The next joint international conference ‘Functional Materials and NanoTechnologies + Nanotechnology and Innovation in the Baltic Sea region‘, or shortly FM&NT-NIBS 2024, will be held at the V-Spa conference centre in Tartu, Estonia in October, 6 – 9, 2024.
Eestist sai Tartu Ülikooli juhtimisel esimene Euroopa Neutronkiirguse Allikat arendava konsortsiumi liikmesriik, mis on täielikult täitnud kõik oma kohustused ESS-i ehituses.
The three-minute thesis competition for doctoral researchers, held at the University of Tartu Library on 22 October, featured 13 popular-science short lectures in Estonian and 14 in English.
On 27–28 November, the conference „Climate Compass 2025: The Art of Adaptation in the Light of Science" will take place in Tartu, marking 160 years since the beginning of meaningful weather observations in Estonia.
On 4 September at 14:00 Aditya Savio Paul will defend his doctoral thesis „Advancing the study of small solar system bodies through multi-agent mapping and characterization" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Physics).
On 23 May 2025, Minister of Education and Research Kristina Kallas approved the results of the external evaluation of Estonian research and development. The University of Tartu was the only institution in Estonia to receive a positive evaluation in all six fields: natural sciences, engineering and technology, medical and health sciences, agriculture and veterinary sciences, social sciences, and humanities and the arts.
The University of Tartu research award 2024 went to an extraordinary discovery that in industrial hot spots, anthropogenic air pollution causes snowfall and reduces cloud cover.