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Satish Narayana Srirama worked at the University of Tartu for 11 years, from 2009 to 2020, first as a postdoctoral researcher and later as a lead researcher in big data.

A new scientific paper co-authored by University of Tartu Associate Professor Jaan Aru offers a new perspective: digital environments may primarily reshape how valuable we perceive cognitive effort to be.

The 17th biennial International Baltic Conference on Digital Business and Intelligent Systems (Baltic DB&IS 2026) took place in Tartu, Estonia, from the 28th of June to the 1st of July 2026.

This spring, a record 314 theses were defended at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science. These included 168 bachelor's and 146 master's theses.

This year, 10,835 people applied for studies at the first and second levels of higher education at the University of Tartu, submitting a total of 15,020 applications. Compared to the previous year, the number of applications for first-level studies has remained the same, while applications for master’s studies have increased by 7%.

The University of Tartu claimed overall victory at this year’s Student Summer Games, ahead of Tallinn University of Technology in intense competition. University of Tartu athletes won first place in 20 of the 46 events and activities, securing the overall title.

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

Satish Narayana Srirama is connected to University of Tartu as a visiting professor and honorary head of he Mobile & Cloud Lab. Read the interview with him.

On 19 June, the senate approved the objectives and principles for using artificial intelligence (AI), establishing a comprehensive framework for applying AI in teaching, research and support services at the university. The document defines the role of AI at the university, the objectives pursued through its use, and the principles that university members should observe when using AI.

Twelve interdisciplinary doctoral positions will be created at the University of Tartu to explore potential applications of artificial intelligence, including, for example, addressing mental health issues, reducing food waste, assessing the overall impact of spatial planning, and facilitating sign language interpreting.

Researchers showed that large language models can identify, with high accuracy, why patients stop using antidiabetic medications or statins, based on doctors’ electronic clinical notes.

On 12 June, representatives of Canadian universities participating in the Canada–Baltics Education in Defence Partnership Mission visited the University of Tartu.

The University of Tartu offers more than 50 Estonian-taught curricula at both the first and second levels of study, and four English-taught master’s curricula, where studies take place in a block mode. Students of these curricula do not meet every week and must combine pursuing higher education with their other everyday duties.

On 10 June, the University of Tartu announced its new teaching excellence ambassadors, who serve as role models for the entire university community. The title is given to recognise 14 academic staff members who develop their teaching based on evidence and support an open teaching culture that values learning.

This autumn, doctoral researchers of the University of Tartu will again have the opportunity to participate in the three-minute thesis competition. The competition will be held on 21 October in the conference hall of the University of Tartu Library.

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.

On 3 June, the poster session of the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science Student Project Contest took place in the Delta study building, where the best student projects were selected.

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.

University of Tartu graduation ceremonies take place from 12 to 20 June. Live streaming, recordings and photos of the ceremonies are available on UTTV.

Led by University of Tartu researchers, the largest and most comprehensive study to date has been completed on how genetic differences between individuals influence metabolism.