Topic: cooperation

Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates Amna Mahmoud Fikri visited the university at the end of February, and Ambassador of Ukraine Volodymyr Boyechko and Ambassador of Germany Jan Scheer at the beginning of March.

The Guild, including the University of Tartu among its members, is pleased to announce that it has joined the International Coalition for Science, Research and Innovation in Ukraine.

Although creativity has often been associated primarily with the fine arts, no field of life can do without it, least of all entrepreneurship and research.

A cross-country skiing trail with natural snow has been opened in Maarjavälja, the area between Viljandi road and the Physicum and Chemicum buildings of the University of Tartu. All skiers are welcome to use the trail for free.

On 20 January, representatives of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance of Ukraine visited the University of Tartu to discuss the Ukrainian universities’ experiences of teaching and research under crisis conditions.

At the end of last year and the beginning of this one, the University of Tartu hosted a delegation of grant advisors, project managers and financial managers from the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE). The study visit was organised by the UT Grant Office within the framework of the European Commission–funded BRIDGE project, which aims to strengthen the resilience and capacity of Ukrainian research institution KSE.

The European university alliance ENLIGHT has recently published its 2025 Impact Narrative – a data-based overview of its activities since the launch of the network in 2020. The results prove that ENLIGHT has had a significant impact on not only the academics and staff of the network, but has also developed its community and culture.

Together with sixteen other European higher education organisations, the The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, including the University of Tartu, have issued a joint statement calling on EU policymakers to ensure that at least €60 billion are allocated to Erasmus+ in the ongoing negotiations for the next Multiannual Financial Framework for 2028–2034.

The University of Tartu’s endowment fund received 1.6 million euros from the bequest of expatriate Estonian Kadri Rõuk. This amount was used to establish the Rõuk Family Estonian Language Fund, which will advance and develop research on the Estonian language and teaching Estonian language and linguistics at the University of Tartu.

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