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Collaboration between computer scientists at the University of Tartu in the development of an app for cancer diagnosis will be boosted through the university's investment company UniTartu Ventures.

According to the latest census, 243 languages are spoken as mother tongues in Estonia, so we have a lot of people who speak Estonian as a second language.

On 18 May, thousands of University of Tartu alumni came together again in the student city after five years. The alumni get-together "Back to the university" included lectures and tours of institutes across the city, a sing-along and welcome speeches in front of the main building, a procession, and a grand party in the sports hall.

The industrial doctorate offers a unique opportunity for companies, universities and doctoral students to work together.

The Estonian Cooperation Assembly elected Eneli Kindsiko as the editor-in-chief of the Estonian Human Development Report (EIA), to be published in 2026.

On 14–16 May, a delegation from Yamaguchi, Japan, visited Tartu and the University of Tartu to learn from the University of Tartu's experience for the establishment of the soon-to-be-founded health technologies innovation complex at Yamaguchi University.

University of Tartu Museum opened ‘Lifesaver’ installation on Toomemägi.

From May 4th to May 6th, the Baltic Chemistry Olympiad took place in Estonia. Lithuanian student Justas Miliauskas secured the first place. Member of the Estonian team, Kaarel Toomet, ranked 6th.

In the publication released in February, “Building hope for Ukraine: 15 inspiring projects from Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps”, the European Commission highlighted the University of Tartu’s initiative.

The Young Scientist Award was given to Associate Professor in Genetics Hedvig Tamman and the Young IT Scientist Award to Head of Applied Natural Language Processing Liisa Rätsep.

Andres Metspalu, Professor of Genomics and Biobanking and Professor of Biotechnology was elected a member of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology section of Academia Europaea.

In total, 176 students and 111 staff members of the University of Tartu registered to participate in the challenge from 1 to 30 April. During the month, they took nearly 49 million steps.

However, most young people who have moved across the border still consider it important to identify as Estonian.

The University of Tartu, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn University, the Estonian University of Life Sciences, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, the Estonian Academy of Arts, and the Gender Equality and Equal Treatment Commissioner celebrate the Diversity Week from 6 to 12 May, under the title “Diverse Estonian universities”.

New species from proto-Baltic Sea 450 million years ago

On 26 April, experts gathered to start a discussion on the development of a long-term plan for financing higher education.

Birute Klaas-Lang was elected as the academy research professor in Estonian language and its teaching and Meelis Kull as the academy research professor in artificial intelligence.

A new study published in Nature Communications sheds light on the genetic adaptations of Papua New Guineans in response to their unique environmental pressures.

Researchers I. Must and K. Valdur have created a robot leg modelled after the leg of a cucumber spider. A soft robot was created in cooperation with the Italian Institute of Technology

The UniTartu Summer School takes place from 28 July to 11 August 2024 in the vibrant city of Tartu. We are inviting everyone to submit their applications by 30 April 2024.