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Tartu Conference

While the 19th century was dominated by the British Empire and the 20th century by the United States of America, the 21st century is the Asian century. Asian politics, economies and cultures become more dominant. At the same time, there is no such thing as a common Asian politics, economies or cultures – the area is heterogeneous with various states, nations, cultures and languages. The webinar series “Contemporary Asia” aims to look into Asian countries with a focus on certain topics to understand them better.

The InnovaEDU network led by the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies and which consists of five Nordic-Baltic partner universities has conducted its final training for teaching and support staff, focusing on student-centered learning (SCL).

The University of Tartu has decided to provide extended application deadlines for international master’s studies in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the Faculty of Social Sciences.

The exhibition "Forest Art School" brings together forest-themed work from the students of Tartu Children's Art School. The aim of the exhibition is to withdraw from the heated discussion on forests and to open the younger generation's sense of the forest and to show whether and how the younger generation relates to the forest.

To mark the 103rd anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, Rector Toomas Asser and Academic Secretary Tõnis Karki placed flowers at the Estonian War of Independence Memorial to Fallen Students in the university’s assembly hall.

In the spring semester, the first expatriate Estonian visiting professor of the University of Tartu David Ilmar Lepasaar Beecher teaches a course on nations and empires in a globalising world. Registration to the course is open in the Study Information System until 7 February.

In the newly published ranking list of universities from emerging Europe and Central Asia, the University of Tartu has reached the second place, which is also the highest among Estonian universities.

In the newly published ranking list of universities from emerging Europe and Central Asia, the University of Tartu has reached the second place, which is also the highest among Estonian universities. The ranking list has been compiled by the international consultation firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

On Tuesday, 1 December, the university members celebrate the 101st anniversary of Estonia's national university.