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The University of Tartu invites everyone to participate in a photo contest to get photos by talented amateur and professional photographers depicting the University of Tartu buildings, students, events, studies, and everything else related to the University of Tartu. The contest takes place from 29 March to 30 September and all participants enter a draw to win prizes.

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 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).

2021 marks the 30th anniversary of the return to freedom and democracy to Central and Eastern Europe and of Estonia’s restoration of independence. The project "Democracy is Europe" aims to raise awareness on the centrality of the European ideals in the transitions and peaceful revolutions of 1989-1991 in Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic states and to encourage debate and reflection on the impact of such ideas in today's Europe.

Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies is pleased to invite you to a webinar 'NATO in Northern Europe: Transatlantic Perspectives for the Biden Era', which will take place on Friday, 26 March at 17.00-18.15 (EET).

Skytte Election Analysis Seminar Series Israeli Parliamentary Elections: Third time’s the charm, fourth time’s… On March 23, citizens of Israel will face fourth parliamentary elections in less than two years. 39 party lists were registered to run in the election, and according to the latest polls, 14 of them have a realistic chance of entering the Knesset.

Studies will continue largely online and classroom studies should be kept to a minimum in April As the epidemiological situation in Estonia is very serious and the Estonian government has imposed additional restrictions on educational institutions, the University of Tartu will continue with similar organisation of studies as in March.

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.

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.

President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Visiting Professor of Democracy in the Digital Age at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies of the University of Tartu, will be giving four public lectures on “Security, Democracy and the Digital World” in the spring semester 2021. This century has seen rapid technological developments and emerging possibilities for governance, such as more precise and faster decision-making and better public services.

From 1 to 5 March, the ENLIGHT European University network organised its official kick-off week. All students and staff of the University of Tartu, as well as the wider public, was invited. Recordings of some of the exciting international lectures and discussions about the environment, digital solutions, healthcare, equity, energy and teaching are available to watch on YouTube.

Applications to international master’s studies at the University of Tartu can be submitted until the midnight on Monday, 15 March. The application period to international bachelor’s studies is one month longer and ends on 15 April.

Centre for Eurasian and Russian Studies (CEURUS) has launched a podcast series in Russian, in which CEURUS staff and invited guests discuss various topical issues in Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

CSGS & Skytte Joint Lecture Series - Myanmar Coup: Civil-Military Relations, Conflicts, and Challenges to Democratic Transformation

The master programme that applies technology on two dimensions: on the political process within a democratic state, and second, on how democratic institutions are run.

The University of Tartu invites international students interested in international bachelor’s and master’s studies to submit their applications in DreamApply. Studies start at the end of August 2021.

Coronavirus is spreading widely and the situation is alarming. It is everyone’s duty to avoid unnecessary contacts. As workplaces are important sources of infection in addition to schools and homes, we must reduce contacts also at the university and ask everyone whose duties allow that to work from home.

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.

University of Tartu Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies along with the Centre for Eurasian and Russian Studies and the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is delighted to announce a call for scholarship applications for the Master of Arts programmes of International Relations and Regional Studies and Politics and Governance in the Digital Age.