The latest World University Rankings, compiled by the British journal, Times Higher Education, has ranked four Estonian higher education institutions: TalTech – the Tallinn University of Technology – is ranked higher than in 2020, while the University of Tartu has kept the same position and Tallinn University has slipped; the Estonian University of Life Sciences is now ranked higher than Tallinn University.
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Lasnamäe, the Soviet-built tower block district of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, is hosting the GROM Festival on 14 August; rapper Tommy Cash, currently the most popular Estonian artist globally, will headline the festival with his only concert in Tallinn this summer.
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Old Town of Tallinn. Photo by Kaupo Kalda, courtesy of Visit Estonia
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The University of Tartu Pärnu College marks its 25th anniversary
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The Pärnu College of the University of Tartu celebrates its 25th anniversary on 14 May; the college is the only higher education institution in Estonia’s “resort capital”.
Although the modern college was established in 1996, the history of the University of Tartu’s presence in Pärnu dates back centuries.
The original Tartu university was founded under the name of
Academia Gustaviana in 1632 by Baron Johan Skytte, the governor-general of Swedish Livonia (that covered the area of modern-day southern Estonia and much of the modern-day Latvia), with the required ratification provided by his long-time friend and former student – Gustavus Adolphus, the king of Sweden.