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On 18 December at 12:00, Tuuli Pern will defend her doctoral Thesis “Affective-imaginative modelling in semiotic context: A Vichian perspective” for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Semiotics and Culture Studies).

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.

The workshop takes place on December 8th at the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics, Jakobi 2–114 from 10 AM to 6 PM.

Adam Toon lectures in 2023 take place from December 5th-7th. There are two lectures every day. The public lecture "The Story of the Ghost in the Machine" takes place on Dec 5th from 14.15 to 15.45, Jakobi 2-226.

Tartu Ülikooli personaliosakond on uuendanud võrdse kohtlemise temaatikat käsitlevat veebilehte.

The competition for the scholarship established by the rectors of the University of Tartu, University of Latvia and Vilnius University has started again to promote the teaching and learning of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian languages and cultures.

On 27 October, the University of Tartu senate decided to award the Johan Skytte medal to Margit Sutrop, member of the Riigikogu and Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Tartu. The highest award granted to university members, the University of Tartu Grand Medal, is given to two university researchers for services of particular value. Also, the recipients of the University of Tartu Star of Appreciation, Medal, Badge of Distinction and the decoration “100 Semesters at the University of Tartu” have been selected.

The university will use the survey to find out what kind of mobility Estonia's largest university brings about and what attitudes staff and students hold towards sustainable mobility.

The University of Tartu and the Blood Centre of Tartu University Hospital invite university members to the Blood Donor Day in the Delta Centre on 2 November, from 11:00 to 15:00.

Interested parties are welcome to submit their abstracts of max. 300 words by 1 December 2023.

From 2 October to 5 November, all University of Tartu employees, students, alumni, their families and all others interested are welcome to complete the orienteering course and reconnect with the varied history of Toome Hill. 

The hybrid workshop 4-5 Oct, 2023, rooms 336, 306 at Jakobi 2, Tartu and Zoom.

The Department of Semiotics and the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies at the University of Tartu invite graduate, post-graduate, and doctoral students to apply for the advanced winter school “The Semiotics of Political and Strategic Communication” by October 30, 2023.

NordPhil conference takes first time place at the University of Tartu on September 15th—16th. All interested people are welcome. Registration is open until September 10.

We are pleased to invite all our students and staff to the Welcome Party on the 7th of September at 7 PM. The place is Club Gutenberg in Aparaaditehas, located at Kastani 42, door 7, floor 4.

The University of Tartu doctoral students are invited to participate in the three-minute thesis competition on 28 September.

September 4th-6th, Associate Professor Robert Rosenberger from the Georgia Institute of Technology will give three public lectures on philosophy of technology.

Tartu-Uppsala teise ja kolmanda õppeastme töötuba: "Uued vaatenurgad keelele, mõistetele ja meelele" toimub 5.-6. juuli 2023 Zoomis.

The 50th Symposium takes place in Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia, from 14 to 18 August 2023. The conference is hosted by the Tallinn University of Technology and the University of Tartu.

On 27 June, the global higher education consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) launched its World University Rankings 2024, adopting a methodology that has undergone considerable change. The University of Tartu is ranked 358th and again tops the list of Estonian universities.