Topic: university

Speech by Rector of the University of Tartu Professor Toomas Asser at the opening ceremony of the academic year on 4 September 2023.

On Monday, 4 August at 10, the festive opening of the 2023/2024 academic year of the University of Tartu takes place in front of the university’s main building. 4,806 new students join the ranks of University of Tartu students.

President Alar Karise kõne rektori inauguratsioonil 25. augustil.

Inauguration speech of Rector of the University of Tartu Professor Toomas Asser in the university's assembly hall on 25 August 2023.

On 23 August, University of Tartu Professor of Macroeconomics and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences Raul Eamets submitted an application to Rector Toomas Asser to resign from the dean's position. The rector accepted the application on the same day, dismissed Eamets from the dean's position and appointed Professor Janno Lahe, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs of the Faculty of Social Sciences, as acting dean. 

Today, the Rector of the University of Tartu, Professor Toomas Asser, decided to end the University of Tartu’s employment relationship with Raul Eamets, Dean of the UT Faculty of Social Sciences and Professor of Macroeconomics.  

Estonian people have received an invitation from the foundation Pere Sihtkapital to participate in a survey, for which the foundation has used an agreement concluded illegally with the University of Tartu to request people’s data from the population register.

At the beginning of August, the menu layout of the UT website was updated.

The university has launched an architectural competition to find a design for the construction of an academic and research building and the landscaping of the surrounding area at Maarjavälja. The new building will house the Institute of Technology, the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology and the Institute of Pharmacy.