Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

In January 1, 2005 the Estonian University of Life Sciences  completed its latest structural reform, five institutes were formed. The Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (IAES) was formed by merging the six different units of the University. These institutions were the following: The Faculty of Agronomy, the Institute of Environmental Protection, the Institute of Experimental Biology, the Institute of Zoology and Botany, the Polli Institute of Horticulture and the Plant Biotechnology Research Centre EVIKA. The Institute of  Horticulture, the Institute of Plant Cultivation, the Institute of Plant Protection, the Institute of Soil Science and Agro chemistry and the Institute of Grassland Science belonged to the Faculty of Agronomy at the time of the merger.

The IAES monitors and organises studies of the following disciplines: horticulture, agronomy, production and marketing of agricultural products, applied hydrology, nature tourism (commenced in 2006), landscape  conservation and maintenance, ornamental gardening (2007) and landscape architecture. The following disciplines can be acquired by distance learning: management of urban, nature tourism and industrial  landscapes (2006) and the management of agricultural companies (2007).

Structure of the Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
3 Centres: Polli Horticultural Research Centre, Rõhu Experimental Centre, Centre for Limnology
11 Departments: Dep. of Botany, Dep. of Environmental Protection, Dep. of Field Crop and Grassland Husbandry, Dep. of Horticulture, Dep. of Landscape Architecture, Dep. of Landscape Management and Nature Conservation, Dep. of Mycology, Dep. of Plant Physiology, Dep. of Plant Protection, Dep. of Soil Science and Agrochemistry, Dep. of Zoology