Tartu County

3000 sq km 150,000 people

Tradition and Innovation City of Tartu – education, research, medicine, services Tartu County – agriculture, wood and food industry, cultural heritage

Tartu – the second city, national counterbalance National institutions (Ministry of Education, Supreme Court etc) Regional centre of South Estonia A Human Capital

People Like It Here A valued place to live in Stable and growing population

Nature Wavy plains, river valleys, drumlins Two big lakes, wetlands Conservation areas Peat, sand, gravel

Landscapes

People

Local Government 3 towns Tartu (100,000) Elva (6,300) Kallaste (1,300) 19 rural municipalities average population

Infrastructure

Third Economic Power 10% of Estonian turnover, 5% of export Lowest unemployment in Estonia Big share of public sector jobs Development of entrepreneurship – a challenge

Economy and Business Foodstuffs, wood, glass, mechanical engineering Fertile lands, big farms Fishery Strategically important - knowledge intensive production

New Economy ICT GIS Biotechnology Biomedicine

Innovation Tartu Science Park Tartu Biotechnology Park UT Institute of Technology

Scientia Potentia Est 15 research institutions 7 centres of excellence Half of Estonian degree holders Genetics, plant physiology, semiotics, nanotechnology, optics, Finno-Ugric studies International conferences

Universities University of Tartu – a living classic Estonian University of Life Sciences 11 universities and colleges students and 5000 employees 900 research fellows Internationalization Tartu – the city of youth

Education 60 municipal schools Baltic Defence College Estonian Aviation College Tartu Art College

Sports Tartu Ski Marathon + running and cycling events Miss Valentine gymnastics competition and gala Basketball, football, judo, motorboat racing

Culture “Vanemuine” Theatre and Concert Hall 20+ amateur theatre societies 30 museums Hanseatic Days Student Festivals

Diversity

Tourism Tartu: old town, university, museums, St John’s church, botanical gardens, historic ships, St Anthony’s Guild Lake Peipus region: fishing, old believers’ villages, Alatskivi manor Nature trails, parks, manors, museums