Depicts a motif of the University of Tartu main building dividing country name (left) and year of issue (right), surrounded by the inscriptions in Estonian "National University 100" above and in Latin "University of Tartu 1632" below. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

The University of Tartu main building is one of the finest specimens of neoclassical architecture in Estonia. It was built according to design by the university's architect Johann Wilhelm Krause in 1804-1809. It is included in the European Heritage Label list as "embodiment of the ideas of a university in the Age of Enlightenment".

Engraver: Indrek Ilves

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

12 stars are located on the right side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Luc Luycx, a designer at the Royal Belgian Mint, designed the Euro’s common reverse; his initials, LL, are seen on the right side of the design, just under the “O” in “EURO.”

ESTONIA in Estonian upright and inverted.