Spinn-off enterprises.
'''Knowledge services:'''
- Providing a service outside the university
- Providing a service based on university R&D and educational activities;
- Services offered by university members or contract partners.
The university has thus made its logical contribution to the introduction of the national R&D strategy 2002-2006 “Knowledge-based Estonia”.
Knowledge Transfer Centre
Knowledge Transfer Area

== History and Ideology ==

The Tallinn University was established on 18 March 2005 as the result of a merger of several universities (among which the Tallinn Pedagogical University was the biggest) and research institutes in Tallinn as well as the Estonian Academic Library. Its main strengths lie in the fields of humanities and social sciences, but it also has a strong and constantly growing component of natural and exact sciences, as well as a notable tradition of teacher training and educational research.

The University consists of 6 faculties (Fine Arts, Educational Sciences, Physical Education, Philology, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Social Sciences), 2 academic institutes (Institute of History, Estonian Institute of Humanities), the Baltic Film and Media School as well as 4 research institutes (Institute of Estonian Demography, Institute of Ecology, Institute of Educational Research, Institute of International and Social Studies) and two regional colleges (located in Haapsalu and Rakvere). At present, it has around 7000 students as well as more than 400 faculty members and research fellows, on the whole being the fastest growing university in the country. In 2006, about 8200 applications were submitted by student candidates, the competition being about 20 persons per state-funded place in the most popular programmes.

The University has committed itself to the strategic goal of becoming an international research university with a strong social conscience and a friendly, flexible and collegial environment for learning and personal growth, where considerable academic freedoms guaranteed to both the students and the faculty are balanced by strict quality requirements. One of the main aims of the university is large-scale internationalisation - with its 7 academic degree programmes and a number of shorter programmes and courses offered in the English language it is about to become the most international university in the Baltic area. Many academic positions in the university are announced for international application and the University is also prepared to host international visiting scholars on their sabbatical leaves or by other agreements.

The university currently maintains 25 inter-university agreements with universities in Europe, US, Japan, Russia and several other countries as well 200 Erasmus exchange agreements with universities from all over the European Union. The University also organises summer schools and short-term courses for foreigners.


==External links== ==External links==
* {{Commons category|Tallinn University}}
* {{Official website|www.tlu.ee/en}} {{in lang|en}}


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Latest revision as of 04:22, 11 December 2024

University in Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn University
Tallinna Ülikool
MottoPromoter of Intelligent Lifestyle
TypePublic
Established1919, 2005
PresidentTõnu Viik
Academic staff475 (2023)
Administrative staff371 (2023)
Students6,843 (2023)
Undergraduates3,927 (2023)
Postgraduates2,629 (2023)
Doctoral students287 (2023)
LocationTallinn, Harju County, Estonia
59°26′19″N 24°46′17″E / 59.43861°N 24.77139°E / 59.43861; 24.77139
AffiliationsEUA, UNICA, EUA-CDE, Magna-Charta, BUP, ATEE, ENAI, ENIHEI, FilmEU
MascotEksmati
Websitewww.tlu.ee
University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia72 (2022)

Tallinn University (TLU; Estonian: Tallinna Ülikool, TLÜ) is a public research university in Estonia. Located in the centre of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, Tallinn University is one of the three largest institutions of higher education in the country. Both QS World University and Times Higher Education rankings place it among the top 1000 universities in the world.

History

Tallinn University's predecessor, Tallinn Pedagogical University (Estonian: Tallinna Pedagoogikaülikool), was founded in 1919. Tallinn University in its present form was established on 18 March 2005 as the result of a merger of several universities and research institutions in Tallinn.

Academics

University rankings
Global – Overall
QS World801–1,000
THE World801–1,000

As of 2023, about 7,000 degree students were enrolled at Tallinn University (with over 14,000 more taking part in continuing education programmes), making it the third largest provider of higher education in Estonia. Among degree students, 10% were international. There are 846 employees at the university, of which 475 are academic staff.

Tallinn University's Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School is the only institution in Northern Europe teaching film, television and audiovisual production in English, and one of the largest film schools in the region. Its student body represents over 40 countries worldwide.

As of 2021 the Times Higher Education World Rankings ranked the university's research coefficient fourth highest in the Baltic States.

Tallinn University campus

Tallinn University campus Terra building as seen from Narva maantee

The campus of Tallinn University is located in the center of Tallinn. The campus consists of six connected buildings which have Latin names: Terra, Astra, Mare, Nova, Silva and Vita. Between the buildings there is a campus courtyard.

Terra is the main and oldest building on Tallinn University's campus. It was built for the Tallinn English College in 1938. The building is under heritage protection. The Mare building was completed in 2006. The Nova building houses the Baltic Film and Media School and was completed in 2012, along with the Astra building. The Vita building was completed and opened in January 2020.

The University's Academic Library is located a short walk from the main campus. It was established as the as the Central Library for the Estonian Academy of Sciences in 1946; it became a part of the university in 2003.

Tallinn University campus virtual tour.

Internationalisation

The university was ranked among the top 15 institutions in the Emerging Europe and Central Asia by the percentage of international faculty.

In 2023, Taiwan set up a Chinese Studies center in Tallinn University .

Sports and culture

Tallinn University has a range of cultural and sport activities. The university has a symphony orchestra, men's choir, women's choir, and the folk dance group Soveldaja.

Notable faculty

References

  1. "Studies". 13 January 2021.
  2. "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. "Tallinn University Profile". QS University Rankings.
  4. ^ "World University Rankings 2020". THE University Rankings. 20 August 2019.
  5. "World University Rankings 2021". QS Rankings.
  6. "Tallinn University profile". THE University Rankings. 4 April 2023.
  7. "Tallinn University in numbers". Tallinn University. 28 March 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  8. "Baltic Film and Media School". Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  9. "About BFM". Tallinn University. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  10. "Tallinn University profile". THE University Rankings. 4 April 2023.
  11. "Campus". Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  12. "QS EECA University Rankings 201". Top Universities. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  13. "Symphony Orchestra". Tallinn University. 4 June 2018.
  14. "Men's Choir". Tallinn University. 4 June 2018.
  15. "Women's Choir". Tallinn University. 4 June 2018.
  16. "Soveldaja". Tallinn University. 4 June 2018.

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