Topic: AI

Senate approved the objectives and principles for using AI at the University of Tartu
On 19 June, the senate approved the objectives and principles for using artificial intelligence (AI), establishing a comprehensive framework for applying AI in teaching, research and support services at the university. The document defines the role of AI at the university, the objectives pursued through its use, and the principles that university members should observe when using AI.
19 June 2026 AI
All faculties presented project proposals to the competition for AI-related doctoral positions
Twelve interdisciplinary doctoral positions will be created at the University of Tartu to explore potential applications of artificial intelligence, including, for example, addressing mental health issues, reducing food waste, assessing the overall impact of spatial planning, and facilitating sign language interpreting.
19 June 2026 researchfor society
Language models read doctors’ notes to reveal why patients discontinue medication
Researchers showed that large language models can identify, with high accuracy, why patients stop using antidiabetic medications or statins, based on doctors’ electronic clinical notes.
18 June 2026 research
Tickets: TEDx University of Tartu
TEDx University of Tartu brings people together to share “ideas worth spreading” across diverse topics on 2 June at the University of Tartu Delta Centre.
President Alar Karis awarded three young University of Tartu researchers
The recipient of the Young Scientist Award of the Culture Fund of the President of the Republic is Anni Allikalt, the Young IT Scientist Award was granted to Marharyta Domnich, and the Young Environmental Scientist Award went to Jeffrey Carbillet.
16 April 2026 recognition 
Artificial intelligence enables earlier assessment of endometrial cancer relapse risk
Researchers from the Institute of Clinical Medicine at the University of Tartu have developed an artificial intelligence-based machine learning model that enabled the relapse risk of endometrial cancer to be assessed before surgical intervention.
22 January 2026 research
AI helps detect kidney cancer faster
Researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science, Junior Research Fellow of Artificial Intelligence Joonas Ariva and Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence Dmytro Fishman, together with radiologists from Tartu University Hospital and engineers at Better Medicine, have developed an AI-based tool that accelerates the detection of kidney cancer. Its effectiveness was validated in a study published in Nature Communications Medicine.
18 December 2025 entrepreneurshipresearch
Guidelines for using AI applications for teaching and studies
General principles of the University of Tartu for the use of artificial intelligence in teaching and writing theses.
15 June 2023 teachingstudies