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By the Baltic By the Baltic SeaSea
Medieval capital Medieval capital
Peaceful and Peaceful and picturesquepicturesque
Pristine Pristine naturenature
Abundant Abundant wildlifewildlife
Four Four seasonsseasons
Tartu:Tartu:City of good City of good
thoughtsthoughts
University University town town since 1632since 1632
City of City of cultureculture
City of City of youthyouth
City of free City of free wirelesswireless
Green and picturesqueGreen and picturesque
University: the heart of Tartu
1632:1632: founded byfounded by Swedish King Swedish King
Gustavus II Gustavus II AdolphusAdolphus
1919: 1919:
Became Became firstfirstEstonian Estonian universityuniversity
99 ffacultiesaculties 5 5 ccollegesolleges 17,00017,000
sstudentstudents 3,500 3,500 sstafftaff
The University The University TodayToday
AAcademic excellencecademic excellence since 1632since 1632
In top 600 In top 600 universities in the universities in the
worldworld
2009 THES-QS World University
Rankings
HHall all ooff Fame Fame
Friedrich Struve
(1793-1864)
Struve’s Geodetic Arc on
UNESCO’s World Heritage
List
AstronomyAstronomy
BiologyBiology
Karl Ernst von Baer
(1792-1876)
Founder of
Embryology
ChemistryChemistry
Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932)
1909
Nobel Prize Winner
HumanitiesHumanities
Jury Lotman (1922-1993)
Founder of Cultural Semiotics
Student traditionsStudent traditions
Torch Torch processionprocession
Student lockStudent lock--upup
StudentsStudents
washing washing
von Baer´svon Baer´s
statue withstatue with
champagnechampagne
Graduation Graduation ceremonyceremony
Estonian Estonian flag came flag came from from Estonian Estonian Student Student SocietySociety
Multidisciplinary Multidisciplinary researchresearch
ChemistryChemistry
Clinical medicine Clinical medicine
Environmental SciencesEnvironmental Sciences
Plant and Animal SciencePlant and Animal Science
Popularizing sciencePopularizing science
Modern facilitiesModern facilities
Basketball team Basketball team 4th in 2008 4th in 2008 EUROCUPEUROCUP
6 6 UT UT athletes athletes inin
2008 Beijing 2008 Beijing OlympicsOlympics
Spring and Autumn Spring and Autumn Student DaysStudent Days
Prize-winning choirsPrize-winning choirs
Students from Students from 30 countries30 countries
www.ut.ee www.ut.ee
See you in Tartu!See you in Tartu!