Topic: international

University of Tartu semioticians Andreas Ventsel and Mari-Liis Madisson, along with Junior Research Fellow in Information Resilience Diana Poudel, have developed tools for enhancing critical digital literacy in cooperation with international partners. The practical materials are designed for use in higher education, schools, companies and organisations to support navigating the digital landscape and countering the spread of disinformation.

A recent overview published by the Estonian Research Council (ETAG) reveals that Estonia has performed exceptionally well in the European Union’s framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe (2021–2027). Among Estonian institutions, the University of Tartu has been the most successful participant in the programme, receiving almost €90 million in funding.

The conference “Law’s Many Users: Legal Interpretation Within and Beyond Legal Institutions” will take place on 12–14 November 2025 at the University of Tartu. It will focus on how professionals in various roles interpret legal norms within the constraints and affordances of their organisational contexts.

On June 18 at 11:00 Patrick Haylock from the University of Melbourne will give a public lecture titled “Autobiographical memory flexibility and mechanisms of wellbeing”. Listeners are welcome to Näituse 2 room 121 or Zoom.

On June 12 at 16:00 Professor Luiz Passoa from the University of Maryland will give a public lecture titled “The entangled brain”. Listeners are welcome to Näituse 2 room 102 or Zoom.

The University of Tartu’s podcast for prospective international students, “Tiksu to UniTartu”, is back this summer with a second season.

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.

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.

On 14–15 March, rectors from the partnership programme LERU-CE7 between the League of European Research Universities and a group of seven leading Central European universities (CE7) gathered at the University of Tartu.

The planned visit of the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, on 13 March to the University of Tartu and the president's public lecture will not take place.