Tallinn Technical University

Reet Neudorf

reetn@staff.ttu.ee

www.ttu.ee

Founded in 1918 as an engineering college (university status was granted in 1936), TUT has now become one of the largest universities in Estonia .

TUT offers a wide variety of educational degree programmes in the bachelor, master and doctoral level, which include both traditional and new fields of modern technology, economics and business. Courses meet high academic standards and give a comprehensive overview of each science.

The University is structured into eight faculties, three colleges and six research and development institutions. The faculties are: Civil Engineering, Power Engineering, Humanities, Information Technology, Chemical and Materials Technology, Economics and Business Administration, Science and Mechanical Engineering. The application oriented bachelor-level programmes in different technical and economic fields of study are offered in our three colleges - Business College , Kuressaare College and Virumaa College

The student body of TUT approximates 10,000, with female student ratio amounting to one third. Instruction is conducted in Estonian, however, during the first two years, Russian-based general studies are possible. Selected courses are delivered in English.

The most popular study fields include public administration, national economy, business administration, gene technology, logistics, information technology, chemical and environment protection technology, computer systems and telecommunications.

TUT is a highly internationally oriented university. Following the Bologna declaration, signed by a large number of European countries, TUT transferred to the 3+2 year programme (three years of bachelor and two years of master studies). These five-year engineering curricula promote development of quality and effectiveness.

To provide an opportunity to international students to become part of the University, TUT is increasing the number of International Degree Programmes taught in English.

International programmes at Tallinn University of Technology focus on three domains: information technology, business administration, and engineering. TUT offers six full-time degree programmes in English in the academic year 2003/2004.