Tallinn University was established by a decision of the parliament of Estonia on March 18, 2005 when a number of Tallinn educational and research institutions were consolidated into a single institution. Now Tallinn University is the largest university of humanities and social sciences in Tallinn and the third biggest public university in Estonia. Tallinn University is an advocate and planner of intelligent lifestyle in Estonia, supporting the sustainability of our society as well as individual self-realisation. As a result, the university has directed its resources and activities into five focus fields:
- educational innovation,
- cultural competences,
- digital and media culture,
- healthy and sustainable lifestyle,
- society and open governance.
At our university, longest traditions of teacher training in Estonia and the most modern film and media school in the Baltic countries exist side by side. We value innovation and interdisciplinarity in order to offer internationally competitive education based on research excellence. We believe in individual approach to students, which also involves a major focus on thesis supervision and the feedback process at all study levels.
We have approximately 7000 students, including 900 international students in degree and exchange studies. Every 10th academic person is of foreign background. Active international cooperation, well-known guest lecturers and our unique bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programmes in English help to create the multicultural university community.
We offer short courses in various fields in Tallinn Summer and Winter School. Every year about 400 people from more than 50 countries participate in courses offered by the Estonia’s biggest international summer and winter school.
The Innovation Leaders Club is a community whose joint activities, innovation cooperation and close exchange of ideas pave the way for innovative future solutions that put Estonian companies at the forefront of innovation in the world. By supporting the transfer of innovation to entrepreneurship, we contribute to ensuring Estonia’s economic growth and sustainability. The Innovation Leaders Club is part of Tehnopol’s innovation service and is created in cooperation with SEB Innovation Center.
The most active innovation leaders in Estonia work together in the club, and based on their experience, the entire local network is growing stronger. The trump card of the joint events is the special practical content, during which new innovation trends and tools are introduced, skills are exchanged to solve innovation-related challenges, contacts are established both with each other and with startups, and cooperation agreements are concluded.
Based on the knowledge shared in the club, a kind of handbook will be prepared, with the help of which it will be easier to implement innovations in Estonian growth and large companies.
The club continues the efforts of the Level11 Innovation Leaders Club, which gathered in 2017-2019, to make conscious and purposeful innovation a part of entrepreneurship.
Communicate, get excited, share and find a partner! The goal of all the activities of the Innovation Leaders Club is to achieve real cooperation between companies, which Tehnopol helps to implement with the help of personal mentoring.