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What sights can we see in Tartu along Struve Geodetic Arc?
From 12 June to 21 September, all University of Tartu staff and students and everyone else are welcome to complete the orienteering course “Exploring Tartu along Struve Geodetic Arc”.
12 June 2025 university
Webinar GoGREEN Tuesdays: Ideas in Action continues
The webinar series GoGREEN Tuesdays: Ideas in Action continues, this time focusing on renewable energy production. The webinar will explore the most effective ways for municipalities to produce their own renewable energy while also promoting energy independence and climate neutrality.
12 June 2025 sustainability
Kyiv School of Economics visited Johan Skytte Institute within the BRIDGE Project
At the end of May, a delegation from the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) visited Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies within the BRIDGE Project.
11 June 2025 cooperation
Micro-Qualification programme "Global Politics and Foreign Influence"
Global Politics and Foreign Influence micro-qualification programme
11 June 2025 continuing education
Eneken Riin Salong to lead University of Tartu Student Union
On Thursday, 5 June, a new board for the University of Tartu Student Union (UTSU) was elected during a meeting of the student parliament.
10 June 2025 for student
Webinar GoGREEN Tuesdays: Ideas in Action continues
Our webinar series GoGREEN Tuedays: Ideas in Action continues, this time focusing on sustainable transport and e-mobility opportunities in urban transport development.
05 June 2025 sustainability
Dr. Stefano Braghiroli Awarded the Order of the Star of Italy
The Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies is proud to announce that Dr. Stefano Braghiroli, Associate Professor of European Studies, has been awarded the Order of the Star of Italy.
03 June 2025 instituterecognition 
Micro-Credential Programme "Fundamentals of the European Union"
The micro-credential programme "Fundamentals of the European Union" is being held in the 2025/2026 autumn semester.
30 May 2025 continuing education
Skytte Institute Supports Moldova State University in Creating the Country’s First MOOC
Over the past month, the Skytte Institute has been working with the academic staff of Moldova State University, to develop the first-ever MOOC to be created and offered by a Moldovan university.
26 May 2025 research
New season of podcast for international students “Tiksu to UniTartu”
The University of Tartu’s podcast for prospective international students, “Tiksu to UniTartu”, is back this summer with a second season.
Mark your calendar: three-minute thesis competition for doctoral students will be held on 22 October
We invite engaging presentations from all fields of research, delivered in clear language, in Estonian or English.
26 May 2025 research
Quality label awarded to four Skytte e-courses
Four e-courses created by the staff of Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies received an e-course quality label in the competition "Estonian E-course Quality Label 2025", organised by the e-learning quality working group of the Estonian Quality Agency for Education.
21 May 2025 teaching
GoGREEN Tuesdays Webinar Series Kicks Off with Focus on Local Climate and Energy Planning
LOCAL GoGREEN project is launching a new webinar series titled “GoGREEN Tuesdays: Ideas in Action” to help in the development and implementation of Integrated Climate and Energy Plans (ICEPs).
21 May 2025 sustainability
Representatives of Romanian royal family visited University of Tartu
On Tuesday, 20 May, representatives of the Romanian royal family – Her Majesty Margareta and her husband Prince Radu – visited the University of Tartu. In the university’s senate hall, Prince Radu delivered a public presentation about the security of the EU’s and NATO’s Eastern border.
13 May 2025 international
Public lecture and book discussion
Monday, 19 May 2025 at 4:15-6:00pm in the rotunda at the Old Anatomical Theatre, 10 Uppsala Street (Dome Hill) Isaac Nakhimovsky (Yale University) will be in discussion with Eva Piirimäe, Pärtel Piirimäe and Hent Kalmo (University of Tartu)
29 April 2025 for society
President Toomas Hendrik Ilves' public lectures in May
President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Visiting Professor of Democracy in the Digital Age at the University of Tartu, will deliver two public lectures in May.
29 April 2025 for society
Estonian universities and Estonian Research Council call to act on injustice
All Estonian public universities will celebrate Diversity Week from 5–11 May for the second year. This year’s focus is on encouraging people to notice and to act.
28 April 2025 equal treatment
Tartu Student Days Spring Festival features more than one hundred diverse events
Most of the events taking place during the Tartu Student Days Spring Festival from 25 April to 3 May are organised by student organisations from Tartu’s higher education institutions.
24 April 2025 for student
Abstract submission for the international student conference "Bridges in the Baltics" has started
Undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students from universities in the Baltic countries, including the University of Tartu, are invited to an international student conference ”Bridges in the Baltics“, held at the University of Latvia in Riga from 9 to 10 October 2025. Conference abstracts can be sent until 30 June 2025.
22 April 2025 for studentinternational
Doctoral Defence: Eoin Micheál McNamara “The Risk Society’s Stabilisation Failure? An Analysis of NATO and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan”
On 9 May at 13:00 Eoin Micheál McNamara will defend his doctoral dissertation "The Risk Society’s Stabilisation Failure? An Analysis of NATO and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan".
22 April 2025 research