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Helen Poltimäe successfully defended her PhD thesis "The distributional and behavioural effects of Estonian environmental taxes" on 4th June, 2014. Supervisors: Professor Tiiu Paas (University of Tartu) and Professor Henrik Klinge Jacobsen (Technical University of Denmark) Opponents: Dr Anil Markandya (Basque Centre for Climate Change) and Dr Sirje Pädam (Tallinn University of Technology)

The public defence of Helen Poltimäe’s PhD thesis: The distributional and behavioural effects of Estonian environmental taxes will take place on 4th June 2014 at 14:15 in room B306, Narva Rd 4, Tartu. Supervisors: Professor Tiiu Paas (University of Tartu) and Professor Henrik Klinge Jacobsen (Technical University of Denmark) Opponents: Dr Anil Markandya (Basque Centre for Climate Change) and Dr Sirje Pädam (Tallinn University of Technology)

The students of the Faculty of Economy of the University of Tartu who are also members of the marketing club received first prize in Riga at the L’Oréal Baltic headquarters in the Baltic region final of the international marketing competition Brandstorm for creating an innovative masculine product line. The product is defended in the international round in Paris on 12 and 13 June.

The 37th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association will be held jointly by the Estonian Business School and the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the University of Tartu on May 21-23, 2014 in Tallinn.

The University of Tartu Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Working Paper No. 94 has been published, titled: WHAT EXPLAINS PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS?

The University of Tartu Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Working Paper No. 94 has been published, titled: WHAT EXPLAINS PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS?

The admission of student candidates to English-language curricula has concluded. The interest of international student candidates in studies in the University of Tartu has increased by more than 45% in comparison with the previous year. The greatest interest was in the master’s programme of software engineering for which 332 applications were submitted.

Joseph C.P. Lau, an acknowledged consultant will be visiting the faculty May 8-10. Joseph Lau and researcher Xiaotian Zhang will be lecturing at the faculty on the topic “Chinese Mindset Development and Reflections in Business Behavior and Management (MJJV.07.103)” Course topics: Early mindset formation: Early civilization to Warring State, development of imperial authority establishment Cultural Influence: Spring-Autumn period to Tang Dynasty, the period of meritocracy governance

Methodological seminar of Baltic-German cooperation network „ International Finance”

Methodological seminar of Baltic-German cooperation network „ International Finance”

The University of Tartu Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Working Paper No. 93 has been published, titled: WHICH FIRMS USE UNIVERSITIES AS COOPERATION PARTNERS?

On March 28, the students of Business Administration had the opportunity to learn about the organisation of their practical training. The information hour began with the introduction to basic requirements and important dates of the internship, lead by the programme leader Maret Ahonen.

On March 28, the students of Business Administration had the opportunity to learn about the organisation of their practical training. The information hour began with the introduction to basic requirements and important dates of the internship, lead by the programme leader Maret Ahonen. This was followed by a presentation of two representatives from an international company Konecranes, Külli and Signe, who talked about the opportunities for having an internship or even a summer job at their company and invited students to apply.

FEBA is organising an information hour on practical training on the 28th of March at 14.15 for students of Business Administration. The location for the event is the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Narva mnt 4, Tartu) room B206. The schedule for the faculty event on March 28: Information Hour: Practical Training 14.15 Introduction: basic requirements & tasks of an internship (Maret Ahonen)

The Career Day of the University of Tartu will take place on Friday, the 14th of March at 12.00 at Dorpat conference centre.

The Career Day of the University of Tartu will take place on Friday, the 14th of March at 12.00 at Dorpat conference centre.

Until 16 March, the students of Marymount University participate in an academic course by the University of Tartu introducing the Estonian business environment. Within this course, Skype, Microsoft Estonia and other enterprises are visited. The course has a special focus on innovation and e-solutions.

Dear students! Competition for Erasmus exchanges in the academic year 2014/2015 is now open! Erasmus is higher-education sub-program of Erasmus+ program (2014-2020) proposed by the European Commission. Students of participating universities can study or do internship in all EU Member States. UT students can apply to become an Erasmus exchange student at Erasmus partner institutions of their specialisation.

From 3-9th February 2014, in co-operation with University of Tartu, Garage48 organized a Student Startup Camp, a practical entrepreneurship course that also involved students from FEBA. After pitching ideas, forming teams and a week worth of work, students pitched their ideas and showed done prototypes to the jury. CropHealer, a mobile application for farmers which helps to detect problems with plants, stood out and won the first Student Startup Camp competition. Maiden team, a cardgame based on reallife events, was announced as the runner-up.

According to Erik Puura, Vice-Rector for Development, it is very important that different subunits of the university would feel the need for entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ability training. “I really hope that we will be able to develop the training as attractive for a student as well as practical, so that becoming an entrepreneur after graduating from the university will be ordinary practice rather than an exceptional case,” said Puura.