The Academia Gustaviana in what is at…

October 1632 CE

The Academia Gustaviana in what is at this time the Swedish province of Livonia is the second university founded in the Swedish Empire, following Uppsala University (in Uppsala, Sweden proper) and preceding the Academy of Åbo (in Turku, Finland).

A precursor to the academy had been a Jesuit grammar school Gymnasium Dorpatense, founded by Stefan Batory (then king of Poland) in 1583 and existing to 1601, when Tartu (Dorpat) was under Polish rule.

The first students had entered April 1632.

The opening ceremony of Academia Dorpatensis (Academia Gustaviana) takes place on 15 October in the same year.

The academy in Tartu functions with Philosophy, Law, Theology and Medical Faculties enjoying the privileges of the University of Uppsala.

Today the national university of Estonia, the University of Tartu is the biggest and highest-ranked university in the nation.

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Gustav II Adolf Vasa View →

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