Academic writing guidelines

Contacts of UT units

Dean's Office

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+ 372 737 5341

Faculty email:
hv.dekanaat [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Jakobi 2, rooms 116–121, 51005 Tartu
Institute of History and Archaeology

Faculty link:
www.flaj.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5651

Faculty address:
Jakobi 2, 51005 Tartu
Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics

Faculty link:
keel.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5221

Faculty email:
keeleteadus [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Jakobi 2, 51005 Tartu
Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics

Faculty link:
www.flfi.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5314

Faculty email:
filosoofia.semiootika [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Jakobi 2, rooms 309–352, 51005 Tartu
Institute of Cultural Research

Faculty link:
www.flku.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
(+372) 737 5223

Faculty email:
kultuuriteadused [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ülikooli 16, 51003 Tartu
School of Theology and Religious Studies

Faculty link:
us.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5301

Faculty email:
us [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ülikooli 18–310, 50090 Tartu
College of Foreign Languages and Cultures

Faculty link:
maailmakeeled.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty email:
keeled [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
J. Liivi 4, 50409, Tartu
Viljandi Culture Academy

Faculty link:
kultuur.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 435 5232

Faculty email:
kultuur [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Posti 1, 71004 Viljandi

Dean's Office

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+ 372 737 5900

Faculty email:
sotsiaalteadused [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Lossi 36, 51003 Tartu
Institute of Education

Faculty link:
www.ht.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 6440

Faculty email:
haridus [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Salme 1a–29, 50103 Tartu
Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies

Faculty link:
skytte.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5582

Faculty email:
skytte [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Lossi 36–301, 51003 Tartu
School of Economics and Business Administration

Faculty link:
majandus.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 6310

Faculty email:
majandus [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Narva mnt 18, 51009 Tartu
Institute of Psychology

Faculty link:
psychology.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5902

Faculty email:
psyhholoogia [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Näituse 2, 50409 Tartu
School of Law

Faculty link:
law.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5390

Faculty email:
oi [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Näituse 20–324, 50409 Tartu
Institute of Social Studies

Faculty link:
yti.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5188

Faculty email:
yhiskonnateadused [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Lossi 36, 51003 Tartu
Narva College

Faculty link:
www.narva.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 740 1900

Faculty email:
college [at] narva.ut.ee

Faculty address:
Raekoja plats 2, 20307 Narva
Pärnu College

Faculty link:
www.pc.ut.ee

Faculty contacts link:
Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 445 0520

Faculty email:
info [at] pc.ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ringi 35, 80012 Pärnu

Dean's Office

Faculty contacts link:
Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5326

Faculty email:
med [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ravila 19, 50411 Tartu
Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine

Faculty link:
biomeditsiin.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 4210

Faculty email:
bsmi [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Biomeedikum, Ravila 19, 50411 Tartu
Institute of Pharmacy

Faculty link:
farmaatsia.ut.ee

Faculty contacts link:
Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5286

Faculty email:
pharmacy [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Nooruse 1, 50411 Tartu
Institute of Dentistry

Faculty link:
hambaarstiteadus.ut.ee

Faculty contacts link:
Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 731 9856

Faculty address:
Raekoja plats 6, 51003 Tartu
Institute of Clinical Medicine

Faculty link:
clinicalmedicine.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5323

Faculty email:
kmi [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
L. Puusepa 8, 50406 Tartu
Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health

Faculty link:
tervis.ut.ee

Faculty contacts link:
Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 4190

Faculty email:
dph [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ravila 19, 50411 Tartu
Institute of Sport Sciences and Physiotherapy

Faculty link:
www.kk.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5360

Faculty email:
kkdek [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Jakobi 5–205, 51005 Tartu

Dean's Office

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5820

Faculty email:
ltt [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Vanemuise 46–208, 51003 Tartu
Institute of Computer Science

Faculty link:
cs.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5445

Faculty email:
ics [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Narva mnt 18, 51009 Tartu
Estonian Marine Institute

Faculty link:
mereinstituut.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 671 8902

Faculty address:
Mäealuse 14, 12618 Tallinn
Institute of Physics

Faculty link:
www.fi.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty address:
W. Ostwaldi 1, 50411 Tartu
Institute of Chemistry

Faculty link:
chem.ut.ee

Faculty contacts link:
Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5261

Faculty email:
chemistry [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ravila 14a, 50411 Tartu
Institute of Genomics

