Topic: international

On 1 November, Ambassador of Greece Georges Papadopoulos visited the University of Tartu and discussed with the rector how to improve the opportunities of teaching Greek at the university.

The University of Tartu is inviting future international students to come student shadowing and live one day as a university student.

From 26 to 27 October, the General Assembly of The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities took place in Oslo. Toomas Asser, Rector of the University of Tartu, also participated and made a presentation about using chatbots in teaching and studies.

On 20 October, His Excellency the Ambassador of Austria, Mr Peter Mikl, paid his first visit to the University of Tartu and met with the rector.

On 18 October, the new Ambassador of Ukraine Maksym Kononenko visited the University of Tartu and met with the rector to discuss cooperation between the University of Tartu and Ukrainian universities.

The third ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference took place at the University of Bordeaux from 11 to 13 October 2023. The focus of the conference was on empowering students.

Rector Toomas Asser, invited by the European Commission, took part in the European Week of Regions and Cities, the largest annual event on cohesion policy. On 10 October, Asser was one of the speakers in the high-level thematic session, "Retaining talent for regional growth".

The British journal Times Higher Education (THE) has published its 20th edition of the World University Rankings. This year's table, compiled based on a new methodology, ranks the University of Tartu in the 301–350 bracket.

Last week, Helen Eenmaa, Research Fellow in IT Law at the University of Tartu and member of the Estonian Young Academy of Sciences, was elected President of the Young Academies Science Advice Structure (YASAS). With that, she also became a member of the board of the Science Advice for Policy by European Academies (SAPEA) consortium.

In the first edition of the ranking of top European universities, compiled by the global higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the University of Tartu ranks 137th.