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Martin Haamer and Hanna Britt Soots among winners of “Science in 3 Minutes” competition
Martin Haamer and Hanna Britt Soots were among the top five in the finals of the competition “Science in 3 Minutes”.
06 February 2024 research
University of Tartu to lead six Estonian centres of excellence in research
Over the next seven years, the government will fund ten centres of excellence addressing scientific issues of importance to Estonia. The University of Tartu has tight connections with all of them.
05 January 2024 sustainabilityresearch
Registration for the spring semester's micro-credential programmes ends this week
Adult learners are welcome to participate in micro-credential programmes starting in the spring semester and delivered in block mode or online form suitable for working people. Applications can be submitted until 21 January 2024.
08 December 2023 continuing education
Tickets are now available for the University of Tartu’s alumni get‑together
The University of Tartu will organise its alumni get-together with the slogan “Back to the university” on 18 May 2024. Early-bird tickets at special rates are available from 1 December.
01 December 2023 alumni
ERC grant helps to apply geoinformatics to mitigate the environmental impact of intensive agriculture
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Evelyn Uuemaa, Professor of Geoinformatics at the University of Tartu, the Consolidator Grant.
23 November 2023 sustainabilityresearch
Future international students can get to know the university by student shadowing
The University of Tartu is inviting future international students to come student shadowing and live one day as a university student.
23 November 2023 internationaladmissions
University's equal treatment website now includes explanatory videos
Tartu Ülikooli personaliosakond on uuendanud võrdse kohtlemise temaatikat käsitlevat veebilehte.
07 November 2023 university
Three Rectors’ Scholarship competition for the academic year 2023/2024 is now open
The competition for the scholarship established by the rectors of the University of Tartu, University of Latvia and Vilnius University has started again to promote the teaching and learning of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian languages and cultures.
01 November 2023 cooperation
Recipients of honorary decorations of the University of Tartu announced
On 27 October, the University of Tartu senate decided to award the Johan Skytte medal to Margit Sutrop, member of the Riigikogu and Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Tartu. The highest award granted to university members, the University of Tartu Grand Medal, is given to two university researchers for services of particular value. Also, the recipients of the University of Tartu Star of Appreciation, Medal, Badge of Distinction and the decoration “100 Semesters at the University of Tartu” have been selected.
27 October 2023 recognition 
Last opportunity to respond to the University of Tartu's mobility survey
The university will use the survey to find out what kind of mobility Estonia's largest university brings about and what attitudes staff and students hold towards sustainable mobility.
26 October 2023 sustainability
Police confirm that bomb threat to the University of Tartu is a hoax
The Police and Border Guard announced at 9:15 that dozens of Estonian institutions, including schools and kindergartens, received a bomb threat by email in Russian tonight.
12 October 2023 university
Call for master's thesis topics for companies and organizations
TÜ geograafia osakond kutsub esmakordselt üles ettevõtteid ja organisatsioone, kellel on huvipakkuvaid teemasid, mille uurimisega saaksid geograafia magistrandid neid aidata, endast märku andma.
Practical remote sensing online course using Copernicus satellite data opens on 20 September
Tartu Observatory invites you to participate in the MOOC titled "Remote Sensing Practical Case Studies Based on Copernicus Data." Course dates: 20.09.2023 - 15.11.2023
14 September 2023 continuing education
Menu layout and search of the UT website have a new look
At the beginning of August, the menu layout of the UT website was updated.
03 August 2023 university
University of Tartu researcher received Europe’s most prestigious research grant to study the formation, cycle and effect of laughing gas emitted from peat soils
Ülo Mander received the Advanced Grant from the European Research Council to study the N2O cycle, its links to climate change, and land-use practices that could help curb its production in the future.
04 July 2023 sustainabilityresearch
University of Tartu ranked in the top 400 in QS World University Rankings using a new methodology
On 27 June, the global higher education consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) launched its World University Rankings 2024, adopting a methodology that has undergone considerable change. The University of Tartu is ranked 358th and again tops the list of Estonian universities.
29 June 2023 international
Recorded lecture series: "Mobility analysis and planning for human-scale cities"
The lecture series, arranged by the Mobility Lab, University of Tartu, featured experts and leading scholars in the field of mobility and transport from Estonia and beyond.
All young scientist awards of the Cultural Foundation of the President of the Republic went to University of Tartu researchers
Young Scientist Award, the Young Environmental Scientist Award and the Young IT Scientist Award of the Cultural Foundation of the President of the Republic went to University of Tartu researchers
23 May 2023 research
Toomas Asser was elected the rector of the University of Tartu
Today, on 20 April, the 292-member electoral council elected Professor of Neurosurgery Toomas Asser as rector of the University of Tartu with 168 votes.
20 April 2023
RECORDING: Electoral council elects the rector of the University of Tartu
On Thursday, 20 April at 12:00, the 292-member electoral council will gather in the University of Tartu assembly hall to elect a rector for the university for the next five years.
17 April 2023