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University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

Academia Gustaviana (1632–1665)

* Jakob Skytte (illustris, 1632–1633) * Andreas Virginius (1633) * Heinrich Hein (1633–1634) * Johann Below (1634) * Michael Savonius (prorector, 1634–1635) * Georg Manzel (prorector, 1635–1636) * Georg Manzel (1636) * Lorenz Luden (1636–1637) * Peter Schomer (1637–1638) * Salomon Matthiae (1638) * Andreas Virginius (1638–1639) * Heinrich Hein (1639–1640) * Johann Below (1641–1641) * Andreas Virginius (1641–1642) * Lorenz Luden (1642–1643) * Johannes Ericsson (1643–1644) * Salomon Matthiae (1644–1645) * Andreas Virginius (1645–1646) * Heinrich Hein (1648–1649) * Salomon Matthiae (1649–1650) * Sebastian Wirdig (1650–1651) * Johannes Stiernstråle (1651–1652) * Lorenz Luden (1652–1653) * Joachim Schelen (1653–1654) * Johannes Stiernstråle (1654–1655) * Heinrich Hein (1655–1656) * Andreas Virginius (prorector, in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

, 1657) * Georg Preuss (prorector, Tallinn, 1658) * Gabriel Elffring (prorector, Tallinn, 1659–1660) * Georg Preuss (prorector, Tallinn, 1661–1662) * Gabriel Elffring (prorector, Tallinn, 1663–1665)

Academia Gustavo-Carolina (1690–1710)

* Olaus Moberg (1690) * Carl Lund (1690–1691) * Lars Micrander (1691) * Gustav Carlholm (1691–1692) * Crispin Jernfeld (1692) * Olaus Skragge (1692–1693) * Gabriel Skragge (1693) * Gabriel Sjöberg (1693–1694) * Sven Cameenhjelm (1694) * Sven Dimberg (1694–1695) *

Michael Dau Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

(1695) * Olaus Moberg (1695–1696) * Olaus Skragge (1696) * Jakob Friedrich Below (1696–1697) * Gabriel Skragge (1697) * Lars Molin (1697–1698) * Gabriel Sjöberg (1698) * Sven Cameenhjelm (1698–1699) *

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Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet o ...

, 1699–1700) * Daniel Sarcovius (Pärnu, 1700) * Daniel Eberhard (Pärnu, 1700) * Olaus Moberg (Pärnu, 1700–1701) * Sven Cameenhjelm (Pärnu, 1701) * Lars Molin (Pärnu, 1701–1702) *

(Pärnu, 1702) * Johan Folcher (Pärnu, 1702–1703) * Samuel Auseen (Pärnu, 1703) * Daniel Sarcovius (Pärnu, 1703–1704) * Anders Palmrooth (Pärnu, 1704) * Erik Fahlenius (Pärnu, 1704–1705) * Samuel Auseen (Pärnu, 1705) * Lars Braun (Pärnu, 1705–1706) * Johan Folcher (Pärnu, 1706–1707) * Jakob Wilde (Pärnu, 1707) * Ingemund Bröms (Pärnu, 1707–1708) *

Conrad Quensel Conrad Quensel (10 December 1767 – 22 August 1806) was a Swedish naturalist. Biography Quensel was born at Åsbo in Skåne, Sweden. He was the son of Jakob Quensel (1724-1802) and Ulrika Benedikta Billberg (1739-1806). His father was a rect ...

(Pärnu, 1708) * Nicolaus Wiraeus (Pärnu, 1708–1709) * Carl Schultén (Pärnu, 1709) * Elof Holstenius (Pärnu, 1709–1710)

Kaiserliche Universität zu Dorpat (1802–1893)

* Georg Friedrich von Parrot (prorector, 1802–1803) * Georg Friedrich von Parrot (1803) * Daniel Georg Balk (1803–1804) *

Adam Christian Gaspari Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...

(1804–1805) * Georg Friedrich von Parrot (1805–1806) * Carl Friedrich Meyer (1806–1808) * Christian Friedrich von Deutsch (1809–1810) *

David Hieronymus Grindel David Hieronymus Grindel (1776-1836) was a botanist ( bryologist). Plant genus ''Grindelia ''Grindelia'' (gumweed) is a genus of plants native to the Americas belonging to the family Asteraceae. The genus was named for Latvian botanist David ...

(1810–1812) * Georg Friedrich von Parrot (1812–1813) * Martin Ernst von Styx (prorector, 1813–1814) * Martin Ernst von Styx (1814) * Friedrich Eberhard Rambach (1814–1816) * Christian Steltzer (1816) * Ferdinand Giese (prorector, 1816–1817) * Ferdinand Giese (1817–1818) * Gustav von Ewers (1818–1830) * Friedrich Wilhelm von Parrot (prorector, 1830–1831) * Friedrich Wilhelm von Parrot (1831–1834) * Johann Christian Moier (1834–1836) * Christian Friedrich Neue (1836–1839) *

Karl Christian Ulmann Karl Christian Ulmann (, Riga – , Walk) was a Baltic German Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their ...

