Tallinn University of Technology

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The Tallinn University of Technology ( TUT) (Estonian Tallinna Tehnikaülikool ( TTÜ ), English Tallinn University of Technology, formerly Tallinn Technical University) is Estonia the only technical university and one of the two or three most important universities in the country - according to research criteria together with the University of Tartu the leading. It is also one of the most important technical universities in Central and Eastern Europe and the new Member States of the European Union.

Structure

Faculties

  • Faculty of Civil Engineering
  • Faculty of Power Engineering
  • Faculty of Humanities Institute of Administrative Sciences Chair of Political Science (Prof. Wolfgang Drechsler ) Professor of Public Finance and International Development (Prof. Jan A. Kregel )
  • Chair of Governance Technology and Innovation Policy ( Prof. Rainer Kattel ) Chair of Technology Governance and Development Strategies (Prof. Erik S. Reinert )
  • Chair of Technology Governance and Socio-Economic Development ( Prof. Carlota Perez )

Institute

  • Estonian Institute of Economics
  • Geological Institute
  • Cybernetics Institute
  • Institute for oil shale research
  • Estonian Energy Research Institute
  • Institute of Marine Systems

History

The Tallinn Technical University was founded shortly after the independence of Estonia in 1918 as an engineering school of Estonian Engineering Society, as the country did not have its own engineering education. 1919, the engineering school was a private college, in 1920 the state took over the institution. Since 1936, " Technical Institute Tallinn ", but with university status, the College in 1938 was a technical university.

Known members of the University

In addition to the overall technical elite of the country are among the alumni or professors at the University also numerous industrialists and businessmen, including the President of the Hansa Bank, the largest bank in the Baltics, Indrek Neivelt; the chairman of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Toomas Luman; and the former prime minister and major industrialist Tiit Vähi. Even the President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Jüri Engelbrecht, is a member of the TUT.

State universities: University of Tartu | Tallinn University of Technology | University of Tallinn

State colleges: Estonian Academy of Art | Estonian Marine Academy | Estonian Music Academy | Estonian University of Environmental Studies

Private universities: Academy North | International University Audentes | Estonian Business School | Euro - Tallinn University | Estonian Theological Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

  • University in Estonia
  • Technical University
  • Education in Tallinn
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