Topic: recognition 

During the Faculty of Social Sciences Winter Days, the recipients of the Outstanding Societal Contribution Award and the Act of the Year were announced.

At the conference “Teaching for learning 2026”, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Aune Valk presented the teaching awards and the teaching quality award of 2025.

The engaging and research-based explanations byMaria Murumaa-Mengel's help diverse audiences better understand information disorder and the impact of social media.

At the General Assembly of the Estonian Academy of Sciences on 3 December, Prime Minister Kristen Michal awarded the Karl Schlossmann Medal to Rector Toomas Asser.

With the annual awards, the university aims to recognise its employees’ and students’ outstanding achievements in teaching, doing research and serving society.

On 1 December, at the ceremony of the 106th anniversary of Estonia’s national university, scholarships were awarded to bring mathematician Juhan Aru and oncogeneticist Jüri Reimand to work at the University of Tartu as expatriate Estonian visiting professors.

Today, on 1 December, the University of Tartu celebrates the 106th anniversary of the founding of the Estonian-language university. At the anniversary ceremony of Estonia’s national university, this year’s recipient of the “Contribution to Estonian National Identity” award was announced – Professor emerita Ene-Margit Tiit.

On 27 November, the University of Tartu announced its teaching excellence ambassadors, who set an example for the entire university community. The title is given to recognise 20 academic staff members who develop their teaching based on evidence and support an open teaching culture that values learning.

On 21 November, Rector Toomas Asser handed over the university’s this year’s 123 honorary decorations. This marked the beginning of the traditional events of the 106th anniversary of Estonia’s national university.

The Academies of Sciences of the Baltic states and the National Commissions for UNESCO have chosen researchers to receive the Baltic Women in Science fellowships. One of them is Kerttu Rozenvalde.