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Category Archives: Student life
5 Hacks for Making the Most out of a UT Mentoring Programme
In the end of 2017 University of Tartu started a pilot mentoring programme for bringing together talented alumni and students to make the most out of each others’ skills and knowledge base – students could have a sneak peek into … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Student life, Studies, Tartu
Tagged mentor programme, mentoring, unitartu
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Do it for Tartu – what we can offer the City of Good Thoughts (Heade mõtete linn)
“We tried to engage and invite them to an event. We made an effort. But it didn’t seem to work out”. Over a week ago, I had a conversation with my classmate when we saw each other at “Escape Room … Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Events, General, Student life, Studies
Tagged globalization, Iverson Ng, multilingualism, Tartu, tartu 2024, Tartu Student Days
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Honest advice from current international students
Were you accepted to the University of Tartu? Here are some tips (and future warnings) from our current students! Continue reading
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The Perks and Perils of Doctoral Studies – How About You?
Work done for free, at night and weekends, unsatisfactory social guarantees with a salary near the minimum wage – this is your everyday life when you’re pursuing a doctoral degree. Completing the normal duration of the studies seems rather like … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Research, Student life
Tagged Doctoral student, Doctoral students, PhD, PhD student, PhD studies
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Way to Cultural Integration: Learning from Shai’s Life
Today I would like to talk about my journey – a journey to find a home, a journey of creating a sense of belonging, a journey of making my own identity. The reason for sharing my true life story to … Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, General, Student life
Tagged cultural integration, integration
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My Estonian Calling
When people see or hear my name, Teele Männik, they automatically assume that a beautiful Estonian voice will come out, but they are always in for a surprise. Instead of that, they get a very strong American accent. The confused … Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, General, Student life, Studies, Tartu
Tagged competition, life in Tartu, living in Estonia, UT Blog Competition
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The winner of the UT Blog competition is… *drum roll*
As many of you may or may not know, we had a UT Blog competition going on. We received six awesome blog posts from the most awesome students. They had the chance to write about anything they had a passion … Continue reading
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