According to one of the most important higher education lists, the University of Tartu, TalTech and Tallinn University are among the world’s 1,000 best universities. The annual list is compiled by the QS World University Rankings. In the process of preparing the ranking list, the QS considers a survey among academic leaders and heads of […]
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In collaboration with Tallinn University, Estonian World publishes podcasts recorded by the students; the first episode features Katrin Tiidenberg on the topic, “How social media representation influences students and their relationship to fellow students?” The new Current Events Podcast at Tallinn University helps students try their hand at creating and developing a podcast – beginning
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In the old Estonian myths, there are stories about aquatic birds and even cattle being carried underground by streams; Oliver Koit, a researcher at the Tallinn University, says that secret rivers do exist in Estonia. How many secret underground rivers are there in Estonia? Are there secret rivers with a bigger flow rate than “regular”
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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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This seemingly simple question often causes much confusion – when tested on students, we usually get conflicting answers: Estonia is an ancient land where we have lived for millennia, but as a state it is very young, says the professor of cultural history at Tallinn University, Marek Tamm. So what do we know from the
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According to the census, there are 9,614 “other” Finno-Ugric people living in Estonia: Erzyas, Mokshas, Udmurts, Komis, Karelians, Maris, Hungarians, Finns, Ingrians and many others. Overall, there are around 25 million Finno-Ugrians in the world. Still, the number of those who speak Finno-Ugric languages keeps declining, says doctor Natalia Abrosimova of the Tallinn University School
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