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From the 2026/2027 academic year, many international master’s curricula at the University of Tartu will offer tuition waivers or reductions to students from the European Union. Students arriving from outside the European Union will have to pay tuition fees.

In the coming years, the University of Tartu will focus on developing practical solutions for promoting equal treatment to maintain and strengthen a safe learning and working environment for the entire university community. Planned activities include preventing sexual harassment and developing a system to handle such cases. An important basis for this work is the new gender equality plan for 2026–2030.

The University of Tartu is launching university-wide awareness activities to improve understanding of the principles of equal treatment and the support options available in cases of workplace bullying, unequal treatment and harassment. This forms part of the university’s ongoing work to create a safe and respectful learning and working environment.

University of Tartu School of Economics and Business Administration recently welcomed a group of 15-year-old students from central Tokyo — not for sightseeing, but to experience something they say is hard to find at home: a real startup mindset.

Do you have a business idea or a strong interest in starting your own company? Now is the time to turn that idea into action – the new season of the Pre-Incubation Programme in Entrepreneurship has begun.

University of Tartu students can submit applications to study abroad under the Erasmus+ programme in the 2026/2027 academic year until 9 March 2026.

Maaja Vadi, Professor of Management at the University of Tartu, has established the Maaja Vadi Family History Scholarship at the University of Tartu Foundation to support university staff and students in researching and recording their family history, genealogy or the activities of their predecessors, and sharing the results.

Horizon Europe Project WUNDERWORK Receives Funding

Preliminary results of the International Student Barometer (ISB) show that international students are satisfied with their studies at the University of Tartu. They highlight strong academic quality, supportive learning conditions and the city of Tartu as an excellent living environment.

Once again, sTARTUp Day brought thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators to Tartu. The University of Tartu School of Economics and Business Administration was actively represented at the event.

From 28 to 30 January 2026, the 10th international business festival Startup Day takes place at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu. The University of Tartu will also be present.

The UniTartu Summer School 2026 takes place from 27 July to 7 August at the University of Tartu in Tartu.

On 23 January, the University of Tartu Foundation recognised the scholarship recipients of the autumn semester of 2025 and thanked the foundation’s donors in the White Hall of the University of Tartu Museum. Scholarships were awarded from 33 funds in a total amount exceeding €200,000.

The €10,000 prize for outstanding and already applied achievements in economics was awarded to Jaan Masso, Associate Professor of Applied Econometrics at the University of Tartu Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, for his cycle of works entitled "Analysis of Labour and Employment Relationship Changes: Combining Innovative Datasets and Methodological Approaches.

This year, the graduation ceremony of the School of Economics and Business Administration of the University of Tartu will take place on June 17 at 16:00 in the assembly hall of the university's main building (Ülikooli 18, Tartu).

Applications are now open for international degree programmes at the University of Tartu, one of the top universities in Northern Europe. Studies will start at the beginning of September 2025.

From 28 to 30 January 2026, the 10th international business festival Startup Day takes place at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu. The University of Tartu will be present with a diverse and engaging programme.

All the presentations of Delta Trends Day 2025 are now available to rewatch.

UT Economics Students Receive Multiple Awards at the National Contest for University Students