Topic: research

Petar Kehayov: There must be passion in doing science
Petar Kehayov came to the University of Tartu to study linguistics as a young man in the 90s, now he is a professor of Finnic languages.
15 February 2024 internationalresearch
Martin Haamer and Hanna Britt Soots among winners of “Science in 3 Minutes” competition
Martin Haamer and Hanna Britt Soots were among the top five in the finals of the competition “Science in 3 Minutes”.
06 February 2024 research
MEDAL chosen as project of the year 2023
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities presents annual awards to best endeavors and outstanding employees in December each year.
Special Issue of the Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics: "Approaches to Language Planning"
The special issue of the Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics, titled "Approaches to Language Planning" is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of J. V. Veski's birth.
25 October 2023 research
Apply for a doctoral position on the topic of "Language, identity and spatial-policy choices in the state gymnasia in Russian-dominant settings"
A doctoral position to research efforts to develop quality education in Estonian-Russian state high schools and the experiences of those participating in this new initiative.
25 April 2023 admissionsresearch
Linguistics is one of the two highest ranked fields of research at the University of Tartu
In the latest "QS World University Rankings", the University of Tartu ranked 151-200 in the world in the field of linguistics.
The University of Tartu machine translation engine now supports 17 new Finno-Ugric languages
Researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science have added Livonian, Komi, Veps and 14 other low-resource Finno-Ugric languages to Neurotõlge.
14 March 2023 sustainabilityresearch
Uralic languages
Many Uralic languages are minority languages, which makes their research and preservation extremely important.
13 January 2023 research
Language typology
The field of language typology focuses on the position of Estonian language among other European languages as well as in the entire Uralic language area.
13 January 2023 research
Estonian dialects and South Estonian language
In dialectology, the historical formation of Estonian dialects and the subsequent variation in their phonetics, morphosyntax and vocabulary are examined.
13 January 2023 research