Category Archives: Estonia

How Good Is Estonian Science?

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Inga Külmoja

When countries are compared according to the average number of references per scientific article, Estonia has 9.46 references per article, putting the country in 30th place, right after Singapore and before Portugal. Seventeen scientists from Estonian universities belong to the top one per cent of the most referenced scientists in the world. Continue reading →

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Four Months of Erasmus in Winter

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Catherina Langhoff

Catherina from Germany writes about her four months of Erasmus experience in Estonia and Tartu, including the survival in winter. Continue reading →

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Student Interview: A Book Brought Me to Estonia

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Inga Külmoja

This is a twitterview with Maeva from France who arrived to Tartu for her Erasmus year. Maeva’s journey to Estonia started two years ago when she read the Purge (in Finnish: Puhdistus), an award-winning novel by a Finnish-Estonian writer Sofi Oksanen. Continue reading →

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Remote Peak Named after Tartu Conquered Again

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Inga Külmoja

A team of ten mountaineers from Tartu and Tallinn have reconquered the 6,258-meter peak named after the University of Tartu in the Central Pamirs in Tajikistan after its first-ever ascent 30 years ago when the university celebrated its 350th anniversary in 1982. Continue reading →

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Estonian Wooded Meadow Shares the World Record for Species Richness with Rain Forests

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Villu Päärt

Professor Meelis Partel of the macroecology workgroup at the University of Tartu, in conjunction with colleagues from New Zealand, USA and Germany, has published a list of world diversity records for vascular plants, including rain forests and Laelatu wooden meadow in Estonia. Continue reading →

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Photos: The National Fashion Show in Viljandi

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Merilyn Merisalu

Photos from the fashion show at UT Viljandi Culture Academy where the graduates of the local textile curriculum presented 13 collections. Continue reading →

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Is Any Kind of Physical Activity Good for Your Health?

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Villu Päärt

Studies shows that mental health problems are less frequent among people whose everyday work tends to be rather non-physical, as long as they work out in their leisure time. Those whose workdays are full of physical load are more likely to suffer from symptoms of depression. Continue reading →

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