An international team of scientists led by astronomers from Tartu Observatory of the University of Tartu has discovered many superclusters in the universe, with the most prominent among them named the ‘Einasto Supercluster’ in honour of Prof. Jaan Einasto, a pioneering figure in the field, who will celebrate his 95th birthday on 23 February.
Tartu Ülikooli Tartu observatooriumi astronoomid Maret Einasto juhtimisel kontrollisid galaktikate gruppide ja parvede omadusi ja nad leidsid mitmeid erisusi.
All university members are invited to nominate candidates who deserve to be awarded the university’s honorary decoration for their outstanding achievements.
On 27 June, the global higher education consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) launched its World University Rankings 2024, adopting a methodology that has undergone considerable change. The University of Tartu is ranked 358th and again tops the list of Estonian universities.
The tower of the Tartu Observatory's large telescope is open during the summer period from Thursday to Sunday from 12 to 16. The summer period lasts from June 29 to August 27.
Doctoral students and junior research fellows are invited to the university's 3-minute thesis competition on 28 September to present their research to the university family, the jury and the public.
The language learning hub, created to support the Estonian language learning of international staff, international students and students who speak Estonian as a foreign language.
Tartu Observatory of the University of Tartu and Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure project and the are pleased to announce the international training workshop „Asteroid Research“.
The Deputy Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Maive Rute will visit the University of Tartu.
The H2020/HYPERNETS project recently hosted the science conference on “Optical radiometry and satellite validation” from 21-23 March, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium.
Today, on 20 April, the 292-member electoral council elected Professor of Neurosurgery Toomas Asser as rector of the University of Tartu with 168 votes.
On Thursday, 20 April at 12:00, the 292-member electoral council will gather in the University of Tartu assembly hall to elect a rector for the university for the next five years.
12 April we will talk about Estonia's first lunar rover. Our guests are Mihkel Pajusalu, Associate Professor of Space Technology at the Tartu Observatory, and Space Technology engineer Karin Kruuse.
At its public meeting on Friday, 17 March, the council of Tartu Observatory unanimously elected Antti Tamm to continue his duties as director of the institute.
The journal Nature recently published a call to strengthen cooperation among other Arctic nations and researchers who have knowledge of Russian Arctic.