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The new UT Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is Mihkel Tammo, a man with a diverse entrepreneurial and leadership background and the former head of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre of Enterprise Estonia.

The strategic plan A2025 period is coming to an end and the university has set up a committee to prepare a new strategic plan.

Approximately one in seven couples face difficulties conceiving a child naturally. Half of these cases are due to male infertility – either caused by the complete absence or low number of mature sperm.

On 12 April, the University of Tartu and Kauss Arhitektuur OÜ signed the design contract for the new academic and research building. In addition, the partner will design the street area and the parking building.

On 10 April, the University of Tartu Spring Run took place for the second time.

Alliance4Life is committed to bridge the innovation gap in CEE region.

Alongside the creation of new technologies, Ida-Virumaa's transition to a sustainable economic model requires diversified skills and support for the development of research-intensive businesses.

University of Tartu's self-driving test vehicle now has remote control capabilities due to cooperation between Clevon and the University of Tartu.

Unique watch made from the oak parquet of the assembly hall is now available in the University of Tartu gift shop.

The recent Estonian Science Barometer survey, commissioned by the Estonian Research Council, revealed that the Estonian population’s trust in science and researchers remains relatively high, exceeding 70%, similar to four years ago

As of 1 April, Mihkel Tammo, who has previously led the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre of Enterprise Estonia and the metal industry company Estanc and was one of the founders of the Green Tiger platform, will start as the Head of the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Tartu.

The Core Facility of Genomics at the Institute of Genomics received new PacBio HiFi RevioTM sequencers. These will soon be used to analyse the whole genomes of 10,000 gene donors to the Estonian Biobank.

About new Estonian-French project on disinformation supported by NATO

In autumn 2023, the University of Tartu Mobility Lab in cooperation with the University of Tartu Research Group of Physical Activity for Health carried out a mobility survey to get an overview of the daily and work travel-related mobility needs of the university staff and support sustainable mobility at the university.

Scientists from the University of Tartu and the University of Copenhagen have reached a theoretical description of an ideal electrocatalysis process.

With the beginning of spring, tickets for the Linnujämm and the multimedia show "Emajõe sünd" went on sale. The concert and the performances will take place in the unique performance setting of Tartu Lodjakoda.

1. jaanuaril algas Euroopa Komisjoni projekt POINT, mille raames uuritakse Covid-19 pikaajalist tervisemõju.

On 18 May, thousands of University of Tartu alumni met in the student city again after five years. The alumni get-together “Back to the university” included lectures and tours of institutes across the city, a sing-along and welcoming speeches in front of the main building, a procession and a grand party in the sports hall.

On Friday, 15 March, Minister of Education and Research Kristina Kallas recognised the recipients of the language awards for 2023.

In the wake of an espionage scandal, a former vice rector of the University of Tartu examines how universities across the EU have become targets in Russia’s hybrid war - and how they should defend themselves.