(1839–1841) *

Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann (1 July 1801, Leipzig – 21 April 1877, Halle an der Saale) was a German physiologist, anatomist, and philosopher. He specialized in the study of the nervous and optic systems. Biography Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann was bo ...

(prorector, 1841–1842) *

(1842) * Christian Friedrich Neue (1843–1851) * Eduard Haffner (1851–1858) * Friedrich von Bidder (1858–1865) *

Guido Samson von Himmelstiern Hermann Guido von Samson-Himmelstjerna; name sometimes given as Guido Samson von Himmelstiern (, Korast – , Dorpat) was a Baltic German physician and professor of ''Staatsarzneikunde'' (state pharmacopoeia). From 1826 he studied medicin ...

(1865–1868) * Georg Philipp von Oettingen (1868–1876) * Ottomar Meykov (1876–1881) * Eduard von Wahl (1881–1885) * Alexander Schmidt (1885–1890) * Ottomar Meykov (1890–1892) * Anton Budilovitš (1892–1901)

Kaiserliche Universität Jurjew (1893–1918)

* Anton Budilovitš (1892–1901) * Aleksandr Filippov (1901–1903) *

Grigori Levitski Grigori Levitski (27 October 1852 Kharkiv – 26 October 1918 St. Petersburg) was a Russian astronomer. In 1879 he graduated from St. Petersburg University. In 1880s he worked at Pulkovo Observatory. 1894-1908 he was the head of Tartu Observato ...

(1903–1905) * Jevgeni Passek (1905–1908) * Vissarion Aleksejev (or Alekseyev) (prorector, 1908–1909) * Vissarion Aleksejev 1909–1914) * Pjotr Pustoroslev (1915–1917) * Vissarion Aleksejev (1917–1918)

Landesuniversität Dorpat (1918)

* Karl Dehio (1918)

Eesti Vabariigi Tartu Ülikool (1919–1940)

Heinrich Koppel Heinrich Koppel (also Henrik Koppel; 29 December 1863 Tõnuküla, Uusna Parish – 14 December 1944 Tallinn) was an Estonian medical scientist and activist. He is considered one of the founders of Estonian-language higher education.Eesti entsükl ...

(1920–1928) *

Johan Kõpp Johan Kõpp (9 November 1874, Holdre, Kreis Fellin – 21 October 1970, Stockholm) was an Estonian bishop and head of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church 1939–1944. Biography Kõpp went to high school at the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium in Ta ...

(1928–1937) * Richard Hugo Kaho (1938–1940) * Heinrich Riikoja (1940)

Eesti Omavalitsuse Tartu Ülikool (1941–1944)

* Edgar Kant (temporary, 1941–1944)

Tartu Riiklik Ülikool (1940–1941 and 1944–1989)

Hans Kruus Hans Johannes Kruus (22 October 1891 – 30 June 1976) was an Estonian historian, academic and politician. As well as sitting in the Estonian parliament and the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR, he was Deputy Prime Minister of Estonia in 1940 ...

(1940–1941 ja 1944) * Alfred Koort (1944–1951) * Feodor Klement (1951–1970) *

Arnold Koop Arnold Koop (16 July 1922, Saint Petersburg Governorate – 21 April 1988 Moscow) was a Soviet and Estonian historian. From 1960 until 1968 he was the rector of Tallinn Pedagogical Institute Tallinn University (TLU; et, Tallinna Ülikool, ''T ...

(1970–1988)

Tartu Ülikool (since 1989)

* Jüri Kärner (1988–1993) * Peeter Tulviste (1993–1998) *

Jaak Aaviksoo Jaak Aaviksoo (born 11 January 1954) is an Estonian politician and physicist, a former rector of the University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech). Aaviksoo has been the Estonian Minister of Defence and Minister of Educa ...

(1998–2006) *

Tõnu Lehtsaar Tõnu Lehtsaar (born 2 May 1960, Tartu) is an Estonian psychologist. In 1983, he graduated from Tartu State University in psychology. From 2000 until 2016, he was a professor of psychology of religion at the University of Tartu. From 2006 to 20 ...

(acting, 2006–2007) *

Alar Karis Alar Karis (; born 26 March 1958) is an Estonian Molecular genetics, molecular geneticist, Developmental biology, developmental biologist, civil servant and politician who, since 11 October 2021, has served as the sixth President of Estonia. P ...

(2007–2012) * Volli Kalm (2012–2017, died in office) *

(acting, 2017–2018) * Toomas Asser (2018–)

References

*Album Rectorum Universitatis Tartuensis, 1632–1997.

Sirje Tamul Sirje Tamul (born 31 August 1951 in Viljandi) is an Estonian historian and a lector at the University of Tartu. She received her PhD in 2007. Tamul's main field of research is the history of the University of Tartu between the 19th and the be ...

. Tartu, 1997.

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...