Topic: international

Are you ready to immerse yourself in the Estonian language and culture this summer? We are accepting applications for the Estonian summer courses, which will take place from 27 July to 7 August 2026 in Tartu, Estonia.

On 20 January, representatives of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance of Ukraine visited the University of Tartu to discuss the Ukrainian universities’ experiences of teaching and research under crisis conditions.

At the end of last year and the beginning of this one, the University of Tartu hosted a delegation of grant advisors, project managers and financial managers from the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE). The study visit was organised by the UT Grant Office within the framework of the European Commission–funded BRIDGE project, which aims to strengthen the resilience and capacity of Ukrainian research institution KSE.

The European university alliance ENLIGHT has recently published its 2025 Impact Narrative – a data-based overview of its activities since the launch of the network in 2020. The results prove that ENLIGHT has had a significant impact on not only the academics and staff of the network, but has also developed its community and culture.

Together with sixteen other European higher education organisations, the The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, including the University of Tartu, have issued a joint statement calling on EU policymakers to ensure that at least €60 billion are allocated to Erasmus+ in the ongoing negotiations for the next Multiannual Financial Framework for 2028–2034.

From 28 to 30 January 2026, the 10th international business festival Startup Day takes place at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu. The University of Tartu will be present with a diverse and engaging programme.

In its Faces of ENLIGHT campaign, ENLIGHT presents its members who set an example through their professional achievements and personal qualities. ENLIGHT will present a total of six people from the University of Tartu. Now the third is in the spotlight – Rando Simson, Vice President of the Student Body.

The University of Tartu’s endowment fund received 1.6 million euros from the bequest of expatriate Estonian Kadri Rõuk. This amount was used to establish the Rõuk Family Estonian Language Fund, which will advance and develop research on the Estonian language and teaching Estonian language and linguistics at the University of Tartu.

On 4 December, Lithuania’s Ambassador to Estonia, Gitana Skripkaitė, met Rector Toomas Asser.

University of Tartu Associate Professor in Climate Physics Velle Toll received the Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to quantify the extent to which air pollution particles cool the Earth’s climate. The results of Toll’s work would help fill a gap in our detailed understanding of human-induced climate change and improve the accuracy of climate projections.