Faculty link:
genomics.ut.ee

Faculty contacts link:
Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 4000

Faculty email:
info.genoomika [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Riia 23b, 51010 Tartu
Institute of Mathematics and Statistics

Faculty link:
www.math.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5860

Faculty email:
ltms [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Narva mnt 18, 51009 Tartu
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology

Faculty link:
tymri.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5027

Faculty address:
Riia 23, 23b–134, 51010 Tartu
Tartu Observatory

Faculty link:
www.kosmos.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 4510

Faculty email:
kosmos [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Observatooriumi 1, Tõravere, 61602 Tartumaa
Institute of Technology

Faculty link:
tuit.ut.ee

Faculty contacts link:
Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 4800

Faculty email:
info [at] tuit.ut.ee

Faculty address:
Nooruse 1, 50411 Tartu
Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences

Faculty link:
www.omi.ut.ee

Faculty contacts link:
Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5835

Faculty email:
om [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Vanemuise 46, 51003 Tartu

Institutions

Library

Faculty link:
utlib.ut.ee

Faculty contacts link:
Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5702

Faculty email:
library [at] utlib.ee

Faculty address:
W. Struve 1, 50091 Tartu
Youth Academy

Faculty link:
teaduskool.ut.ee

Faculty contacts link:
Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5581

Faculty email:
teaduskool [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Uppsala 10, 51003 Tartu
Museum

Faculty link:
muuseum.ut.ee

Faculty contacts link:
Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5674

Faculty email:
muuseum [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Lossi 25, 51003 Tartu
University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden

Faculty link:
natmuseum.ut.ee

Faculty contacts link:
https://www.ut.ee/en/kontakt/loodusmuuseum-botaanikaaed

Faculty phone:
+372 737 6076

Faculty email:
loodusmuuseum [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Vanemuise 46, 51003 Tartu

Support Units

Administrative Office

Faculty contacts link:
Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5606

Faculty email:
kantselei [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ülikooli 18a, 51005 Tartu
Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Faculty contacts link:
Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 4809

Faculty email:
eik [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Narva mnt 18, 51009, Tartu
University Office in Tallinn

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University Office in Tallinn

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Employeescontacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 6600

Faculty email:
esindus [at] tallinn.ut.ee

Faculty address:
Teatri väljak 3, 10143 Tallinn
Estates Office

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5137

Faculty address:
Ülikooli 18a, 51005 Tartu
Finance Office

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5125

Faculty email:
rahandus [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Jakobi 4, 51005 Tartu
Grant Office

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 6215

Faculty address:
Raekoja plats 9, 51004 Tartu
Information Technology Office

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 6000, IT-help: +372 737 5500

Faculty email:
ito [at] ut.ee, arvutiabi [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ülikooli 18a, 51005 Tartu
Human Resources Office

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5145

Faculty email:
personal [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ülikooli 18, rooms 302 and 304, 50090 Tartu
Internal Audit Office

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Employee contacts

Faculty email:
siseaudit [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ülikooli 18-244, 51005 Tartu
International Cooperation and Protocol Office

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 6123

Faculty email:
iro [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ülikooli 18, rooms 104, 301, 305, 50090 Tartu
Marketing and Communication Office

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5687

Faculty email:
info [at] ut.ee, avalik [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ülikooli 18, rooms 102, 104, 209, 210, 50090 Tartu
Office of Academic Affairs

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5620

Faculty address:
Ülikooli 18, 50090 Tartu
Procurement Office

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 6632

Faculty email:
tuuli.ilula [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ülikooli 18a, 51005 Tartu
Rector's Office
Rector's Strategy Office

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5600

Faculty email:
rektor [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ülikooli 18, 50090 Tartu
Student Council

Faculty link:
tyye.ut.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty email:
info [at] tyye.ee

Faculty address:
Ülikooli 18b, 51005 Tartu
University of Tartu Press

Faculty link:
www.tyk.ee

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Employee contacts

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5945

Faculty email:
tyk [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
W. Struve 1, 50091 Tartu

University of Tartu Academic Sports Club

Faculty link:
sport.ut.ee

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5371

Faculty email:
info [at] tysk.ee

Faculty address:
Ujula 4, 51008 Tartu
Tartu Student Village

Faculty link:
campus.ee

Faculty phone:
+372 740 9959

Faculty email:
info [at] kyla.ee

Faculty address:
Narva mnt 25, 51013 Tartu
Tartu Students’ Club

Faculty link:
www.tym.ee

Faculty phone:
+372 730 2400

Faculty email:
tym [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Kalevi 24, 51010 Tartu
Tartu University Hospital

