The Juri Lotman Seminar will take place from February 27th to March 1st 2015. See  the programme in Russian and in Estonian . More information on the  homepage of the department of Slavonic languages . Print the programme …

The recently ended stage in the coronavirus prevalence study, conducted by the University of Tartu, shows that although the number of infected adults has somewhat decreased since the holidays, the general infection level remains high. A cause for concern …

EU laws are too narrow to embrace the changes in office work, University of Tartu law professor Merle Erikson concluded. A playful toddler and a baby walked into their dad’s home office in the middle of his  live BBC News interview , becoming a sensation …

Among the 780 teams that participated in the renowned artificial intelligence competition, the team of the University of Tartu returned with fourth place by creating a programme which passes the American 8th grade exam. University of Tartu and Estonia was …

PhD student of the Institute of Cultural Research and Fine Arts  Tiina Sepp  will defend her PhD thesis " Pilgrims' Reflections on the Camino de Santiago and Glastonbury as Expressions of Vernacular Religion: Fieldworker's Perspective " in the Assembly …

On 25 August at 12:15 Jonas Mart Linge will defend his doctoral thesis “ Electrochemical reduction of oxygen on silver-based catalyst ”   for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Chemistry). Supervisors:   Professor in Colloidal and …

On 21 February at 15:00 Maria Kaare will defend her doctoral thesis “The involvement of NEGR1 and LSAMP in the psychiatric disorders is mediated through monoaminergic neurotransmission and changes in the systemic metabolism” . Supervisors: Associate …

On 1 November at 14:00 Nigul Ilves will defend her doctoral thesis "Brain plasticity and network reorganization in children with perinatal stroke: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study" . Supervisors: Pilvi Ilves, Univesrity of Tartu Rael …

December 3, 2018 at 12.15, at UT Senat Hall (Ülikooli 18), Nelly Mäekivi will defend her PhD thesis „The Zoological Garden as a Hybrid Environment: A (Zoo)semiotic Analysis“. The thesis can be read here:  http://hdl.handle.net/10062/62517 Supervisor: Timo …

On 13 December, the University of Tartu’s Centre for Sustainable Development was opened. The centre aims to encourage cooperation between different research fields and societal sectors to find ways to place society on a sustainable development path. At …

In January, the semi-finals for the robotics contest FIRST LEGO League, which this season brings together more than 290 000 children from all over the world, will take place in Tartu, Tallinn and Jõhvi. The topic of the contest is Trash Trek and so, from …

The Estonain Research Council is starting 13 new research projects in order to find solutions caused by the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic. A total of 2.14 million euros has been allocated to the new projects. The applied research and experimental development …

The International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) took place from 20 to 28 July in Azerbaijan and all four members of the Estonian team, from Gustav Adolf Gymnasium, Tallinn Secondary Science School and Hugo Treffner Gymnasium, received a medal. The Estonian …

On 17-21 June 2019 University of Tartu, Institute of Physics will host the 2nd international conference "Geometric Foundations of Gravity", attended by over 60 theoretical physicists and mathematicians from 20 countries. Einstein's general relativity, …