Senate
The senate is the university's academic decision-making body which is responsible for teaching and research and development work at the university and which should ensure high quality of work in those areas. The senate adopts the statutes of the university and submits these to the council for approval. The senate has the power to exercise a one-time veto in respect of a council resolution by which the university's budget is adopted.
The senate is composed of the rector as its chair and of up to 21 members who are elected by the lecturers and research staff of the university and of whom at least five must be students. Four members are elected by the teaching and research staff to represent each faculty.
Senat Chair
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Toomas Asser Rector of the University of Tartu Professor of Neurosurgery |
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
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Renate Pajusalu Professor of General Linguistics Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics |
Aivar Kriiska Professor of Laboratory Archaeology Institute of History and Archaeology |
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Raili Marling Professor of English College of Foreign Languages and Cultures |
Ave Matsin Lecturer in Estonian Native Textile Viljandi Culture Academy |
Faculty of Social Sciences
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Urmas Varblane Professor of International Business School of Economics and Business Administration |
Kairi Kreegipuu Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology Senior Research Fellow of Experimental Psychology Institute of Psychology |
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Maaja Vadi Professor of Management School of Economics and Business Administration |
Marju Luts-Sootak Professor of Legal History School of Law |
Faculty of Medicine
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Külli Kingo Professor in Dermatology and Venereology Institute of Clinical Medicine |
Mihkel Zilmer Professor of Medical Biochemistry Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine |
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Pärt Peterson Professor of Molecular Immunology Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine |
Tanel Laisaar Associate Professor in Thoracic Surgery |
Faculty of Science and Technology
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Krista Fischer Professor of Mathematical Statistics Senior Research Fellow of Biostatistics Institute of Mathematics and Statistics Institute of Genomics |
Tõnu Meidla Professor of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences |
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Peeter Burk Professor of Chemical Physics Institute of Chemistry |
Marco Kirm Professor in Experimental Physics Institute of Physics |
Students
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Karl Lembit Laane Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
Kerdo Kristjan Tamm Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
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Trine Tamm Faculty of Social Sciences |
Rait Bessonov Faculty of Medicine |
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Mari-Ann Lind Faculty of Science and Technology |
Additional information: Tõnis Karki, Academic Secretary, +372 737 5605