Topic: international

The University of Tartu will welcome hundreds of students, researchers and academics from around the world in 2027 as it hosts the European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI) for the first time in Estonia.

You can now watch TEDx University of Tartu talks on TEDx YouTube channel.

Academy members Jaak Vilo (bioinformatics) and Martin Zobel (ecology) have been elected Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Raimundas Matulevičius is a Professor of Information Security at the University of Tartu. Raimundas believes Estonia is the perfect environment for innovative research in a rapidly advancing field.

TEDx University of Tartu brings people together to share “ideas worth spreading” across diverse topics on 2 June at the University of Tartu Delta Centre.

Konsta Rauhala studied a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (BBA) at the University of Tartu. Now working in procurement in Finland, Konsta describes his time in Tartu as the best three years of his life.

On 15 May, from 10:15 to 11:45, he gives a public lecture “Applying for ERC grants. The future of European research” in the building of the Institute of Cultural Research (Ülikooli 16–216).

From 2 to 6 November, the Fall Campus of CERN, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, will take place in the Delta academic building of the University of Tartu. Organised in cooperation with CERN scientists, the five-day programme offers students and other science enthusiasts a unique opportunity to gain first-hand insight into the development work at one of the world’s leading scientific organisations and to take part in international research collaboration.

Mateusz Micuda is studying economics and business at the University of Tartu on an Erasmus exchange programme. Being in Estonia has given Mateusz the opportunity to learn about local culture and experience life in the region alongside his studies.

The UT Institute of Computer Science is organising the Estonian–Latvian Computer Science Theory Days on 24–26 April. As part of the programme, Turing Award laureate Robert Tarjan will give a public lecture on 25 April.