International University Audentes (IUA; et, Rahvusvaheline Ülikool Audentes) was

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's largest private university, situated in the country's capital city

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. As of 1 July 2008, it has merged with

Tallinn University of Technology Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; et, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool) is the only technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, public administratio ...

(TUT) and will constitute TUT's Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.International University Audentes
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History

The number of students in the 2006/2007 academic year was 2300. The programs are offered in three languages -

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and

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

. Students came from 22 countries and the faculty from 12 countries. The university was built on three academic schools: a business school, a law school, and a school of social sciences and humanities. All programs on

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and

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levels are compiled considering the international perspective and requirements. Since the 1999/2000 academic year the university has had the Erasmus University Charter which enables it to sign Socrates/Erasmus bilateral agreements to exchange students and faculty, and to cooperate with European universities for joint cooperation projects. By the 2007/08 academic year IUA had bilateral agreements with 44 universities in Europe. In 2003 Audentes University and

Concordia International University Estonia Concordia International University Estonia (CIUE) was a private university in Tallinn, Estonia. It was established in 1993 as the Estonian campus of the Concordia International University, a private institution established in Milwaukee in 1992, ...

merged. Since then studies in Estonian and Russian have been promoted under the name Audentes University and studies in English under the name International University Concordia Audentes. The University Government decided in spring 2006 to use one name for the whole university — International University Audentes (from September 2006). The university was an institution of Audentes Ltd. Besides the university there are Audentes School, Audentes Sports School, Audentes Sports Club.

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* Tallinn University of Technology Educational institutions established in 1992 Law schools in Estonia Education in Tallinn 1992 establishments in Estonia {{Estonia-university-stub