Council

The highest decision-making body of the university is the eleven-member council chaired by Ruth Oltjer.

The council is responsible for the university's economic activities and long-term development. Among its other duties, the council approves the university's statutes and adopts its strategic plan and budget.

Five council members are nominated by the minister of education and research, five by the university senate and one by the Estonian Academy of Sciences.

On 30 December 2021, the Government of Estonia approved the new composition of the council of the University of Tartu for five years.

Nominated by the minister of education and research

Image Arto Aas OIXIO Advisory Business Manager arto.aas@oixio.eu	Image Heidi Kakko Chair of the Supervisory Board of UniTartu Ventures OÜ kakko.heidi@gmail.com
Image Marja Makarow Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, President of Academia Europaea marja.makarow@helsinki.fi	Image Ants Nõmper Managing Partner of the Ellex Raidla law firm ants.nomper@ellex.legal
Image Ruth Oltjer CEO of Chemi-Pharm AS ruth@chemi-pharm.com	Image Elmer Sterken Professor of Monetary Economics of the University of Groningen e.sterken@rug.nl

Nominated by the senate

Image Jaan Eha Professor of Cardiology, Academician jaan.eha@ut.ee	Image Birute Klaas-Lang Professor of Estonian as Foreign Language birute.klaas-lang@ut.ee
Image Tuul Sepp Associate Professor in Animal Ecology tuul.sepp@ut.ee	Image Martin Aleksander Noorkõiv Doctoral student in Media and Communication martin.noorkoiv@ut.ee
Image Urmas Varblane Professor of International Business urmas.varblane@ut.ee