Stress as our everyday companion Stress researcher Hans Selye was the first one who described stress as a “nonspecific response of the body to any demand”.1 Stress is our everyday companion, and it can arise in different ways. If we talk about stress, we usually talk about physical, mental, and emotional tension that is experienced in situations where life’s challenges exceed one’s ability to cope. So we can say that stress is a subjective phenomenon – everyone perceives it differently and reacts to stressful situations differently. We often associate stress with negative experiences and ..read more

Rain Vagel graduated with a BSc degree in computer science from the Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu in 2017. After serving a year in the defence forces, he continued his master’s studies in the same field, this time specialising in data science, which he completed cum laude in 2020. While still at the university, Rain applied for a software engineer internship at Wise (formerly TransferWise), and today works as a data scientist for the same company, collaborating extensively with its international teams and leading key projects. I have always been fascinated by IT. As a you ..read more

Dear reader, We are sorry to announce that the UT blog is no longer publishing new articles. On the positive side, you will still have access to our archive. We also encourage you to keep an eye on our other blogs: International student ambassadors’ blog First-year student’s blog (in Estonian) Study abroad blog (in Estonian) Thank you for having followed the UT blog! The post Announcement appeared first on UT Blog. No related posts ..read more

Peeter Paaver, a junior researcher of geology at the University of Tartu, is the winner of the Science Photographer of the Year award of the Estonian Science Photo Competition held by Wikimedia Estonia. Let’s find out more about Peeter and his hobby(ies). I graduated last autumn with a PhD in environmental engineering and today I work as a research fellow in geology, focusing on solid waste recycling and circular economy in the Estonian oil shale industry. I have dabbled with photography and videography ever since high school, but took it up more seriously in 2016 as I hitchhiked from Estonia ..read more

Since the beginning of my studies at the University of Tartu, I have received several questions on International Law and Human Rights programme. Therefore, I decided to sum up all of my points in this article. Zeynab Nasibova. Image credit: private collection Why study and live in Estonia? Firstly, the quality of education should be underlined. More than a hundred degree programs are taught in English. In addition to this, English is not only used on campuses, but also a large percentage of the population speaks English fluently. In my experience, I have almost never had any difficulties in c ..read more

The marine scientists of the University of Tartu are once again on a winter field expedition on the research vessel Walther Herwig III. On board from our team are Randel Kreitsberg and Ciara Baines. We document our experiences in a field diary and share photos and information about the daily life of a marine scientist. Our work here focuses on fish cancer research, and the main purpose of this trip is to bring a number of live flounders to Estonia to test under controlled conditions (in a common-garden experiment) whether molecular defence mechanisms against cancer and pollution are effective ..read more

Radar image of the surface of Venus Venus is a planet similar to Earth in size, but it has a very thick atmosphere and, due to the combination of this thick atmosphere and closer proximity to the Sun, a very high surface temperature of over 400 degrees centigrade, complemented by sulfuric acid clouds. In this blog post we will talk about what would be needed to find any habitable places on Venus and how to design a mission to visit them, as well as Tartu Observatory’s team’s part in the mission. Why to study venus and the VLF mission study The Venusian atmosphere mostly consists of CO2 and ha ..read more