Topic: university

Information to the university family during the war in Ukraine

The University of Tartu was founded on 25 October 393 years ago. This year, the anniversary was marked by memorial ceremonies, a concert and other events.

From 13 October to 16 November, the university family and all others are invited to complete the orienteering course “160 years of making sense of weather observations”.

All in all, there are 16,052 students at the university.

Next academic year, the professorship of liberal arts will be held by poet, children’s author and prosaist Viivi Luik.

FitSphere invites all University of Tartu students and staff to join the step challenge Spring Steps 2025. The challenge runs from 1 to 30 April and is free for everyone.

The Master’s degree ceremony of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities will take place on 19 June at 13.30 in the University of Tartu assembly hall (Ülikooli 18).

On 14 March, the University of Tartu celebrated Mother Tongue Day.

On 16 April, at 19:00, the third University of Tartu Spring Run will take place.

From 10 to 16 February, the University of Tartu will have a thematic week for Women in Science, aiming to underline the role of women and girls in science, break gender stereotypes and encourage women to pursue a career in science. During the week, a discussion on ensuring equal opportunities is held, and the university’s gender statistics are presented. It is also possible to take a curator’s tour of the exhibition in the university’s museum and see a travelling exhibition about astronomers.