Topic: entrepreneurship

UT Institute of Computer Science bachelor’s students created a solution that helps the institute’s industry collaboration team add company data to its customer relationship management system quicker.

Estonian biotechnology company Icosagen took part in the Digital Innovation Industry Project course to improve the adoption of artificial intelligence within the organisation.

Although creativity has often been associated primarily with the fine arts, no field of life can do without it, least of all entrepreneurship and research.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of sTARTUp Day, and to celebrate the occasion, the Institute will be prominently represented at the conference.

From 28 to 30 January 2026, the 10th international business festival Startup Day takes place at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu. The University of Tartu will be present with a diverse and engaging programme.

Researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science, Junior Research Fellow of Artificial Intelligence Joonas Ariva and Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence Dmytro Fishman, together with radiologists from Tartu University Hospital and engineers at Better Medicine, have developed an AI-based tool that accelerates the detection of kidney cancer. Its effectiveness was validated in a study published in Nature Communications Medicine.

The project proposed by Swedbank Life Insurance focused on improving the customer experience when signing a life insurance contract in a digital environment.

On 27 October from 13–18, the University of Tartu development conference “A university for us, Estonia and the world” took place in the university assembly hall and online. Keynote speakers were Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Kersti Kaljulaid and Kristina Kallas.

We are inviting companies and organizations to partner with us in the Digital Innovation Industry Project (DIIP) course.