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In addition to electing representatives into the Student Union, UTSU also elects student representatives into other governing bodies. Among them are...

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

Starting from the 25th of March, you can submit your candidacy to become a student representative...

Esmakordselt on raamatukogu ühe nädala tööpäevadel avatud ka varastel hommikutundidel. Aoraamatukogu, mida korraldatakse koostöös üliõpilasesindusega, on 4.-8. detsembrini avatud kella 6-21...

The University of Tartu will organise its alumni get-together with the slogan “Back to the university” on 18 May 2024. Early-bird tickets at special rates are available from 1 December.

The University of Tartu is inviting future international students to come student shadowing and live one day as a university student.

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

From 2 to 24 May, all students of the University of Tartu can apply to be a member of the University of Tartu Student Union (UTSU) Board.

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.