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Richard F. Gombrich, Professor Emeritus of the University of Oxford, will be the main speaker of the lecture series.

On 17 November at 12:00, Marit Karelson will defend her doctoral thesis „Le Temps d’engagement dans les œuvres d’André Gide et de Johannes Semper: les univers fictionnels entre l’élan vital et la littérature engagée“

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.

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.

On 20 November at 14:00, Aleksejs Samarins will defend his doctoral thesis „Литературная позиция и творчество С. А. Ауслендера в 1906–1908 гг.“

On 25 October, the 391st anniversary of the founding of the University of Tartu is celebrated. There will be two lectures, flowers will be laid at memorials and a concert held to mark this occasion.

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.

On 12 September, the commission formed for the dean elections registered the dean candidates of the university’s four faculties.

On 6 November, the Department of Scandinavia Studies will organise the Gustav Adolf Day. The event will begin with a half-day symposium, followed by a cultural part. 

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

The University of Tartu doctoral students are invited to participate in the three-minute thesis competition on 28 September.

At the beginning of August, the menu layout of the UT website was updated.

The double diploma was awarded to students of the European Languages and Cultures curriculum, Moonika Põldvee, Gäroly Rohelsaar and Linda Tender, who studied in the specialisation of French language and literature.

On 29 June, Tartu City Day, the best building awards 2022 of Tartu were presented. Among others, the University of Tartu’s academic building at Lossi 3 won an award. 

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.

We are conducting a survey to improve Estonian language teaching at the University of Tartu. In the survey, international master's students are invited to comment on their experience learning Estonian and their plans for the future.

On 13 June at 15:00, we will meet in Lossi 3 to go on a summer walk in Tartu with a heroine of Virginia Woolf's novel.

The spring fair of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities encourages reuse and green exchange

On 17 May, the election commission confirmed the results of the senate elections. 

The language learning hub, created to support the Estonian language learning of international staff, international students and students who speak Estonian as a foreign language.