On 23 May 2025, Minister of Education and Research Kristina Kallas approved the results of the external evaluation of Estonian research and development. The University of Tartu was the only institution in Estonia to receive a positive evaluation in all six fields: natural sciences, engineering and technology, medical and health sciences, agriculture and veterinary sciences, social sciences, and humanities and the arts.
The Austmarr Network is an international, interdisciplinary network of scholars investigating historical and prehistoric contacts among peoples in the circum-Baltic region.
7. märtsil kell 12.15 kaitseb Alessandra Dezi vene keele erialal doktoritööd „Функции иноязычных вкраплений в интернет-дискурсе русскоязычных жителей Италии и Эстонии: сопоставительный аспект“ („Itaalia ja Eesti venekeelse diasporaa internetisuhtluse võõrkeelsete keelendite funktsioonid: võrdlev analüüs“).
Led by the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Centre for Sustainable Development of the University of Tartu, a guidance material has been developed for researchers on how to conduct interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.
13. jaanuaril kell 16.00 kaitseb Antonina Martynenko vene kirjanduse erialal doktoritööd „Традиции и инновации в русской поэзии второй половины 1830-х гг.: количественное исследование“ („Traditsioonid ja uuendused 1830. aastate teise poole vene luules: kvantitatiivne uurimus“).
29. novembril kell 12.15 kaitseb Ülo Siirak doktoritööd „Humaniste français Marc-Antoine Muret comme commentateur de Catulle et de Pierre de Ronsard“ („Prantsuse humanist Marc-Antoine Muret Catulluse ja Pierre de Ronsard’i kommenteerijana“).
In the summer, two large book donations were made to the University of Tartu Library, adding to its existing collection of books on the classical and early modern periods.
27. septembril kell 14.15 kaitseb Manuel Moreno Tovar doktoritööd „Rethinking intralingual translation and exploring its interface with censorship, manipulation, and controversy“.