Topic: cooperation

On 15 May, from 10:15 to 11:45, he gives a public lecture “Applying for ERC grants. The future of European research” in the building of the Institute of Cultural Research (Ülikooli 16–216).

European Doctoral Day is held on 13 May to inspire students to pursue doctoral education, increase employers’ awareness of the value of doctoral degrees, and showcase the diverse career opportunities.

From 2 to 6 November, the Fall Campus of CERN, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, will take place in the Delta academic building of the University of Tartu. Organised in cooperation with CERN scientists, the five-day programme offers students and other science enthusiasts a unique opportunity to gain first-hand insight into the development work at one of the world’s leading scientific organisations and to take part in international research collaboration.

UT staff and students are welcome to apply to participate in the ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference 2026, held in Bern, Switzerland, from 22 to 24 October. The central theme of this year’s conference will be context and learning.

On 16 April, ambassadors of five member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) visited the University of Tartu, where they met members of the university management and toured the Institute of Genomics. The discussions focused on opportunities for research cooperation and academic mobility.

Together with international colleagues, Laura Lõo, Junior Research Fellow of Public Health at the University of Tartu, has developed new models that help identify disease risk even before symptoms appear.

On 25–26 March, the cyber defence exercise “Locked Shields 2026 Partners’ Run” took place, where a joint team of the University of Tartu and the Estonian Defence League’s Cyber Defence Unit achieved first place for the second consecutive year.

From 27 to 28 March 2026, the University of Tartu hosted the ENLIGHT student conference, bringing together nearly 100 participants from the network’s ten partner universities. Through workshops, lectures and discussions, students explored how digitalisation and artificial intelligence are shaping European universities.

The European university network ENLIGHT invites the University of Tartu staff members to submit joint projects to foster educational cooperation within the network. The application deadline is 15 May 2026. This is the final round of the ENLIGHT Incubator calls, with a total of 226,000 euros in funding.

On 6 March, the University of Tartu hosted representatives of the councils of three Ukrainian higher education institutions. The purpose was to give the guests an overview of the functioning of the Estonian higher education system, the governance of universities, and the labour policies in Estonia.