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University of Tartu is among the world’s 200 for citation impact

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Estonia’s University of Tartu stands out when it comes to research quality, the publisher of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings said in its latest report. Times Higher Education (THE), the UK-based higher education magazine, said in its World University Rankings 2018 survey that “in Eastern Europe, Estonia’s University of Tartu stands out when it comes to research […]

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University of Tartu achieves a new record in the world rankings

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According to one of the most important higher education lists, the QS World University Rankings, the University of Tartu now holds its best position ever. The university’s position in the ranking has improved from 501 in 2012 to 314 in 2017. Its strongest subject is linguistics, where it is globally rated in the 101-150 ranking. When taken into account

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A Ukrainian in Estonia: Knowing at least a couple of words in Estonian is respectful

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Liudmyla Petrychenko, a second year master’s student from Ukraine, has had pleasant experiences with the Estonian people and less pleasant experiences with Estonian immigration bureaucracy. A new project within the EU-Russia studies programme at the University of Tartu analyses personal stories that are based on people’s experience of living in Estonia. The project is aimed at describing the multicultural

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Estonian physicists are building an artificial nose from graphene

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Physicists at the University of Tartu are working on an artificial nose, based on graphene – in just a couple of years, all of us might have sensors in our cellphones, helping us evaluate air pollution levels and choose routes with clearer air. Just imagine the following situation: you are drinking your first coffee of

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Estonia’s mission to the moon could revolutionise space travel

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Estonia will receive a 100th birthday gift next year that will be truly out of this world – as part of the country’s centenary celebrations in 2018, ESTCube will unveil its second satellite while its team embarks on a mission across Estonia to educate young people about opportunities within the space industry. ESTCube-2 will be

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Estonian researchers make a breakthrough in the development of the human papillomavirus drugs

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Researchers of the University of Tartu and Icosagen Cell Factory have introduced the new cellular monitoring system for evaluating the growth of the human papillomavirus (HPV) and the effect of drugs; the new drug screening system could considerably speed up the development of a new HPV drug.  Being the most common sexually transmitted infection globally,

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Indian tribeswoman Margaret Lyngdoh researches negative stereotypes in Tartu

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Margaret Lyngdoh, originally from the Khasi tribe in India, now works as a junior research fellow in folkloristics at the University of Tartu – and studies the supernatural traditions and rituals of her community. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia and Study in Estonia. The Khasis are one of the multiple ethnic communities in

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The developing IT-industry invites talents to stay in Tartu

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Entrepreneurs and former master’s students, Carlos Paniagua from Guatemala and Chris Willmore from California, chose to settle in Tartu, the second largest town in Estonia. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia and Study in Estonia. Both Paniagua and Willmore got their software engineering master’s degrees from the Institute of Computer Science, the University of

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Estonia’s first satellite brings a contract for space cameras

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ESTCube-1, Estonia’s first satellite, took images of such excellent quality that the Tartu-based researchers are getting their first orders from the space industry. Estonia conducted its first space mission in April 2013, when a tiny one-kilogramme satellite, called ESTCube-1, was rocketed off to orbit the Earth from the European Space Agency’s launch site in French

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