What is University of Tartu?
[[File:Tartu asv2022-04 img21 University main building.jpg|thumb|University of Tartu 2022]] '''University of Tartu''' is the main university in [[Estonia]]. It is in [[Tartu]]. It is the second oldest university in Northern Europe. It was established in [[1632]]. The first [[pharmacology]] department in the world was set up here by [[Rudolf Buchheim]] in 1847. <ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Rang HP | title = The receptor concept: pharmacology's big idea | journal = British Journal of Pharmacology | volume = 147 Suppl 1 | issue = S1 | pages = S9-16 | date = January 2006 | pmid = 16402126 | pmc = 1760743 | doi = 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706457 }}</ref> The university is particularly famous due to its [[semiotics]] school established by [[Juri Lotman]]. <gallery> Tartu asv2022-04 img22 University main building.jpg|Main building Aula Tartu Observatoorium.jpg|Observatory Uus Anatoomikum.JPG|New Anatomicum TÜ kunstimuuseum, sinine saal.JPG|Art museum TÜRKA Vanemuise suures majas -- tants Kodukotus.JPG|Folk dance Tudengite kevadpäevad 2009 - paadiralli 05.JPG|Students' spring days </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:Colleges and universities in Estonia|Tartu]] [[Category:1632 establishments]] [[Category:1630s establishments in Europe]] [[Category:Establishments in Estonia]]