Visiting Researcher's Guide - EURAXESS Estonia

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
1.4 Institutional framework for R&D
The science reform implemented in the 1990s led to the integration of research institutes
(former institutes of the Estonian Academy of sciences, also institutes subordinated to
various ministries) into universities. Nowadays, most research and development in Estonia
is performed at universities. The largest public research university is the University of Tartu,
followed by the Tallinn University of Technology, the Estonian University of Life Sciences
and Tallinn University.
There are, however, also several independent research institutes that perform research at a
high level, for instance the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics and the
Estonian Biocentre.
University of Tartu http://www.ut.ee/
Tallinn University of Technology
http://www.ttu.ee/
Estonian University of Life Sciences
http://www.emu.ee/
Tallinn University http://www.tlu.ee/
National Institute of Chemical Physics
and Biophysics http://www.kbfi.ee/
Estonian Biocentre
http://www.ebc.ee/EBC/
The list of Estonian R&D institutes is
available at the Estonian Researcher’s
Mobility Portal
http://www.smartestonia.ee/
in the Higher Education and Research
Institutions section