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The mentoring programme offers a valuable experience for both students and alumni
The mentoring programme will be held again this autumn semester, welcoming students, alumni and university staff to apply until 23 September.
26 August 2024 studiesalumni
Registration for the Three Minute Thesis competition ends on 19 September
The registration for three-minute thesis competition ends on 19 September.
26 August 2024 research
Information Technology Office invites you to try the IT helpdesk virtual assistant
Starting from 16 August, all staff and students of the university will be able to test the virtual assistant on the University of Tartu IT wiki page, which will provide support in solving IT problems based on existing guides. The trial period will last a couple of months, during which the Information Technology Office will be able to assess the quality of the virtual assistant service.
16 August 2024 university
View your future classrooms, dormitory or bicycle parking possibilities on the updated virtual tour
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.
23 July 2024 admissionsuniversity
Doctoral defence: Arun Kumar Devarajan "Microbes and climate change: insights from plant-microbe interactions in rice phyllosphere and soil microbiomes in subarctic grasslands“
Doctoral defence: Arun Kumar Devarajan "Microbes and climate change: insights from plant-microbe interactions in rice phyllosphere and soil microbiomes in subarctic grasslands“
16 July 2024 research
University of Tartu will be home to the Estonian Cancer Centre
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.
15 July 2024 cooperationfor society
Doctoral defence: Vi Ngan Tran "The Cellular Dynamics and Epithelial Morphogenesis in Drosophila Wing Development"
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).
09 July 2024 researchfor society
New student dashboard is now available
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.
13 June 2024
Researchers need Widening to offer more than just networking
Researchers need Widening to offer more than just networking.
07 June 2024 internationalresearch
Mark your calendars: three-minute thesis competition for doctoral students to be held on 2 October
Speakers from each field are invited to give engaging presentations in Estonian or English, outlining the importance and results of their research.
03 June 2024 research
University of Tartu recognised again with "Respecting differences" quality label
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.
Industrial doctoral student combines work and studies
The industrial doctorate offers a unique opportunity for companies, universities and doctoral students to work together.
22 May 2024 studiesresearch
Doctoral defence: Sirelin Sillamaa "The role of helicases Hmi1 and lrc3 in yeast mitochondrial DNA maintenance"
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).
17 May 2024 for society
Open access to Core Facilities under A4L_BRIDGE
European Union’s Horizon EUROPE project A4L_BRIDGE has opened the first call for open access to Core Facilities.
08 May 2024
Awards of the Cultural Foundation of the President of the Republic given to Hedvig Tamman and Liisa Rätsep
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.
09 May 2024 researchrecognition 
Andres Metspalu elected member of Academia Europaea
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.
08 May 2024 researchrecognition 
Six Estonian universities celebrate Diversity Week together for the first time
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”.
This spring, the University of Tartu will open 189 doctoral student places
University of Tartu invites applications for doctoral studies from future researchers and top professionals.
18 April 2024 admissions
Preparation of the university's new strategic plan begins
The strategic plan A2025 period is coming to an end and the university has set up a committee to prepare a new strategic plan.
16 April 2024 governanceuniversity
Design contract signed for new academic and research building in Maarjamõisa
On 12 April, the University of Tartu and Kauss Arhitektuur OÜ signed the design contract for the new academic and research building. In addition, the partner will design the street area and the parking building.
12 April 2024 university