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1. The niche of Tallinn Pedagogical University in the field of Estonian universities is ubiquitous.
2. There is total dissatisfaction with the finan- cial state, including the salary levels.
3. The competition between universities will intensify both
for state commissioning and in the free education market.
4. The university has subunits whose scientific production is clearly competitive in both Estonia and internationally and units where almost no science exists.
5. The image dates back to the Khrushchev times.
City University
In order to deal with
these problems, the uni-
versity’s development
plan was adopted
in 1996 and it was
recommended to use
the name of Tallinn
City University in the
future. The plan was
also publicly discussed in
a newspaper: Estonia Daily
published an article “City
University takes social sciences
under its wing” by Pille Liimali. At the
same time, a workgroup that was tasked with developing the integration of TTU and TPU was in action.
However, everything did not go so smoothly. At the beginning of the new millennium, experts noted that there were 48 institutions of higher education in Estonia, 15 of them with univer- sity status, 20 institutions of professional higher education and 13 institutions of vocational education, in which teaching was done accord- ing to the plans of vocational higher education.
A reform was in the making, the first problem was the realisation that Estonian higher educa- tion was blurred. A big concern was also the uneven academic demand across higher educa- tion institutions.
New negotiations
The search for new joining opportunities had begun, during which the partners of TPU
were the Estonian Institute of Humanities, the Estonian Academy of Arts, the Institute of His- tory, the Nord Academy and at a later date the Viljandi College of Culture. The first merging agreement was signed, whereby the Estonian Academic Library became the Academic Li- brary of Tallinn Pedagogical University.
The declaration of common intentions origi- nates from the year 2002, the interested parties of which, among others forming the Tallinn University are the city of Tallinn and the Minis-
try of Education. The timetable for the establishment of TU, which takes
several pages, was also written down.
After repeated discussions and consultations, the
agreement on the basic principles and work order of the university was agreed on in 2003. There was also disagree-
ment over the name: Tallinn City University or
Tallinn Balthasar Russow University?
One way or another, the bill that brought about major changes moved to
the parliament from the government and was put to the final vote there on 16 February 2005. On 18 March, an amendment of the universi- ties act came into effect, replacing “Tallinn Pedagogical University” with “Tallinn Uni- versity”. That date became the most important anniversary of Tallinn University. Congratula- tions!
Communications Manager Sulev Oll
TALLINN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE / NO. 14 / SPRING 2020
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