| # | University | City | World rank | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tallinn University of Technology | #0 | 879,040 | |
| 2 | Estonian University of Life Sciences | #0 | 437,358 | |
| 3 | Tallinn University | #0 | 168,132 | |
| 4 | Estonian Business School | #0 | 8,113 | |
| 5 | Tartu Health Care College | #0 | 3,701 | |
| 6 | Estonian Academy of Arts | #0 | 2,322 | |
| 7 | University of Applied Sciences | #0 | 1,522 | |
| 8 | Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre | #0 | 1,210 | |
| 9 | Estonian Academy of Security Sciences | #0 | 635 | |
| 10 | University of Tartu | #362 (2026) | 4,558,630 |
What the two columns mean
World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.
The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.