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Revamped Philosophy Master's programme opens for admissions in January 2025
Our revamped English-language Philosophy Master's programme opens for admissions in January 2025. The updated programme equips students to address today’s global challenges – climate change, ageing populations, technological automation, and more - through well-founded philosophical reasoning and defensible solutions. Starting in 2026, the programme will be renamed Philosophy in Practice.
Writer Viivi Luik is University of Tartu’s next Professor of Liberal Arts
Next academic year, the professorship of liberal arts will be held by poet, children’s author and prosaist Viivi Luik.
Ukrainian philosopher and public intellectual Volodymyr Yermolenko to explore humanity in times of war
On 28 May, from 16:15 to 17:45, renowned Ukrainian philosopher, writer, journalist, and Associate Professor in Philosophy, Volodymyr Yermolenko will deliver a public lecture at the University of Tartu (Ülikooli 18–128) exploring how the experience of war challenges and transforms our grasp of fundamental human conditions. The event will also feature a commentary by Associate Professor of Political Philosophy Siobhan Kattago, followed by an open Q&A session.
Colloquium: Daniel Novotný on Francisco Suárez’s "Disputationes metaphysicae" – system, sources, influence
On 5 May from 16.15–17.45 in room Jakobi 2–336, Daniel Novotný from the University of South Bohemia will deliver a colloquium exploring Francisco Suárez’s influential work "Disputationes metaphysicae“ (1597).
Colloquium by Piotr Kozak "On the Possibility of Non-Reductive Approaches to Imagination"
On Monday, 28.04.2025 at 16.15–17.45 in Jakobi 2-336 an open philosophy colloquium by Piotr Kozak "On the Possibility of Non-Reductive Approaches to Imagination". Students, both undergraduate and graduate, are especially encouraged to attend!
Abstract submission for the international student conference "Bridges in the Baltics" has started
Undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students from universities in the Baltic countries, including the University of Tartu, are invited to an international student conference ”Bridges in the Baltics“, held at the University of Latvia in Riga from 9 to 10 October 2025. Conference abstracts can be sent until 30 June 2025.
Your voice matters! Student representative elections have begun
30. aprillini oodatakse Tartu Ülikooli üliõpilasi valima, kellest saavad järgmised üliõpilasesindajad. Hääletada saab keskkonnas valimised.ut.ee, kus igal tudengil on võimalik valida üks kandidaat oma instituudis ja üks oma valdkonnas. Kandidaatidega saab tutvuda üliõpilasesindajate kandidaatide lehel.
What you need to know before applying for a doctoral programme
Doctoral studies are a part of the career path, giving you the knowledge and future skills needed to become a top specialist or manager.
Colloquium by Christos Kyriacou on epistemic rationality and reference magnetism
On Monday, 21 April at 14:15, a colloquium with Christos Kyriacou (University of Cyprus, Philosophy) will be held at the Philosophicum, University of Tartu (Jakobi 2–336). The talk will explore how epistemic rationality may be an elite, magnetic property.
UT students' interest in studying at ENLIGHT partner universities has increased
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.
