On the 24rh of October Made, a series of concerts will start its second season. 8 folk and jazz bands will take the stage in one evening.
Viljandi Culture Academy’s alumni Ursula Rummel’s performance “|ÜLE|” will perform on the 4th of October in the University of Arts Helsinki.
Today, on 26 April 2018, the 263-member electoral council elected Professor of Neurosurgery Toomas Asser as rector of the University of Tartu with 187 votes.
The school year of the Viljandi Culture Academy will begin on the 3rd of September traditionally with a public ceremony.
12.00 Prayer at Jaani church
13.00 Opening ceremony in Sakala (Tallinna 5). All the first year students will be invited on the stage.
15.00 Infohours for all the departments
performing arts (Posti 1, black box)
culture education (Posti 1, room 128)
music department (Jakobsoni 14, 301)
national crafts (Turu 7, Vilma house)
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University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy will host the 2018 IASJ meeting from July 2-7, 2018. Representatives, students and lecturers taking part in the IASJ meeting (International Association for Schools of Jazz) will discuss pedagogical, philosophical and administrative issues. The event is also a great opportunity to make new contacts, make music together and gain valuable experience. Throughout the event there will also be three concerts that are open to everyone interested. The concerts take place in the Traditional Music Centre.
University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy Native Crafts Department will host this year’s Nordic Knitting Symposium (NKS) in Viljandi from June 25 to July 1, 2018. The event will bring together more than a hundred participants from the Nordic countries, Germany, Japan, Republic of Korea, England and the United States of America.
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With great sorrow, the University of Tartu announces the unexpected death of Rector Volli Kalm on Saturday, December 23.
Volli Kalm was born on February 10, 1953 in Vändra. He graduated from the University of Tartu in 1976 with a degree in geology. In 1984, Kalm earned his PhD in geology from the Estonian Academy of Sciences after successfully defending his doctoral thesis "Formation, composition and usage of glaciofluvial deposits in Estonia."
From 1988-1989, he attended postdoctoral studies in the geology department of the University of Alberta.
At the extraordinary senate session on 27 December, the senate of the University of Tartu unanimously appointed professor Tõnu Lehtsaar as the acting rector.
Professor Volli Kalm, Rector of the University of Tartu (10 February 1953 – 23 December 2017)
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Friday, December 1 2017 marks the 98th birthday of the Estonia’s national university in Tartu. To celebrate the event, several events take place during the week-long celebrations – honorary doctorates and doctorates are conferred, the University’s honorary member named and the laurate of The University of Tartu Award for Contribution to Estonian National Identity named.
From February 9-11 University of Tartu Viljandi Culture academy is organizing its second International Winter academy at a cosy forest cottage in Männiku. During three days participants can discover Estonia’s cultural spirit and passion. We welcome all foreigners, doesn’t matter if you have been here for 20 years or have just arrived and need answers to most burning questions about Estonia and Estonians.
Meelis Luht, former management board member of Eesti Meedia Group, will start work as the Director of Administration of the University of Tartu on 21 August.
Rector Volli Kalm said the new director of administration has been in charge of several different areas of activity in his career and is a top leader with international work experience. We can see his capability as well as his desire and ambition to actively contribute to the implementation of the university’s development goals.
