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Faculty of Arts and HumanitiesDean's Office, Faculty of Arts and HumanitiesJakobi 2, r 116-121 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of History and ArchaeologyJakobi 2 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of Estonian and General LinguisticsJakobi 2, IV korrus 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of Philosophy and SemioticsJakobi 2, III korrus, ruumid 302-337 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of Cultural ResearchÜlikooli 16 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of Foreign Languages and CulturesLossi 3 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0School of Theology and Religious StudiesÜlikooli 18 50090 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Viljandi Culture AcademyPosti 1 71004 Viljandi linn, Viljandimaa EST0Professors emeriti, Faculty of Arts and Humanities0Associate Professors emeriti, Faculty of Arts and Humanities0Faculty of Social SciencesDean's Office, Faculty of Social SciencesLossi 36 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of EducationJakobi 5 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Johan Skytte Institute of Political StudiesLossi 36, ruum 301 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0School of Economics and Business AdministrationNarva mnt 18 51009 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of PsychologyNäituse 2 50409 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0School of LawNäituse 20 - 324 50409 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of Social StudiesLossi 36 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Narva CollegeRaekoja plats 2 20307 Narva linn, Ida-Virumaa EST0Pärnu CollegeRingi 35 80012 Pärnu linn, Pärnu linn, Pärnumaa EST0Professors emeriti, Faculty of Social Sciences0Associate Professors emeriti, Faculty of Social Sciences0Faculty of MedicineDean's Office, Faculty of MedicineRavila 19 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of Biomedicine and Translational MedicineBiomeedikum, Ravila 19 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of PharmacyNooruse 1 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of DentistryL. Puusepa 1a 50406 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of Clinical MedicineL. Puusepa 8 50406 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of Family Medicine and Public HealthRavila 19 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of Sport Sciences and PhysiotherapyUjula 4 51008 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTProfessors emeriti, Faculty of Medicine0Associate Professors emeriti, Faculty of Medicine0Faculty of Science and TechnologyDean's Office, Faculty of Science and TechnologyVanemuise 46 - 208 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of Computer ScienceNarva mnt 18 51009 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of GenomicsRiia 23b/2 51010 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTEstonian Marine Institute0Institute of PhysicsInstitute of ChemistryRavila 14a 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of Mathematics and StatisticsNarva mnt 18 51009 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of Molecular and Cell BiologyRiia 23, 23b - 134 51010 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTTartu ObservatoryObservatooriumi 1 61602 Tõravere alevik, Nõo vald, Tartumaa EST0Institute of TechnologyNooruse 1 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of Ecology and Earth SciencesJ. Liivi tn 2 50409 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTProfessors emeriti, Faculty of Science and Technology0Associate Professors emeriti, Faculty of Science and Technology0Institute of BioengineeringArea of Academic SecretaryHuman Resources OfficeUppsala 6, Lossi 36 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Area of Head of FinanceFinance Office0Area of Director of AdministrationInformation Technology Office0Administrative OfficeÜlikooli 17 (III korrus) 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Estates Office0Marketing and Communication OfficeÜlikooli 18, ruumid 102, 104, 209, 210 50090 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Area of RectorRector's Strategy OfficeInternal Audit OfficeArea of Vice Rector for Academic AffairsOffice of Academic AffairsUniversity of Tartu Youth AcademyUppsala 10 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Student Union OfficeÜlikooli 18b 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Centre for Learning and TeachingArea of Vice Rector for ResearchUniversity of Tartu LibraryW. Struve 1 50091 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Grant OfficeArea of Vice Rector for DevelopmentCentre for Entrepreneurship and InnovationNarva mnt 18 51009 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Botanical GardenVanemuise 46 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0International Cooperation and Protocol Office0University of Tartu MuseumLossi 25 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0
Research at the School of Law
School of Law incorporates the bulk of Estonia’s legal research potential. Our teaching staff has played a key role in the development of Estonia’s statehood and legal doctrine.
Our main research areas are:
- Russia and International Law
- Russia and Human Rights
- Criminal Law
- Religion and Human Rights
- Estonian Legal History
- Intellectual Property Law
- Data Protection Law
- IT Law
- Consumer Law in the Digital Market
- International Humanitarian Law
- Civil Procedure
International collaboration
Doctoral theses
University of Tartu is the only university in Estonia certified to teach law at doctoral level. Our PhD students actively take part in research and teaching activities.
The doctoral theses defended at School of Law can be found herePublications
Our academic staff has written more than a hundred legal monographs, textbooks and teaching aids and many scientific commentaries on how to understand and implement various legal acts.
Juridica International. Law Review. University of Tartu
Juridica International, published since 1996, is a peer-reviewed open access journal. Articles are written in English, German of French. Juridica International has become a highly valued channel for Estonian lawyers, enabling them to take their research onto the international arena.
Read Juridica International here!In addition, our academic staff sits on the editorial boards of various foreign law journals: Review of Central and East European Law (Lauri Mälksoo), International Comparative Jurisprudence (Aleksei Kelli), Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law (Karin Sein), Forum Historiae Iuris (Marju Luts-Sootak) etc.
University of Tartu Journal of International Law and Human Rights
The Journal of International Law and Human Rights is an academic law journal focused on questions of international law and human rights. The Journal is student-run by master’s students at the University of Tartu who are elected to the editorial board.
Read University of Tartu Journal of International Law and Human Rights here!Honorary Doctors
Honorary doctors of the University of Tartu are eminent and internationally recognised researchers, politicians and cultural figures who have helped to promote the role of the University of Tartu and the Estonian research internationally and notably contributed to building relationships between the University of Tartu and other universities and research institutions of the world. The honorary title was established in 1803. In addition to the title, the university presents honorary doctors with a medal.
Candidates for honorary doctorates may be proposed by five senate members jointly and by the councils of faculties and non-faculty institutions. The senate decides the granting of honorary doctorates at its May meeting.
Honorary doctorates are conferred on 1 December at the ceremony marking the anniversary of Estonian national university.
2018
- Kåre Lilleholt
2016
- Christian Tomuschat
2014
- Joachim Rückert
2011
- Erik Nerep
2008
- Werner Krawietz
2007
- Christian von Bar
2004
- Tarja Kaarina Halonen
2003
- Wilfried Schlüter
2002
- Peter Schlechtriem
- Thomas Wilhelmsson
1998
- Heinrich Mark
1996
- Boris Meissner
1932
- August Rei
- Kaarel Parts
- Gustav Adolf, Rootsi kroonprints, hilisem kuningas Gustaf VI Adolf
- Jaan Teemant
- Karl Robert Brotherus
- James Young Simpson
1930
- Ignacy Mościcki
1929
- Antti Tulenheimo
1928
- Johan Laidoner
- Konstantin Päts
- Otto Strandman
- Jaan Tõnisson
- Heinrich Koppel
1892
- Eugen von Nottbeck
1827
- Krahv Mihhail Speranski
- Angelo May
- Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger
1816
- Gustav Johann von Buddenbrock
1814
- Carl Friedrich Meyer