The Estonian University of Life Sciences is a public university in Tartu. It names agriculture, rural economy, forestry, environmental sciences, veterinary medicine and animal husbandry, and engineering among its areas of responsibility. Its history page dates its roots to the Tartu Veterinary School of 1848 and records the founding of an independent Estonian Agricultural Academy in 1951.
Teaching and research run through three institutes: Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Forestry and Engineering, and Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences. The agricultural institute has chairs including crop science, plant health, soil science and horticulture. Research bases include the Polli Horticultural Research Centre, the Rõhu Experimental Station and the Märja Experimental Livestock Facility. The Centre of Excellence AgroCropFuture joins research groups from the university, the University of Tartu and the Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge, with €7 million from the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research until the end of 2030. The university says it has set up more than 150 research and development projects with businesses.