Topic: governance

On 19 December, the UT senate elected Kristel Uiboupin as the director of the university’s Youth Academy. She will begin her five-year term of office as the director on 1 April 2026.

At the meeting on 8 December, the council of the University of Tartu Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences re-elected Professor in Molecular Ecology Maarja Öpik as director of the institute.

At its meeting on 2 December, the council of the University of Tartu Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics elected Associate Professor of General Linguistics Ann Veismann as the new head of the institute.

On 28 November, the council of the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Tartu elected Jaak Vilo as the next head of the institute. His term begins on 1 January 2026.

Aigi Rahi-Tamm is the new head of the Institute of History and Archaeology

The text is based on the presentation at the University of Tartu development conference “A university for us, Estonia and the world”.

The opinion piece is based on the presentation at the University of Tartu development conference “A university for us, Estonia and the world”.

On 27 October from 13–18, the University of Tartu development conference “A university for us, Estonia and the world” took place in the university assembly hall and online. Keynote speakers were Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Kersti Kaljulaid and Kristina Kallas.

As of 21 October, the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Universitas Tartuensis is Kaja Koovit, who has years of experience from Estonia’s leading media outlets.

As threats to academic freedom intensify worldwide, The Guild – including the University of Tartu as a member – urges the EU and national governments to take firm steps to safeguard academic freedom and strengthen Europe’s appeal to top researchers.