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Estonian and Finnish universities advance in Parkinson’s disease breakthrough

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The Institute of Biotechnology of the University of Helsinki and the Tallinn University of Technology are collaborating in a research to find cure for Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson′s disease is a disorder in which nerve cells in certain areas of the brain start to degenerate – ie die – massively for reasons that are unclear so […]

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Estonian university lists cybersecurity companies’ help to groom future experts

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The Estonian Business School is starting to collaborate with Estonian cyber security companies BHC Laboratory and CybExer Technologies to increase the capability of future leaders to prevent severe cyber threats. According to Toomas Danneberg, the vice rector for international collaboration at the Estonian Business School, the collaboration has been planned on three levels. First, the

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Tallinn to get a new English language school

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The Estonian government has issued an education licence to the International School of Tallinn that will start providing English-language education based on the globally recognised International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum. The new school will be based at the Ülemiste City, a business park on the territory of the former factory complex in Ülemiste neighbourhood, and will start this autumn. The school was founded by

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The Estonian University of Life Sciences ranked in the top 100

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According to the QS World University Rankings by Subject, the Estonian University of Life Sciences is one of the top 100 universities in the world in the field of agriculture and forestry. Published by the international consultation company, Quacquarelli Symonds, the QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks the world’s universities by 46 subjects. The

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University of Tartu achieves a new record in the world rankings

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According to one of the most important higher education lists, the QS World University Rankings, the University of Tartu now holds its best position ever. The university’s position in the ranking has improved from 501 in 2012 to 314 in 2017. Its strongest subject is linguistics, where it is globally rated in the 101-150 ranking. When taken into account

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The Estonian studies master’s programme brings Estonia closer to the world

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Tallinn University now offers a new unique English-based master’s programme – Estonian studies. Piret Viires, the professor of Estonian literature and literary theory at the Tallinn University School of Humanities tells more about the programme. With all the international relations Estonia has, the number of foreigners interested in the Estonian language and culture – and developing

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Estonian physicists are building an artificial nose from graphene

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Physicists at the University of Tartu are working on an artificial nose, based on graphene – in just a couple of years, all of us might have sensors in our cellphones, helping us evaluate air pollution levels and choose routes with clearer air. Just imagine the following situation: you are drinking your first coffee of

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