About the institute
Professor Emeritus Mati Erelt, the grand old man of Estonian syntax, passed away on 12 October at the age of 83.
The University of Tartu commemorates the departed members of the university family on September 26 at 16:00 in the central square of the Raadi cemetery.
Professor Emeritus Tiit-Rein Viitso – long-time researcher of Finnic language history and phonology – passed away on December 2nd.
With great sorrow, the University of Tartu announces the unexpected death of Rector Volli Kalm on Saturday, December 23.