Corporation (university) - Estonia

Estonia

Corporations in Estonia are very much like those in Germany though foxes (first-year members) do not wear colours, but a black cap instead. Estonian corporations usually have a circinus stitched to their caps, that is, the letters VCFC (an abbreviation for a Latin sentence: Vivat, crescat, floreat corporatio, meaning "Live, grow, prosper corporation") and the initials of the name of the corporation. Corporations are popular in Estonia. Other student organisations or societies with a lengthy tradition, but without the name, corporation, are also commonly referred to as corporations.

Active corporations and student societies in Estonia:

Male corporations, members of the League of Estonian Corporations:

  • Korp! Vironia, founded in Riga November 26, 1900.
  • Korp! Fraternitas Estica, founded in Tartu April 26, 1907.
  • Korp! Sakala, founded in Tartu November 14, 1909.
  • Korp! Ugala, founded in Tartu November 10, 1913.
  • Korp! Rotalia, founded in Saint Petersburg November 10, 1913.
  • Korp! Fraternitas Liviensis, founded in Tartu January 18, 1918.
  • Korp! Leola, founded in Tallinn October 16, 1920.
  • Korp! Revelia, founded in Tartu December 3, 1920.
  • Korp! Tehnola, founded in Tallinn October 23, 1921.
  • Korp! Fraternitas Tartuensis, founded in Tartu March 27, 1929.

Female corporations:

  • Korp! Filiae Patriae, founded in Tartu October 27, 1920.
  • Korp! Indla, founded in Tartu March 7, 1924.
  • Korp! Lembela, founded in Tartu October 24, 1924.
  • Korp! Amicitia, founded in Tartu November 21, 1924.
  • Korp! Sororitas Estoniae, founded in Tallinn February 16, 2011

Other corporations and student societies:

  • Estonian Students' Society, founded in Tartu April 7, 1870.
  • EÜS Põhjala, founded in Saint Petersburg November 13, 1884.
  • ÜS Liivika, founded in Riga April 21, 1909.
  • Estonian Female Students' Society, founded in Tartu November 14, 1911.
  • EÜS Veljesto, founded in Tartu February 24, 1920.
  • ÜS Raimla, founded in Tartu September 22, 1922.
  • ÜÜ Fraternitas Fennica, founded in Tartu October 22, 1926.
  • Korp! Ave, founded in Tallinn, October 29, 1987.
  • Korp! Arminia Dorpatensis, founded in Tartu October 24, 1850, refounded in Tartu May 2, 1994.

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