List of rectors of the University of Tartu

Academia Gustaviana (1632–1665)[]

(illustris, 1632–1633)
(1633)
(1633–1634)
(1634)
(prorector, 1634–1635)
(prorector, 1635–1636)
(1636)
(1636–1637)
(1637–1638)
(1638)
(1638–1639)
(1639–1640)
(1641–1641)
(1641–1642)
(1642–1643)
(1643–1644)
(1644–1645)
(1645–1646)
(1648–1649)
(1649–1650)
(1650–1651)
(1651–1652)
(1652–1653)
(1653–1654)
(1654–1655)
(1655–1656)
(prorector, in Tallinn, 1657)
(prorector, Tallinn, 1658)
(prorector, Tallinn, 1659–1660)
(prorector, Tallinn, 1661–1662)
(prorector, Tallinn, 1663–1665)

Georg Friedrich von Parrot (prorector, 1802–1803)
Georg Friedrich von Parrot (1803)
(1803–1804)
(1804–1805)
Georg Friedrich von Parrot (1805–1806)
(1806–1808)
(1809–1810)
David Hieronymus Grindel (1810–1812)
Georg Friedrich von Parrot (1812–1813)
(prorector, 1813–1814)
(1814)
(1814–1816)
(1816)
(prorector, 1816–1817)
(1817–1818)
Gustav von Ewers (1818–1830)
Friedrich Wilhelm von Parrot (prorector, 1830–1831)
Friedrich Wilhelm von Parrot (1831–1834)
(1834–1836)
Christian Friedrich Neue (1836–1839)
Karl Christian Ulmann (1839–1841)
Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann (prorector, 1841–1842)
Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann (1842)
Christian Friedrich Neue (1843–1851)
(1851–1858)
Friedrich von Bidder (1858–1865)
Guido Samson von Himmelstiern (1865–1868)
Georg Philipp von Oettingen (1868–1876)
(1876–1881)
Eduard von Wahl (1881–1885)
Alexander Schmidt (1885–1890)
(1890–1892)
(1892–1901)

(1892–1901)
(1901–1903)
Grigori Levitski (1903–1905)
(1905–1908)
(or ) (prorector, 1908–1909)
1909–1914)
(1915–1917)
(1917–1918)

Jüri Kärner (1988–1993)
Peeter Tulviste (1993–1998)
Jaak Aaviksoo (1998–2006)
Tõnu Lehtsaar (acting, 2006–2007)
Alar Karis (2007–2012)
Volli Kalm (2012–2017, died in office)
Tõnu Lehtsaar (acting, 2017–2018)
Toomas Asser (2018–)