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Academic affairs
All students need to know, understand and follow certain study-related rules and regulations established by the university. This includes being aware of the academic calendar and important dates, etc.
Available on 9 September.
Completion of curriculum
Students are required to complete the curriculum they have registered for and the university checks their progress. Read more about completing the curriculum.
Course registration deadline for the first-year students is 15 September
Read the guidelines for course registration. Please note that the SIS planner is a helpful tool for drawing up your autumn semester’s timetable; the planner helps to register for all selected courses at once. Read how to use the planner.
If needed, you can also contact your peer tutor with questions related to registration and using the planner.
Requesting adaptations in studies
The University of Tartu Counselling Centre is updating the system for requesting adaptations in studies. According to the new system, the special needs adviser will prepare a letter outlining the recommended adaptations and send the student a digitally signed document. The student will then forward this document to the teaching staff (including the teaching staff in charge) for all courses in which adaptations are required, as well as to the academic affairs specialist. The document remains valid until the end of the 2025/2026 academic year. If there is no need to make any changes to the recommended adaptations, the student may send the same document to the lecturers at the beginning of the spring semester, without needing to contact the adviser again.
More information about the support and services available to students with special needs can be found on the University of Tartu Counselling Centre´s website.
Changes in the organisation of studies in the 2025/26 academic year
Read more about changes in the organisation of studies in the next academic year.
Opening ceremony of the 2025/26 academic year
For new first-year students
Newly admitted students can log in UT’s Study Information System (SIS) already on 26 August – one week before the official beginning of the 2025/2026 academic year. The academic year begins on 1 September. By today, all of you should have received your login credentials, check emails sent by arvutiabi@ut.ee. The students, who have studied previously at UT and start in a new programme this autumn will not get new login credentials but need to use their former ones. If you have forgotten your password, follow the password recovery instructions.
In the SIS, you can plan and register for courses. The guidelines for course registration are given here. The SIS planner is a helpful tool for drawing up your autumn semester’s timetable: it helps to register for all the selected courses at once. The guidelines for using the planner.
The deadline for course registration for the first-year students is 15 September.
If needed, you can also contact your peer tutor with questions related to registration and using the planner. As there will be info sessions for newly admitted students, delivered by the UT academic units, we advise you to wait with registrations and get more detailed instructions in those sessions.
Course registration deadline for the students of the second year and above
The course registration deadline for the autumn semester is 31 August (2nd year students and above). The course registration deadline for first-year students is 15 September.
Extension of studies
The students, whose end of studies is approaching (check SIS for the final date of your studies), need to submit an application for extension before the final date of studies to the respective dean’s office, institute, or college.
Changes in the organisation of studies in the 2025/26 academic year
Read more about changes in the organisation of studies in the next academic year.
