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For the first time, the University of Tartu has reached a position among the top 250.

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

The design competition for the green area in Maarjavälja, which ran until mid-August, received three entries. The authors of the entries were published on 5 September at the University café.

University of Tartu researchers studied the use of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in human and veterinary medicine and the spread of antibiotic residues in the environment.

Climate is changing, and persistent drought is a growing problem worldwide. Breeding more drought-tolerant and less water-intensive crop will reduce yield losses resulting from climate change.

On Monday, the opening ceremony of the 2022/2023 academic year takes place in front of the University of Tartu main building. Everyone is invited to rally in support of higher education funding.

Research of the Univeristy of Tartu will be presented at the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) held in Leiden, Netherlands, from 13 to 16 July.

According to the universities’ reputation survey people of all age groups consider the University of Tartu to be Estonia’s most reputable higher education institution.

On May 5th, 2022 the Faculty of Science and Technology (University of Tartu) held a joint Career Day in VSpa Hotel Conference Centre. The last Maarjavälja Career Day took place two years ago, in Febru

Institute of Technology IMS lab is organizing a webinar series, the first of which will take place on May 20th! The webinar "Manufacturing & industrial insights and tendencies" is organized in 3 sessions of 2 hours each and the speakers will interact with the participants to make them explore the latest challenges and trends of manufacturing sector and learn how to use specific techniques in innovation projects. The first speaker will be Priit Kull who is a project leader of the Mars house - Self-Deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments (SHEE).

The IMS Lab in the institute of technology held a course „Training on multi-scale modelling simulations for additive manufacturing“ for students. By passing the course, students who were interested in working as a design engineer could evaluate their competencies and knowledge in additive manufacturing (AM). They could analyze their skills and knowledge necessary working in that field. The course addressed the most common needs for AM engineers. It was a hands-on experience in optimization of product design, mostly concentrating on topology optimization.

Until October 2022, all UT members can take one free Coursera course. Students can also use it towards the completion of their curriculum if they wish.

On 19 April, the University of Tartu and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)

The University of Tartu senate’s decision not to admit new students from Russia and Belarus this year to bachelor’s and master’s studies has caused much controversy. Some people see this as a particular discriminatory step against the young people of these countries, including opponents of the regime, depriving them of the opportunity to study in the free world.

On 7 March, the university family gathered in front of the main building with Ukrainian flags and other symbols and recorded the address of the University of Tartu senate to the Ukrainian people.

Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the University of Tartu has been actively engaged in supporting its Ukrainian staff and students and preparing for the reception of refugees from Ukraine. Among other measures, the university plans to allow Ukrainian students to study at the university without paying the tuition fee and apply for financial support. An overview of what is being planned and what has already been decided:

The University of Tartu has established a scholarship fund to collect and channel donations to support the studies of Ukrainian students at the University of Tartu.

On the eve of the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, Rector of the University of Tartu Toomas Asser announced the deeds deserving the university’s 2021 contribution to society award, research award and language award, and the recipients of the teaching staff of the year award.

The award of outstanding lifetime achievements in research and development was presented to Professor emerita of the University of Tartu Ene-Margit Tiit and a total of 11 researchers of the University of Tartu were recognised with the annual awards for best research completed and published during the previous four years.