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Helle Arop

Getting started for international students

 

Academic year 2023/2024 at the University of Tartu (UT)

A very warm welcome to the University of Tartu! This Getting Started website hopefully helps new international students to find some relevant and useful information.

The spring semester at UT begins on 12.02.2024. This spring semester, orientation course for new international degree and exchange students will take place on February 8-9. Further information will be provided here.

The full academic calendar 2023/2024 can be found here.

Before your arrival to Tartu

Practical information for incoming exchange and degree seeking students prior the arrival in Estonia. To help you getting started smoothly you will find answers to all kind of practical questions such as travelling to Tartu, housing etc. from Tartu Welcome Centre website. 

Tartu Welcome Centre

 

If your studies are taking place in the University of Tartu Narva College, School of Law in Tallinn, Pärnu College or Viljandi Culture Academy, you can find practical information from the respective websites or by contacting directly your study programme coordinators.

 

Visa and residence

Housing

Getting to Tartu

University of Tartu virtual tour

 

 

 

Student essentials 

UT username and course registration

Your UT username and password (login credentials needed for course registration) will be sent to you by the UT IT department before the beginning of the spring semester. Newly admitted students can sign up for the spring semester courses in the Study Information System (SIS) as soon as they have received their login credentials. Course registration is open until 26.02.2024.

You can find information regarding your curriculum and timetables in SIS. It is possible to see courses, timetables, and curricula information also without logging in the SIS.

All first-year degree-seeking and exchange students will receive the UT email address in the format firstname.lastname@ut.ee and this address is used for communication with the University of Tartu.

More detailed information on various courses for learning Estonian can be found from UT language learning hub

Important dates in the 1st semester 2023/2024 (degree-seeking students only).

 

Study Information System (SIS) and academic calendar

Study instructions for degree-seeking students

Support services for students

 

Throughout the academic year the Office of Academic Affairs informs degree-seeking students about important study-related information and other related topics. Topics like academic affairs, training courses, seminars, possibilities of studying abroad, scholarships and allowances, internship and job possibilities are updated weekly in the student newsletter. 

Student newsletter

 

 

 

UT Sports Club

Internship and job offers

UT Library

E-learner's handbook

Checklist for new international student

 

 

Find your hidden skills during your study abroad with SkillMill!

In studies abroad, internships and working life, we constantly face new situations that require us to understand, improvise, communicate and adapt.

SkillMill is here to help! SkillMill is a mobile app that bridges international studies and employability by helping users translate relevant international experiences into soft skills learning experiences. It provide users with a safe and personal step-by-step reflection process, which helps them connect personal experiences with labour market skills and employer perspectives.

Contacts for international students

Study Abroad Centre`s contacts
Tudengid loengusaalis

Orientation Course

Tudengid

Erasmus+ Europe additional competition for spring semester 2024