1 December marks 105 years from the opening of the Estonian-language University of Tartu. Traditional anniversary events will be held on that occasion.

On 1 December at 12:00, the anniversary ceremony takes place in the assembly hall. The university’s doctorates and honorary doctorates will be conferred. 

In the evening, the traditional torchlight procession and anniversary ball will be held.

To be updated.

Honorary doctors

At the senate session on 31 May 2024, the University of Tartu senate appointed five new honorary doctors:

• Professor emerita Pirkko Koski from the University of Helsinki, for her outstanding achievements in the field of theatre research and the integration of the University of Tartu theatre researchers into the international community; 
• Professor Jussi Sakari Jauhiainen from the University of Turku, for his effective work in developing Estonian-language geography and contributing to its internationalisation and for his long-standing leadership in Estonian-Finnish research cooperation in geography; 
• Professor Sabine Andresen from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, for her pioneering research in childhood studies and her long and fruitful collaboration with the social scientists of the University of Tartu in the study of child and family well-being; 
• Professor emeritus Jouko Kalervo Yliruusi from the University of Helsinki, for advancing research in pharmaceutical technology and physical pharmacy and for his effective collaboration in shaping a new generation of pharmaceutical scientists at the University of Tartu and modernising the research infrastructure; 
• Professor emeritus Anthonius Johannes Maria de Jong from the University of Twente, for promoting research in educational technology, educational psychology and instructional design, and for his long and fruitful collaboration with University of Tartu researchers in international projects.