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==Education and culture==

The city is best known for being home to the [[University of Tartu]] (formerly known as the University of Dorpat; {{langx|de|link=no|Universität Dorpat}}), founded under King [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]] in 1632.<ref name="visitsouthestonia"/> Mainly for this reason, Tartu is also – tongue-in-cheek – known as "[[Athens]] of the Emajõgi" or as "[[University of Heidelberg|Heidelberg]] of the North".

Tartu is also the seat of the [[Estonian University of Life Sciences]], the [[Baltic Defence College]], [[Estonian Aviation Academy]] (formerly known as Tartu Aviation College), and the [[Ministry of Education and Research (Estonia)|Estonian Ministry of Education and Research]]. Other notable institutions include the [[Supreme Court of Estonia]] (re-established in Tartu in autumn 1993), the [[Estonian Historical Archives]], [[Estonian National Museum]], [[Estonian Sports and Olympic Museum]] as well as the oldest and renowned theatre in the country, [[Vanemuine]], where they have a well-respected ballet company as well as theatre, opera and musical productions.

In music, there exists the [[Tartu school of composition]].

Most of the sculptures in Tartu are dedicated to historical figures. Among them, the most famous are the [[Barclay de Tolly monument]] on [[Barclay Square]] in downtown, the [[Kissing Students]] monument on the town hall square<ref name="visitsouthestonia"/> and [[Gustav II Adolf]]´s monument on [[List of parks and gardens in Estonia|King's Square]] ({{lang|et|Kuningaplats}}).