About the Institute of Clinical Medicine

The Institute of Clinical Medicine was created on the 1st of January, 2016. The Institute of Clinical Medicine is one of the six institutes of the Faculty of Medicine. Take a look at the structure of the University of Tartu.

The main task of the institute is to conduct teaching, research and development activities in its disciplines and related disciplines. Most of the clinical subjects of the Medicine programme are taught at the Institute of Clinical Medicine. The institute is the main coordinator of the residency (postgraduate specialist medical) training, the clinical medicine doctoral (PhD) studies and the doctors’ continuing education at the University of Tartu and in Estonia.

The institute has around 240 employees of whom around 200 are academic employees, including 21 professors and 40 associate professors. Most of the academic staff are clinicians, who hold different positions at the Tartu University Hospital.