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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.

Margit Keller will assume the office of the dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences on 1 January 2024.

On 3 October, the faculties’ electoral bodies elected new deans for the University of Tartu. The Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Anti Selart, the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences Margit Keller, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Külli Kingo, and the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology Leho Ainsaar will assume office on 1 January 2024.

Last summer taught me that if you read your faculty newsletters carefully enough, you might be in for the greatest adventure of your university years.

From 2 October to 5 November, all University of Tartu employees, students, alumni, their families and all others interested are welcome to complete the orienteering course and reconnect with the varied history of Toome Hill. 

Last week, Helen Eenmaa, Research Fellow in IT Law at the University of Tartu and member of the Estonian Young Academy of Sciences, was elected President of the Young Academies Science Advice Structure (YASAS). With that, she also became a member of the board of the Science Advice for Policy by European Academies (SAPEA) consortium.

The public event takes place on Thursday, 28 September, in the conference hall of the University of Tartu Library.

Candidates for the Deanship of the Faculty of Social Sciences will meet staff and students on 27 September.

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

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

Apply for the team of the University of Tartu in the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition!

Class on Commercial Law and Document Drafting in US provides and introduction to U.S. government and interplay between State Federal systems.

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

Today, on 17 August, the council of the Faculty of Social Sciences convened to discuss the rector’s motion to express no confidence in Dean Raul Eamets to dismiss him from the position of dean before the end of his employment contract as professor.

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

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.

Creating cooperation with Vietnamese colleagues from the University of Hue.

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.