Pedagogical University of Tallinn
| Tallinna Ülikool | |
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| Motto | Thinking unlimited! |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1919, 2005 |
| President | Tiit Land |
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Academic staff
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392 (2016) |
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Administrative staff
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423 (2016) |
| Students | 7,668 (2016) |
| Undergraduates | 4,766 (2016) |
| Postgraduates | 2,902 (2016) |
| 349 (2016) | |
| Location |
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia 59°26′19″N 24°46′17″E / 59.43861°N 24.77139°ECoordinates: 59°26′19″N 24°46′17″E / 59.43861°N 24.77139°E |
| Affiliations | EUA, UNICA |
| Mascot | Eksmati |
| Website | www |
Tallinn University (TU; Estonian: Tallinna Ülikool, TLÜ) is a public research university in Estonia. Located in the 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.
Tallinn University's predecessor, Tallinn Teachers' Seminar, 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: Academic Library of Estonia (1946), Baltic Film and Media School (1992/97), Estonian Institute of Humanities (1988), Institute of History (1946) and Tallinn Pedagogical University (1919/52/92). In 2015, Tallinn University underwent a structural reform, whereby its 20+ structural units (the legacy of the numerous mergers leading to its establishment) were reorganized into six schools in order to optimize funding and eliminate overlap between units in research and teaching.
As of 2016, over 8,000 degree students were enrolled at Tallinn University (with over 13,000 more taking part in continuing education programmes). This makes Tallinn University the third largest provider of higher education in Estonia. Among degree students, 8.7% were international. There are 837 full-time employees at the University, of which 409 are academic staff. 11.1% of the faculty are international.
Education and research at Tallinn University focus on five core interdisciplinary fields: educational innovation, digital and media culture, cultural competences, healthy and sustainable lifestyle and society and open governance. Each of the fields is represented by a school of the University: School of Educational Sciences, Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School; School of Humanities, School of Natural Sciences and Health, and School of Governance, Law and Society. The School of Digital Technologies is the sixth school, contributing to all of the fields.
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.
Tallinn University actively participates in international research projects. It is one of only three universities in the Baltics whose research intensity has been classified as "very high" by Quacquarelli Symonds.
In 2018, Tallinn University placed 69th in the EECA (Emerging Europe and Central Asia) rankings published by Quacquarelli Symonds, up from 87th in the 2016 edition. In QS World University Rankings by Subject, Tallinn University placed in the 201-250 bracket in Sociology, making it the best university in the Baltic States in the discipline.
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