Universities Propose TalTech Rector Tiit Land for President

Universities propose TalTech Rector Tiit Land for president

Estonian university and academic leaders have endorsed TalTech Rector Tiit Land for president, saying his academic leadership and international experience make him a strong candidate.

Estonian university rectors put forward TalTech's Tiit Land for president

Estonia’s leading academic figures have urged parliament to consider Tiit Land, the rector of Tallinn University of Technology, also known as TalTech, as a candidate for president, adding a scientist to a field already testing itself ahead of a September vote in the Estonian parliament. In an open letter to MPs, the rectors of Estonia’s universities and the heads of its principal academic bodies argued that the country needs a head of state who …