{{Short description, none List of rectors of the University of Tartu.

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 Olaf or Olav (, , or British ; Old Norse: ''Áleifr'', ''Ólafr'', ''Óleifr'', ''Anleifr'') is a Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ancestor, grand-father" ...

(1690) * Carl Lund (1690–1691) * Lars Micrander (1691) * Gustav Carlholm (1691–1692) * Crispin Jernfeld (1692) * Olaus Skragge (1692–1693) * Gabriel Skragge (1693) *

Gabriel Sjöberg In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብር� ...

(1693–1694) *

Sven Cameenhjelm Sven (in Danish and Norwegian, also Svend and also in Norwegian most commonly Svein) is a Scandinavian first name which is also used in the Low Countries and German-speaking countries. The name itself is Old Norse for "young man" or "young war ...

(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) *

(1695–1696) * Olaus Skragge (1696) *

Jakob Friedrich Below Jakob may refer to: People * Jakob (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jakob (surname), including a list of people with the name Other * Jakob (band), a New Zealand band, and the title of their 1999 EP * Max Jakob Memorial Aw ...

(1696–1697) * Gabriel Skragge (1697) * Lars Molin (1697–1698) *

(1698) *

(1698–1699) *

(in Pärnu, 1699–1700) * Daniel Sarcovius (Pärnu, 1700) * Daniel Eberhard (Pärnu, 1700) *

(Pärnu, 1700–1701) *

(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 (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 Christian Friedrich Neue (19 December 1799, Spandau – 14 July 1886, Stuttgart) was a German classical philologist. He obtained his education in Berlin as a student of philologist August Boeckh. Beginning in 1820, he taught classes at Schu ...

(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) *

(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 Jevgeni Passek (1860–1912) was a Russian lawyer. 1905–1907 he was the rector of Tartu University. He was studied at Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capita ...

(1905–1908) *

Vissarion Aleksejev Vissarion Grigorievich Alekseyev ( Russian: Виссарион Григорьевич Алексеев; 18 June 1866 – 1943) was a Russian mathematician. 1909-1914 and 1917–1918 he was the rector of Tartu University. He was graduated from Mos ...

(or Alekseyev) (prorector, 1908–1909) *

1909–1914) *

Pjotr Pustoroslev Pjotr Pustoroslev (1854–1928) was a Russian lawyer. He was the rector of Tartu University from 1915 to 1917. He taught criminal law at Tartu University. Biography Pustoroslev was born on January 22, 1854 into the noble family of the . He gradua ...

(1915–1917) *

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

Eesti Omavalitsuse Tartu Ülikool (1941–1944)

Edgar Kant Edgar Kant (21 February 1902, Tallinn – 16 October 1978, Lund) was Estonian geographer and economist. He laid the foundation for Estonian urban geography. In 1928 he graduated from the University of Tartu. From 1934 he was lecturer (from 1936 ...

(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 Alfred Koort (29 May 1901 – 28 September 1956) was an Estonian philosopher. Koort was born in Viljandi. From 1944 until 1951, he was the University of Tartu. He was a member of Estonian Academy of Sciences. Awards: * 1939: Order of the Eston ...

(1944–1951) * Feodor Klement (1951–1970) * Arnold Koop (1970–1988)

Tartu Ülikool (since 1989)

* Jüri Kärner (1988–1993) * Peeter Tulviste (1993–1998) * Jaak Aaviksoo (1998–2006) * Tõnu Lehtsaar (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) * Tõnu Lehtsaar (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 ...