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On 3 May, the Electoral Committee confirmed the results of the general election of student representatives for the 2023/2024 academic year. You can find the list of elected representatives below

Today, on 20 April, the 292-member electoral council elected Professor of Neurosurgery Toomas Asser as rector of the University of Tartu with 168 votes.

On Thursday, 20 April at 12:00, the 292-member electoral council will gather in the University of Tartu assembly hall to elect a rector for the university for the next five years.

The application process for student representatives has ended, and now it is time for the students of the University of Tartu to decide who will be the next student representatives.

Student Union distributed to students the 4,000 euros they received as the contribution to society award, aiming to draw attention to the low rates of student allowances and stipends.

Based on the proposals submitted by students, the committee formed by the UT Student Union has chosen the recipients of the teaching staff of the year awards for 2022.

Rector of the University of Tartu Toomas Asser announced the university's contribution to society award, research award and language award and recipients of the teaching staff of the year award.

Members of the councils of Estonian public universities made a joint statement, saying that it is high time for policymakers to start taking the critical situation in higher education seriously.

Today, on 19 January, at the university's teaching conference, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Aune Valk presented the teaching awards and the teaching quality award of 2022.

“Making a big change is like quietly carving a channel in the rock,” says Katariina Sofia Päts, a master’s student of history who heads the University of Tartu Student Union.

On 12 October, a student canteen opened at the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium in Tartu.

Speech by Rector Toomas Asser at the opening of the academic year 2022/2023.

On Monday, the opening ceremony of the 2022/2023 academic year takes place in front of the University of Tartu main building. Everyone is invited to rally in support of higher education funding.