The oldest university in Estonia: founded in 1632 by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
- Belongs to the top 1% of the world's best universities by ranking (358th in the QS World University Rankings 2024 and top 250 in the THE World University Rankings 2023)
- 4 faculties - Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science and Technology
- Over 30 international bachelor's and master's programmes in English and 9 doctoral programmes;
- 14,000 students, 13% international students
- Belongs to the top 1% of the world's most-cited universities and research institutions in the fields of Clinical Medicine, Chemistry, Environment/Ecology, Plant and Animal Science, Geosciences, Social Sciences (general), Biology and Biochemistry and Engineering (ISI Web of Science)
- Nobel Prize in 1909 (Wilhelm Ostwald, founder of Physical Chemistry)
