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Cultural heritage and sustainable rural tourism are at the core of the CULTURALITY project funded by Horizon Europe in 2024-2028. Fieldwork is now carried out following the guidelines developed at the University of Tartu.

International students from the course "Heritage and Cultural Policies" went on a field trip to learn about the heritage framework in Estonia.

UNESCO õppetooli ohustatud keelte velmamise projekti RISE UP konsortsium kohtus 28. veebruarist 4. märtsini Edela-Inglismaal Cornwallis.

The Master’s degree ceremony of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities will take place on 19 June at 13.30 in the University of Tartu assembly hall (Ülikooli 18).

On 14 March, the University of Tartu celebrated Mother Tongue Day.

Registration for the 14th International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies in Tartu (18.08-22.08.2025) is now open!

Venue: Senate hall (Ülikooli 18–204) and via Zoom (meeting ID: 921 7100 9436, pääsukood: 528779)

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 April, from 10:30 to 14:30.

Anyone with an interest in printmaking, regardless of knowledge or experience, is welcome.

Centre for Oriental Studies of the University of Tartu invites everyone to celebrate the Tibetan and Mongolian New Year.

At the Career Day, students will have the chance to ask questions directly to our many internship partners, who represent museums, cultural institutions, and companies. You can learn about the available internship opportunities, the application process, the roles available for international students, and more.

The University of Tartu Philosophicum Hall Gallery (Jakobi 2, Tartu) welcomes February with the art of Alexandra Milyakina, researcher at the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics. The exhibition „Sketches of the university town“ opens on Friday, 7th February at 15.00.

The University of Tartu welcomes all prospective bachelor’s and medical students to join the Open Doors Day on 27 February 2025 in Tartu, Estonia.

From 10 to 16 February, the University of Tartu will have a thematic week for Women in Science, aiming to underline the role of women and girls in science, break gender stereotypes and encourage women to pursue a career in science. During the week, a discussion on ensuring equal opportunities is held, and the university’s gender statistics are presented. It is also possible to take a curator’s tour of the exhibition in the university’s museum and see a travelling exhibition about astronomers.

New international research project of the UNESCO Chair is about collective singing. With partners from Scandinavia and the Baltic countries the UNESCO Chair is going to study the potential of collective singing in times of social crises.

Venue: Via Zoom

Researchers from the UNESCO Chair discuss issues of inequality in the newly published handbook on intangible cultural heritage. The entire book is accessible online.

On 11 February, the University of Tartu organises the Estonian Doctoral School’s second Career Conference, The Value of a Doctoral Degree in the Job Market, in the university library.

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities offers optional courses for spring 2025.

This year, the brand-new Tiksu’s Advent calendar “24 Tiksus until Christmas” made the Christmas month special.