Estonian University of Life Sciences
Eesti Maaülikool

Established	1632/1951
Rector	Alar Karis
Students	ca. 4,600
Location	Tartu, Estonia
Address	Kreutzwaldi 64 51014 Tartu Estonia
Telephone	+372-7-313001
Website	http://www.emu.ee

The Estonian University of Life Sciences (EULS; Estonian: Eesti Maaülikool), located in Tartu, Estonia, is the former Estonian Agricultural University, which was renamed and restructured in November 2005. Image File history File links Emu_logo. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ... County Tartu County Mayor Laine Jänes Area 38. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... County Tartu County Mayor Laine Jänes Area 38. ...

The EULS is, by its own claim, the only university in Estonia whose priorities in academic and research activities provide the sustainable development of natural resources necessary for the existence of Man as well as the preservation of heritage and habitat.´The EULS is a centre of research and development in such fields as agriculture, forestry, animal science, veterinary science, rural life and economy, food science and environmentally friendly technologies. The university is a member of the BOVA-University network (Baltic Forestry, Veterinary and Agricultural University). Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Research is often described as an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry aimed at discovering, interpreting and revising facts. ... Habitat (from the Latin for it inhabits) is the place where a particular species lives and grows. ... A decidous beech forest in Slovenia. ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... Veterinary medicine is the application of medical, diagnostic, and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. ... jecca is very beautiful!! Environmental science is the study of the interactions among the physical, chemical and biological components of the environment; with a focus on pollution and degradation of the environment related due to human activities; and the impact on biodiversity and sustainability from local and global development. ... Baltic can refer to: The Baltic Sea Council of the Baltic Sea States - an intergovernmental organization Baltic sea countries - countries with access to the Baltic Sea The Baltic region (Balticum) Baltic States - the independent countries of Estonia Latvia Lithuania Baltic Republics - term refers to the three Baltic states under the...

Teaching and research is carried out in five institutes:

• Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
• Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences
• Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering
• Institute of Technology
• Institute of Economics and Social Sciences.

In 2005, there were ca. 4,600 students at EULS. There were appr. 980 employees, among them 220 lecturers and 161 researchers and senior researchers.

History

The roots of the EULS are in the agricultural and forestry eductaion and research carried out at the University of Tartu. At the opening celebration of the University in 1632, Johan Skytte, the Swedish chancellor and practical founder of the University, said that wished that "even the peasants of this country could get their share of the watering springs of educational wealth." This statement is taken to be the beginning of agricultural education in Estonia. The University of Tartu (Estonian: Tartu Ülikool, German: Universität Dorpat) is the national university of Estonia, and the one classical university in Estonia, located in the city of Tartu. ... Baron Johan Skytte (Nyköping 1577 – Söderåkra March 25, 1645), Swedish politician. ...

After the reopening of Tartu University in 1802, a Chair of Agriculture was founded under Prof. J.W. Krause. Initially agronomy was taught in the Faculty of Philosophy, later in the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. This school was well-known in Europe and Russia. When Tartu opened as an Estonian university in 1919, a Faculty of Agriculture, consisting of the Departments of Agronomy and Forestry, was founded. Experimental stations and trial plots, where students could undertake research work, also belonged to the faculty. A Faculty of Veterinary Science was founded based on the older Tartu Veterinary Institute. These two faculties formed the core of an independent university in 1951, the Estonian Agricultural Academy. Agronomy is a branch of agricultural science that deals with the study of crops and the soils in which they grow. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Physics (from the Greek, (phúsis), nature and (phusiké), knowledge of nature) is the science concerned with the discovery and understanding of the fundamental laws which govern matter, energy, space and time. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, known today as the father of geometry; shown here in a detail of The School of Athens by Raphael. ...

The Estonian Agricultural Academy was directly subordinate to the Soviet Union Ministry of Agriculture and prepared specialists in different fields of agriculture from agronomists and animal breeders to experts in the electrification of large farms. Work continued in this way until the end of the 1980s.

After the regaining of Estonian independence in 1991, the Academy was renamed Estonian Agricultural University, and the institution restructured, also according to the radical changes in Estonian agriculture and forestry (such as the abolishment of Kolchoses and Sovjoses). New specialities like Environmental Protection, Landscape Architecture, Production and Marketing of Agricultural Products, Landscape Protection and Preservation, Applied Hydrobiology, Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Management were adopted. Hydrobiology or aquatic ecology is the science of life processes in water. ... Face-to-face trading interactions among on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor Economics, as a social science, studies the production, distribution, and consumption of commodities. ...

Up to the end of 2004, the University had six faculties (Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering, Economics & Social Sciences, Forestry, Rural Engineering, and Veterinary Sciences) and eight institutes (Estonian Agribiocentre, Estonian Plant Biotechnology Research Institute EVIKA, Forest Research Institute, Institute of Animal Science, Institute of Environmental Protection, Institute of Experimental Biology, Institute of Zoology and Botany and Polli Institute of Horticulture).

However, the EAU was always in a limbo, not least under the influence of Europeanization after Estonia's joining the European Union in 2005. Thus, the current change and refocusing was carried out, aimed at guaranteeing the institution's survival also in the coming times.

External links

• Official website
• Bova-University Network
• City of Tartu