Margus Lember News Today

On 1 August, Rector Toomas Asser started his second term of office, and the new composition of the Rector's Office starts work. Rector's inauguration ceremony takes place on 25 August at 16 at the university's assembly hall.

TALLINN – The Ministry of Social Affairs and the University of Tartu have prepared a training program that will offer training and practic...

The University of Tartu (TÜ) failed to fill all state-funded spots in its medical school program for this fall, which the university is chalking up to the introduction of tougher admissions requirements. Several residency program spots remained unfilled as well, with the situation currently most critical in family medicine.

Estonia is expanding admissions for medical residency programs from the previous 169 to 186, due to which the University of Tartu (TÜ) will be able to accept a record number of med school grads for medical specialist training. According to the state, the biggest shortages Estonia is currently facing are for family doctors and psychiatrists, two specialties for which admissions were increased the most.

Coronavirus patients in Estonia who have recovered are still experiencing health problems six months later, researchers and doctors from the University of Tartu, Tartu University Hospital and South-Estonian Hospital have found. At the third- and sixth-month follow-up, more than half of patients reported experiencing health concerns, although their routine analyses were fine. In the third-month follow-up, the main complaint was a decrease in physical exercise capacity. By the sixth month, the nu...