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The Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics is announcing a design competition, in which all students and staff of the institute are invited to participate.

Join us for a Virtual Open Day where we will cover the admission process, important deadlines, English requirements, student life and much more for 2025 applicants.

The next MEDAL Masterclass in Computational Modelling will take place at the University of Tartu on 29-31 January 2025.

The last MEDAL summer school “MEDAL Summer School in Computational Modelling” will take place at the University of Birmingham from 23–27 June 2025.

This year’s final Language Date is infused with holiday spirit: participants will practice Estonian through various games, songs, and drawing activities.

On 11 November 2024, a seminar and round table were held to discuss the teaching of Estonian as a school subject in the midst of societal changes.

Adult learners are welcome to participate in micro-credential programmes starting in the spring semester to acquire an additional specialisation or competence in a narrow field. Applications can be submitted until 26 January.

The first week of the traditional night library will take place this year from 9 to 13 December, when students can study in the library until midnight. In January, you can visit the night library for three weeks. 

The 14th International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies (CIFU XIV) has received 245 submissions!

Speech by Rector of the University of Tartu Professor Toomas Asser at the ceremony marking the 105th anniversary of Estonia’s national university on 1 December 2024.

On 19 December 2024, at 14:15 Kristiina Vaik will defend her doctoral thesis "Beyond Genres: A Dimensional Text Model for Text Classification".

Dorota Baluchová, a first-year Master’s student, shares her experience about participating in the autumn school.

Semiotics Department warmly invites you on Wednesday, 27 November, at 16:15 to Professor Gobus Marais's guest lecture, "Co-constructing the Vredefort dome? New materialism, biosemiotics, and epistemic translation". The lecture takes place at Jakobi 2-306. Professor Marais is from the Department of Linguistics and Language Practice at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. This lecture is part of the Jakob von Uexküll lecture series.

Meie audoktor, Tübingeni Ülikooli kvantitatiivse lingvistika professor Harald Baayen on detsembri alguses tagasi Tartus ja annab töötoa sõnavektorite kasutamisest lingvistilises analüüsis.

Today, on 21 November, at 16:00, Rector Toomas Asser presented the university’s honorary decorations at the ceremony in the assembly hall. 

Department of Philosophy and the Centre for Ethics cordially invite you on Monday, 25 November at 16:15, Jakobi 2-336 to attend a talk by Dr. Ruth Rebecca Tietjen “Variations on loneliness: existential, social, political”. Dr. Tietjen is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy at Tilburg University and Pof. Dr. Theda Rehbock’s Philosophy Resident at Susimetsa Philosophicum.

Starting on 25 November, the digital archive of the University of Tartu in DSpace will be called ADA. With the new name, the archive will also have a fresh homepage design that aligns with the design of the university’s website.

1 December marks 105 years from the opening of the Estonian-language University of Tartu. Traditional anniversary events will be held on that occasion.

On the first day of Advent, we will hold a workshop where everyone can make Hungarian honey cakes (mézeskalács) with the help of masters.

On the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the national university, a delegation visited the University of Toronto and the local Estonian community.