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Doctoral studies are a part of the career path, giving you the knowledge and future skills needed to become a top specialist or manager.

The university opens 182 student places in doctoral studies this spring. Everyone who desires to create new knowledge and pursue a career as a researcher, top specialist or manager is welcome to apply.

The University of Tartu invites international students interested in English-taught curricula to submit their applications in DreamApply.

The call for the Erasmus+ intra-European mobility application for the 2025/2026 academic year closed in March, revealing increased interest among students in studying at ENLIGHT universities.

On 14–15 March, rectors from the partnership programme LERU-CE7 between the League of European Research Universities and a group of seven leading Central European universities (CE7) gathered at the University of Tartu.

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

Registration for the 14th International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies in Tartu (18.08-22.08.2025) is now open!

Starting from March 24, it is possible to apply for the position of a student representative of the University of Tartu, both faculty and institute.

This year’s mentoring programme, which drew a record number of participants – 167 mentoring pairs, ended on 19 February.

The University of Tartu language award 2024 is given for contribution to preserving and developing Finno-Ugric languages through creating a digital translation engine.

In the week leading to the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, the University of Tartu announced the recipients of the university's contribution to society award, research award and language award, and the teaching staff of the year award.

Students in the international master's programme Estonian and Finno-Ugric Languages have been eagerly studying Estonian. Cody Michael Stevens from USA wrote in Estonian about why he decided to learn Estonian.

On 11 February, the University of Tartu Library hosts the Estonian Doctoral School’s career conference “The value of a doctoral degree on the job market” where top professionals with a doctoral degree and current doctoral students discuss the added value of doctoral studies.

The University of Tartu welcomes all prospective bachelor’s and medical students to join the Open Doors Day on 27 February 2025 in Tartu, Estonia.

Students in the international master's programme Estonian and Finno-Ugric Languages have been eagerly studying Estonian. Juliet Lehtonen from Finland wrote in Estonian about why she wanted to come to Tartu to learn Estonian.

The National Research Awards Committee has approved the following researchers from the University of Tartu as nominees for this year’s research awards.

At the conference “Teaching for Learning 2025: Journey Towards Valued Teaching”, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Aune Valk presented the 2024 teaching awards and the teaching quality award.

Students on the international master's programme Estonian and Finno-Ugric Languages have been eagerly studying Estonian. Dorota Baluchová from Slovakia wrote in Estonian about how she ended up studying Estonian in Estonia.

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities offers optional courses for spring 2025.

Professor of Psycholinguistics Virve Vihman, who grew up bilingual in the USA, provides more insight into how this programme can help global Estonians and shares her own personal story of how she became a specialist in Estonian.