Tallinn University
| Tallinn University | |
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| founding | 2005 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Tallinn , Estonia |
| Rector | Tiit land |
| Students | approx. 9,500 |
| Employee | about 520 |
| Website | www.tlu.ee |
The University of Tallinn ( Estonian Tallinna Ülikool shortly TLU or TLÜ ) is a public university in the Estonian capital Tallinn with nearly 10,000 students and 500 academic staff.
history
The university emerged from the Tallinn Pedagogical University in 2005 and was divided into six faculties until 2008. Since then, the university has undergone extensive structural reform and is now divided into more than 20 institutes, colleges and schools.
The first rector was the writer and Japanologist Rein Raud , and Tiit Land has been the university's rector since 2011 .
Departments
Institutes
- Institute for Communication
- Institute for Ecology
- Institute for Education
- Institute for Estonian Language and Culture
- Institute for Art
- Institute for Germanic and Romance Languages and Cultures
- Institute for Health Sciences and Sport
- Institute for History
- Institute for Computer Science
- Institute for Information Science
- Institute for International and Social Sciences
- Institute for Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- Institute for Political and Administrative Science
- Institute for Psychology
- Institute for Slavic Languages and Cultures
- Institute for Social Work
Colleges
Notable personalities
Professors
- Karsten Brüggemann - historian
Honorary doctors
- Valdas Adamkus - President of the Republic of Lithuania
- Olavi Arens - Professor, Armstrong Atlantic State University
- Hans-Peter Blossfeld - Professor, Otto Friedrich University Bamberg
- Gerd-Bodo von Carlsburg - Professor, Heidelberg University of Education
- Jacques Cortès - Professor Emeritus, University of Rouen
- Helmut Dahncke - Professor, University of Kiel
- Hannelore Greve - philanthropist
- Juhani Hytönen - Professor, University of Helsinki
- Viktoras Justickis - Professor, Vytautas Magnus University
- Heikki Olavi Kallio - Director of the Finnish Academy
- Pertti Kansanen - Professor Emeritus, University of Helsinki
- Jaan Kaplinski - poet
- Ülo Lumiste - Academic, Professor Emeritus, University of Tartu
- Pentti Malaska - Professor Emeritus, Turku Business School
- Jaan Puhvel - Professor Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles
- Aino Sallinen - Rector, Professor, Jyväskylä University
- György Andras Schöpflin - philosopher and social scientist
- Riivo Sinijärv - diplomat, former Estonian Foreign Minister
- Robert Sommer - Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis
- Winfried Ulrich - Professor, University of Kiel
- Kyösti Urponen - Professor, University of Lapland
- Jaan Valsiner - Professor, Clark University
- Arvo Valton - writer
- Yrjö Varpio - Professor Emeritus, University of Tampere
- Pauli Lauri Vuolle - Professor, Jyväskylä University
See also
Web links
State universities: University of Tartu | Tallinn University of Technology | Tallinn University
State universities: Estonian Academy of Fine Arts | Estonian Aviation Academy | Estonian Naval Academy | Estonian Music Academy | Estonian University of Environmental Sciences
Private universities: Akademie Nord | International University Audentes | Estonian Business School | Tallinn Euro University | Estonian Theological Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Coordinates: 59 ° 26 ′ 19 ″ N , 24 ° 46 ′ 17 ″ E