Topic: why Tartu

Join the University of Tartu Open Doors Day 2025
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.
11 February 2025 admissionswhy Tartu
Join the Virtual Open Day 2025 on 16 January
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.
Join the Virtual Open Day 2024 on 18 January
Join us for a Virtual Open Day where we will cover the admission process, important deadlines, English requirements, student life and much more for 2024 applicants.
Join our Master’s degree programmes in Tartu or Viljandi!
Have you considered continuing your studies here after you graduate from your home university? We invite you to discover what the Master’s programmes in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities have to offer.
Apply for Semiotics MA and Philosophy MA until 15 March
Find out about our international master's programmes in Semiotics and in Philosophy and how to apply in DreamApply.
Podcast "Sound (of the) Mind" explains what studying philosophy in Tartu is like
What role does philosophy play in the modern world? What happens to those who graduate with a philosophy degree? Why can philosophy alumni present arguments so well? The answers to these and other questions can be found by listening to the new podcast of the University of Tartu Faculty of Arts and Humanities "Mõistuse hääl", or in English, "Sound (of the) Mind".
Open online event! Mini-lectures on Semiotics of Culture, Biosemiotics and Sociosemiotics
Join us for a morning of online mini-lectures on semiotics! On Friday, 18th of February 2022 at 11 AM (GMT/UTC +2), we will have an online event to give people interested in studying semiotics at Tartu an overvie
Why study philosophy in Tartu?
Is the increasing polarization of modern society the product of rational thinking? To what extent should science be led by citizens? Do vaccine passports discriminate against the unvaccinated? How does state-funded communal memory (e.g. of public statues) shape our understanding of what’s acceptable in society? These are philosophical questions whose answers have a direct bearing on how we should proceed in meeting the challenges of our age.