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Estonia is a breeding ground for innovation, offering entrepreneurs access to cutting-edge academic research and a talent pool skilled in STEM fields.
Estonia’s education system, named the best in Europe by The Times, focuses on digital skills. According to PISA tests, Estonian 15-year-olds’ results are the best in Europe and among the strongest in the world.
Estonia has 18 educational institutions offering higher education. The University of Tartu is Estonia’s largest university and one of the oldest universities in northern Europe. It ranks second in the QS World University Rankings in Emerging Europe and Central Asia.
Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) is the flagship of Estonian engineering and technology education. It has one of the most modern campuses in Europe and is home to more than 200 high-tech companies.
There are around 44,000+ students and 9,000 graduates yearly.
Estonia has 36 vocational education institutions, and the yearly number of graduates is around 8,800.
Facts and figures about the Estonian higher and vocational education system can be found via Statistics Estonia.
You can find more information about the education system in Estonia on the Education Estonia website. For a comprehensive overview of higher education, visit Study in Estonia.
Estonia punches above its weight in science, being an attractive environment for research. Estonian researchers are highly valued partners in international cooperation projects with nearly half of the publications by Estonian researchers published in cooperation with foreign colleagues. Estonian scientists have successfully participated in Horizon 2020 projects, bringing home twice as much money as the other EU member states on average. The high quality of Estonian research is also visible in bibliometric indicators, i.e a high number of references to articles by Estonian authors.
Most of the research is done in universities, The University of Tartu, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn University, and Estonian University of Life Sciences being the larger ones.
Estonian Research Council finances basic and applied research, supporting researchers’ mobility and external cooperation.
To find out more about the possibilities scientific institutions in Estonia offer, visit the Research in Estonia webpage.
Strengthening university-industry cooperation has been an important focus for Estonia. Universities cooperate with companies to develop higher education curricula according to their needs, either by modifying current curricula, creating new ones, or finding other ways to cooperate.
Some of the brightest success stories of cooperation in academia and the private sector are:
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What is it like to run a business in Estonia? How to benefit from the e-solutions and the efficiency of our business culture? What are the opportunities in specific sectors? Who to partner up with?
The Estonian Investment Agency’s team is happy to help you via its complimentary e-Consulting service, organize online or offline follow-up events such as virtual investment visits and guide you through the fairly simple process of investing in Estonia.
