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The updated virtual tour of the University of Tartu at virtualtour.ut.ee/en enables everyone interested to get to know the university’s learning and research environment already before arriving there. In addition, the tour gives an overview of bicycle parking and accessibility at the university buildings.

Doctoral defence: Arun Kumar Devarajan "Microbes and climate change: insights from plant-microbe interactions in rice phyllosphere and soil microbiomes in subarctic grasslands“

On August 22, at 10:15 Arun Kumar Devarajan will defend his doctoral thesis "Microbes and climate change: insights from plant-microbe interactions in rice phyllosphere and soil microbiomes in subarctic grasslands“ for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Microbial Biology).

The Estonian Cancer Centre will be established within the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu to accelerate cancer prevention and treatment in Estonia through international cooperation. 

On August 21 at 13:15 Vi Ngan Tran will defend her doctoral thesis "The Cellular Dynamics and Epithelial Morphogenesis in Drosophila Wing Development“ for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Developmental Biology).

From 12 June, the University of Tartu’s Study Information System (SIS) features a new student dashboard, which brings important information for learners together in one environment.

Researchers need Widening to offer more than just networking.

Speakers from each field are invited to give engaging presentations in Estonian or English, outlining the importance and results of their research.

As of 30 May, a new exhibition "KURSI KOOLKOND XXXVI" is on display in the Omicum atrium.

On 29 May, the Estonian Human Rights Centre presented the "Respecting differences" label to the University of Tartu for the second time at the joint building of ministries in Tallinn.

On June 5th at 13:15 Natàlia Pujol Gualdo will defend her doctoral thesis "Decoding genetic associations of female reproductive health traits".

The industrial doctorate offers a unique opportunity for companies, universities and doctoral students to work together.

On 31 May, at 10:15 Maarja Jõeloo will defend her doctoral thesis "Advances in microarray-based copy number variation discovery and phenotypic associations".

On 11 June at 10:15 Sirelin Sillamaa will defend her doctoral thesis “The role of helicases Hmi1 and lrc3 in yeast mitochondrial DNA maintenance“ for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Biochemistry).

European Union’s Horizon EUROPE project A4L_BRIDGE has opened the first call for open access to Core Facilities.

The Young Scientist Award was given to Associate Professor in Genetics Hedvig Tamman and the Young IT Scientist Award to Head of Applied Natural Language Processing Liisa Rätsep.

Andres Metspalu, Professor of Genomics and Biobanking and Professor of Biotechnology was elected a member of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology section of Academia Europaea.

The University of Tartu, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn University, the Estonian University of Life Sciences, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, the Estonian Academy of Arts, and the Gender Equality and Equal Treatment Commissioner celebrate the Diversity Week from 6 to 12 May, under the title “Diverse Estonian universities”.

On 16 May, the Estonian Doctoral School Career Conference will be held in Tallinn to discuss the value of doctoral studies and the career prospects of doctoral students. All Estonian doctoral students and those interested in doctoral studies are welcome to attend.

From 8 May to 20 October, all UT employees, students, alumni and all others interested are welcome to complete the orienteering course and reconnect with the history of the UT dormitories.