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The English-taught Master's programme in Quantitative Economics will be having its first defence of master's theses on the 8th of June starting at 9.00 in room B202. Quantitative Economics Wednesday, June 8th 2016 room B202 Committee: Professor Tiiu Paas, Lecturer Amaresh Tiwari, Senior Research Fellow Jaanika Meriküll, Senior Research Fellow Jaan Masso, Tõnu Mertsina (Swedbank) Time Name

On 27 May 2016, fifteen teams compete in the University of Tartu business and project idea competition Kaleidoskoop to find the business ideas with the greatest potential and implement them with the help of development advisors. Ideas competing in the finals range from catering and computer games to new materials. The 15 finalists were selected from among 28 teams who represented the University of Tartu, Tartu Vocational Education Centre, Tartu College of Tallinn University of Technology, Tartu Art School and Hugo Treffner Gymnasium.

2,279 applications were submitted to the UT’s 19 English-taught bachelor’s and master’s curricula and the integrated curriculum of Medicine. Similarly to previous year, most applications were submitted for IT specialisations: the Computer Science programme received 242 applications from international candidates and 40 from Estonian candidates and the programme of Software Engineering had 277 and 41 applications respectively.

Estonia lacks researchers who work on legal problems in the field of finance on the presumed level of a research university. The European Banking Institute (EBI) supports the development of this field and experts in Estonia, because the network brings together the competence of institutions that study and carry out research on the problems of EU financial and supervisory authorities. Through the UT School of Law, the University of Tartu has been named a founding member and academic member of the EBI.

UT researchers Associate Professor Aleksei Kelli and Professor Kadri Ukrainski, together with partners from Ukraine, organised a seminar in Ukraine on 12 April entitled “Research Organizations and Universities Knowledge Transfer in Ukraine: The Improvement of the Policy and Mechanisms in Ukraine, based on EU Experience“.

From the six works submitted, the University of Tartu chose the architectural solution called ICONICUM for the IT centre to be built on Narva road. The authors of the idea will be revealed on 19 April 2016 at 15:00 in the University Café, when the envelopes with the name cards of the winning project will be opened.

It is possible to apply for the English-taught master’s curricula at the UT Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Faculty of Social Sciences, the integrated curriculum of Medicine and the Faculty of Science and Technology’s bachelor’s curriculum Science and Technology until midnight on Friday, 15 April. Admission to the master’s curricula of the Faculty of Science and Technology has already ended.

The accession of successful young local entrepreneurs with innovative ideas proves that Estonia is the perfect place for changing the world. ReLaDe, GoWorkaBit, Sportlyzer, Psycho Bus and many other businesses of the new generation will encourage young people to get involved in entrepreneurship on 18 February at the Athena Centre at the UT Idea Lab opening event “Idea storm. 100 ideas that will change the world”.

UT events abroad - meet the staff of University of Tartu at different locations around the world. To set up a personal appointment with a UT representative, please e-mail to International Recruitment: [email protected]. 2016

Swedbank will support the University of Tartu Faculty of Economics and Business Administration’s English-taught programme Quantitative Economics. A 1000-euro grant will be awarded each year to the author of the best master’s thesis. The aim is to motivate students to work in a field with good career potentials at institutions that conduct economic analysis and research, including banks.

Swedbank will support the University of Tartu Faculty of Economics and Business Administration’s English-taught programme Quantitative Economics. A 1000-euro grant will be awarded each year to the author of the best master’s thesis. The aim is to motivate students to work in a field with good career potentials at institutions that conduct economic analysis and research, including banks.

The University of Tartu and SEB Vega fund divided 20 100 euros between four teams for developing knowledge-intensive ideas. The funding helps to develop, for example, an automatic system for measuring blood pressure in real-time and a security system which makes keys and smart cards a thing of the past.

On 2 December, British journal Times Higher Education published their ranking The Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings, where the University of Tartu placed 31st. This is the third annual ranking of universities of emerging economies compiled by THE. The previous two ranked the 100 best, this year there are 200 universities on the list. UT is in the ranking for the first time this year.

On 2 December, British journal Times Higher Education published their ranking The Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings, where the University of Tartu placed 31st. This is the third annual ranking of universities of emerging economies compiled by THE. The previous two ranked the 100 best, this year there are 200 universities on the list. UT is in the ranking for the first time this year.

On Tuesday, 1 December, the University of Tartu celebrates the 96th anniversary of the national university with the traditional ceremony, torch-light procession and ball. Two honorary doctorates and 112 doctorates will be conferred at the ceremony and the University of Tartu Contribution to Estonian National Identity award will be presented. The ceremony is broadcasted live on www.uttv.ee.

One of the driving forces of economic development is knowledge transfer which Ukraine is currently developing. In order to help Ukraine create the system, the University of Tartu as the development cooperation partner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is contributing to the promotion of cooperation between Ukrainian research institutions and entrepreneurship.

Do you have a science-based business idea but you do not have any money to start? Do you want to help to launch next revolutionary product or service? Vega fund, created in co-operation between SEB bank and the Universiy of Tartu, supports early stage science-based innovative business ideas with 36 000 euros. Applications are opened to: 1. A team of students or scientists who already have an innovative science-based solution to a common problem.

The Idea Lab starts their autumn season and invites students from all specialisations to the workshop “Kick-off Ideation” on Friday, 9 October at 16:00 (at Narva mnt 4) where Amid Moradganjeh, interaction designer with international experience, will give advice on how to recognise ideas with potential and how to find suitable team members.

Estonian start-up ReLaDe, which also involves a Business Administration student Andrew Wilfong as Business Development Specialist is developing reusable biological enzymes that will change the way you wash your clothes. And with the company recently taking third prize at ClimateLaunchpad 2015 competition, chemical detergents could soon become a thing of the past.

The Opening ceremony for the 2015/2016 academic year of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration will be held at the UT Museum's White Hall (Lossi 25) on the 31st of August at 16:00. How to find the museum: http://www.muuseum.ut.ee/en