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On 1 December, the University of Tartu celebrates the 103rd anniversary of establishing the Estonian-language university.

The expatriate Estonian visiting professorship will be held by Annela Anger-Kraavi and Mart Kuldkepp.

Twenty-eight doctoral students took part in this year’s competition with 29 presentations, including nine in Estonian and 20 in English.

The analytics company Clarivate revealed its 2022 list of Highly Cited Researchers, which includes two natural scientists from the University of Tartu.

Recipients of University of Tartu honorary decorations announced

For the first time, the University of Tartu has reached a position among the top 250.

All university members are invited to nominate candidates who would deserve to be awarded the university's honorary decoration for their outstanding achievements.

Tiit Tammaru, a professor of Urban and Population Geography and Head of the Chair of Human Geography at the Department of Geography, University of Tartu, visited the National University of Singapore.

On Monday, the opening ceremony of the 2022/2023 academic year takes place in front of the University of Tartu main building. Everyone is invited to rally in support of higher education funding.

According to the universities’ reputation survey people of all age groups consider the University of Tartu to be Estonia’s most reputable higher education institution.

University of Tartu starts the project "Climate awareness from school to society: empowering children, youth and teachers to reduce the effects of climate change" with partners.

On May 5th, 2022 the Faculty of Science and Technology (University of Tartu) held a joint Career Day in VSpa Hotel Conference Centre. The last Maarjavälja Career Day took place two years ago, in Febru

Until October 2022, all UT members can take one free Coursera course. Students can also use it towards the completion of their curriculum if they wish.

Associate Professor of Plant Ecology of the University of Tartu Marina Semchenko has won a prestigious grant from the European Research Council (ERC).

The University of Tartu senate’s decision not to admit new students from Russia and Belarus this year to bachelor’s and master’s studies has caused much controversy. Some people see this as a particular discriminatory step against the young people of these countries, including opponents of the regime, depriving them of the opportunity to study in the free world.

On 7 March, the university family gathered in front of the main building with Ukrainian flags and other symbols and recorded the address of the University of Tartu senate to the Ukrainian people.

The University of Tartu has established a scholarship fund to collect and channel donations to support the studies of Ukrainian students at the University of Tartu.

On the eve of the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, Rector of the University of Tartu Toomas Asser announced the deeds deserving the university’s 2021 contribution to society award, research award and language award, and the recipients of the teaching staff of the year award.

Based on the submitted proposals, a committee formed by the University of Tartu Student Union has chosen the recipients of the best teaching staff awards of 2021.