Tallinn University

Tallinn University is a public research university located in the center of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Tallinn University is one of the three largest institutions of higher education in Estonia and offers and develops education and research primarily in the Estonian language. Tallinn University was founded in 2005 as the result of a merger between its predecessor, Tallinn Teachers' Seminar, founded in 1919, and several universities and research institutions in Tallinn. In 2021, approximately 7,000 students were enrolled, including over 4,000 undergraduates, 2,600 postgraduates, and 300 doctoral students. In 2021, there were 892 employees of the university, 455 of whom were academic staff.

Internationalism is a primary focus of Tallinn University, which has agreements with forty-three partner universities in twenty-one countries and more than 490 Erasmus+ partnership agreements. The University offers English-language academic programs and short courses aimed at international students. In 2021, Tallinn University ranked third in the Baltic states by the percentage of international students. Tallinn University was ranked among the top 1000 universities in the world in the 2019, 2020, and 2021 editions of QS World University Rankings, as well as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2020 and 2021.

Tallinn University's academic units are comprised of six schools, one college, nine academic unit centers, and five centers of excellence. Tallinn University's schools include the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, School of Digital Technologies, School of Educational Sciences, School of Governance, Law and Society, School of Humanities, and School of Natural Sciences and Health, as well as Haapsalu College. The academic unit centers are the BFM Production Centre, Centre for Educational Technology, Centre for Innovation in Education, Centre for Landscape and Culture, Centre of Excellence in Health Promotion and Rehabilitation, Estonian Institute for Population Studies, Institute for International Social Studies, Institute of Ecology, and Institute of History, Archaeology and Art History. The centers of excellence are the TU Centre of Excellence in Behavioural and Neural Sciences, TU Centre of Excellence in Educational Innovation, TU Centre of Excellence in Intercultural Studies, TU Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Lifecourse Studies, and TU Centre of Excellence in Media Innovation and Digital Culture.