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

At the initiative of Kati Orru, Associate Professor of Sociology of Sustainability at the University of Tartu, the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, a flagship journal of crisis sociology, has published a special issue.

According to a study by the University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia has good prospects for developing research-intensive entrepreneurship in healthcare.

University of Tartu starts training specialists to fight disinformation

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.

The board of the Estonian Academy of Sciences elected Andrey Makarychev and Heiki Junninen the academy's research professors for 2023 - 2024.

On 19 June, the Ministry of Defence recognised the University of Tartu with the award “Supporter of defenders of the state” because, at the university, employees retain their salary during reservist training and other benefits are offered to defenders of the state.

The Seventh Annual Tartu Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies on 11–13 June 2023 will bring more than 200 researchers from 33 countries to Tartu

At its session on 26 May, the University of Tartu senate elected Garri Raagmaa as the Director of Pärnu College.

At the meeting on 23 May, the Council of Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies elected Dr Kristiina Tõnnisson, Lecturer in Public Administration, for the position of Head of the Institute.

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.

In this year's call for applications for the University of Tartu Feasibility Fund grants, nine projects were awarded funding for one-year development work.

2.–4. maini toimus Rootsi kuninga Carl XVI Gustafi ja kuninganna Silvia riigivisiit Eestisse, mille käigus külastas kuningapaar ka Tartu Ülikooli ja andis üle Rootsi Kuninglikud Põhjatähe ordenid.

Rector Toomas Asser's speech at the ceremony dedicated to the royal couple of Sweden in the University of Tartu assembly hall on 4 May 2023.

The guidelines for using chatbots in teaching and studies provide general principles and specific instructions for students and academic staff.

The renewed virtual tour of the University of Tartu at virtualtour.ut.ee allows everyone to get acquainted with the university's teaching and research environment through 360-degree photos.

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden visited the University of Tartu during their state visit to Estonia. University members were invited to greet the royal couple.

The University of Tartu will open 179 student places in doctoral studies this spring. Most of these are linked to the junior research fellow’s position.