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11. VII 1959 – 16. V 2025

The renovation of the area in front of the university’s main building has begun. The work will be done in several stages and last until early autumn.

On 19 May, the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia Zhanna Andreasyan visited the University of Tartu and meets Vice Rector for Research Mari Moora, students and teaching staff.

DataCite Estonia seminar "From Chaos to Clarity – Real-Life Stories about Research Data"

On 21 and 26 May, university members are welcome to take part in communal work in the Maarjavälja green area. Volunteers can plant local species and build fencing for urban sheep.

On Tuesday, 20 May, representatives of the Romanian royal family – Her Majesty Margareta and her husband Prince Radu – visited the University of Tartu. In the university’s senate hall, Prince Radu delivered a public presentation about the security of the EU’s and NATO’s Eastern border.

On 18 June at 14:15 Elisabeth Kaukonen will defend her doctoral thesis „Revealing the gender in the genderless. Estonian gender-marked vocabulary and its perceptions“ („Sugu soota keeles. Eesti keele sooliselt markeeritud sõnavara ja selle tajumine“).

At the beginning of April, the team of the UT Institute of Computer Science and Information Technology Office, together with the Estonian Defence League Cyber Defence Unit, participated in the cyber defence exercise Locked Shields 2025 Partners Run and came first among 14 teams.

Over the past decade, widening countries (those with lower research and innovation performance) have made substantial progress in increasing their participation in European research and innovation programmes. However, differences have emerged in the development capacity and needs of research institutions in these countries.

On 6 May, the Rector’s Office met with the rector and representatives of the University of Latvia, who also visited Delta Centre and the Estonian Biobank.

As many as 248 students and 231 staff members signed up for the step challenge that took place from 1 to 30 April.

Estonian researchers have created the AI Barometer where users can compare the responses of language models and assess their proficiency in Estonian. Everyone is welcome to try out the barometer at baromeeter.ai. The researchers aim to collect at least 50,000 comparisons by the end of June.

On 16–17 May, the first Startup Bootcamp of the health technology accelerator Health Founders Estonia (HFE) will take place in Tartu, aimed at promoting healthcare innovation. Researchers, healthcare professionals, startup entrepreneurs, IT specialists, and all others with an idea for healthcare innovation are welcome to participate. Registration is open until 7 May.

The University of Tartu Summer School 2025 will take place from 28 July to 8 August, offering 10 interdisciplinary courses across a variety of fields.

On Wednesday, 7 May at 16:15, Ilona Tragel gives her inaugural lecture entitled “Your, mine, our Estonian language. How to notice, study and teach it?”. The lecture is in Estonian.

Next academic year, the professorship of liberal arts will be held by poet, children’s author and prosaist Viivi Luik.

IN MEMORIAM. Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg

Teaching staff of the University of Tartu are encouraged to nominate their course for the ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Award 2025, which will be presented at the annual Teaching and Learning Conference held in Uppsala, Sweden, from 8 to 10 October. The central theme of this year’s conference will be Playfulness for the Future of Higher Education.

Students will have an opportunity to study until midnight.

Mari Ann Simovart peab neljapäeval, 15. mail kell 16.15 ülikooli muuseumi valges saalis oma inauguratsiooniloengu „Kolm legendi riigihankeõigusest – kuidas need teenivad vaenulikku tehnoloogiat?“