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Until 31 October, nominations can be submitted for the “Contribution to Estonian National Identity” award.

Nominations can be submitted via the web form until 20 September.

The mentoring programme will be held again this autumn semester, welcoming students, alumni and university staff to apply until 23 September.

The registration for three-minute thesis competition ends on 19 September.

On 4 September at 16:15, Andero Uusberg will give his inaugural lecture “Feeling the Sense of Thought” in the assembly hall of the University of Tartu.

On 5 September, one of the world’s leading moral philosophers, Professor Jeff McMahan from the University of Oxford, will give a public lecture on the ethics of killing and just war theory. His lecture marks the publication of a special issue of a philosophy journal focused on the Russia-Ukraine war. The event will be held from 16:00 to 18:00 in White Hall at the University of Tartu Museum.

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.

The opening ceremony of the 2024/2025 academic year of the University of Tartu takes place on Monday, 2 September at 10:00 in front of the university's main building.

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.

On 25 June, the University of Tartu and OÜ Kauss Arhitektuur signed a contract for the reconstruction of the academic building and the landscaping of the yard area of the Tallinn office of the School of Law (Kaarli pst 3).

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.

The podcast “Tiksu to UniTartu” shares insights and tips to help future international students thrive at the University of Tartu. New episodes are release every Tuesday.

Adult learners can register for the University of Tartu’s micro-credential programmes starting in the autumn semester to acquire an additional specialisation or a new competence.

Speakers from each field are invited to give engaging presentations in Estonian or English, outlining the importance and results of their research.

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.

University of Tartu and the city of Tartu are looking for solutions to develop sustainable mobility

Psühholoogia instituudi nõukogu valis 27. mai koosolekul instituudi juhatajaks senise juhi, eksperimentaalpsühholoogia professori Kairi Kreegipuu.

On 10 June at 10:00 Nguyen Hoang Quan Tran will defend his doctoral thesis "Perception of organisational culture in terms of task and relationship orientations in Vietnam"

He will give a lecture entitled "World Order After 2022" at 10:15–11:00 in the university assembly hall.

The Estonian Cooperation Assembly elected Eneli Kindsiko as the editor-in-chief of the Estonian Human Development Report (EIA), to be published in 2026.