Tartu breaks into top schools list

  • 2013-09-11
  • From wire reports

TALLINN - Two Estonian universities, Tallinn University of Technology (TTU) and University of Tartu (TU) made it into the new TOP 500 list of leading universities around the world, the QS World University Rankings, reports Postimees Online.

According to the ranking, TTU shares the 441-450th places with a score of 30.3 points. TU shares the 461–470th places with a score of 29.6 points.

While TTU was at the same place with the same points last year, TU wasn’t among the top 500 last year, being then in the 501-550th position.

The top 10 universities in the QS World University Rankings 2013/2014 are all in either the U.S. or the UK. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) remains the top-ranked university, followed by Harvard and UK’s University of Cambridge.