Faculty link:
www.kliinikum.ee/eng

Faculty email:
kliinikum [at] kliinikum.ee

Faculty address:
L. Puusepa 1a, 50406 Tartu
University of Tartu Foundation

Faculty link:
sihtasutus.ut.ee/en

Faculty phone:
+372 737 5852

Faculty email:
triin.vakker [at] ut.ee

Faculty address:
Ülikooli 18, 50090 Tartu
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Courses and workshops

Workshops | Courses

18.05.–27.05.2021 Virtual Symposium "Writing Analytics: Incubating Writing Analytics Research in the Time of COVID-19" in co-operation with Susan Lang from the University of Ohio. The symposium is held in MS Teams, if you wish to join write to djuddah.leijen [ät] ut.ee.

Short description

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the ways in which we interact. Both the September, 2020 Analytics Conference in Tartu, Estonia, and the February, 2021 North American Conference were postponed following its onset. Nevertheless, research has continued under these adverse conditions. In light of the tension between pandemic and productivity, we invite presentations of works-in-progress on a diverse range of analytics topics that engage the taxonomy of research of various natures (methodological, pedagogical, public-facing and community-engaged, historical, theoretical, and interventional). Recognizing the international nature of our field, the symposium will offer options for both synchronous and asynchronous interactions and feedback for participants via the Microsoft Teams interface. This symposium is sponsored by the Ohio State University, the University of Tartu, and The Journal of Writing Analytics

Abstracts, schedule and direct links to the online presentations/recordings.

Workshops:

1 April 2020 Webinar "Get your writing done!":

A webinar with a similar focus took place again on 8 April 2021 as a Facebook livestream.

15 April 2020 Webinar: "The Language of Writing":

23 April 2020 Webinar "Tools for Writers":

Courses:

HVLC.10.009 Communicating Science for PhD students (6 ECTS): Part 1 (3 ECTS) and Part 2 (3 ECTS)
FLLC.01.002 Introduction to Writing and Study Skills (3 ECTS)

Previously held courses:

HVLC.10.001 AVOK: Writing Boot Camp I (3 ECTS)
HVLC.10.002 AVOK: Writing Boot Camp II (3 ECTS)
HVLC.10.003 AVOK: Writing Boot Camp III (3 ECTS)

FLLC.01.013 Thesis writing course (4 ECTS) held in spring 2016

The main objective of the course is to support the thesis writing process of bachelor and master level students. The course is supplementary to the bachelor and master seminars and focuses only on the topics related to thesis writing. The course provides suitable conditions for completing the thesis in time.

The course gives an overview of the process oriented approach to writing and planning one's writing process. Much attention is paid to feedback, which includes learning to critically analyze other's texts, give constructive feedback as well as to receive and effectively use the feedback from others. The course covers the following topics related to thesis writing: problem statement, phrasing the research questions/hypotheses; citing and avoiding plagiarism; describing the method (and data collection process); representing results; discussion; writing the introduction and conclusion; representing one's findings orally.

The course supports thesis writing throughout the whole semester. The course includes both lectures and seminars that take place every other week. For each seminar, all students submit a small amount of the text of their thesis (3-5 pages), which is written according to the guidelines given in the lectures. In the seminars, students read, analyze, and comment on each other's texts. The seminars are held in small groups consisting of students of the same or close disciplines, which conduces to the better quality of the comments.

FLKE.01.270 Academic Writing Intensive Course, Part 1 (2 ECTS) held in spring and autumn 2015

The general objective of the course is to assists students who are in the process of starting their dissertations and intend to graduate next spring. It is an intensive academic writing course focusing on the needs of the participants so that the writing process could get a kick start.

Upon completing the course, the participants:
1. know how to start their thesis;
2. have set further goals and know how to continue writing;
3. know how to use different sources and tools in the writing of the thesis.

The course centers on the initial stages of writing the thesis. The topics to be discussed include pre-writing, generating ideas, the wording of research questions, description of research methods, finding literature and working with it, avoiding plagiarism, managing references, structuring the thesis, reaching the aims that were set.
You can participate in the course whether you are writing in Estonian or English.

Consultants from AVOK will join the course to provide additional feedback and individual consultations. The course operates on the premise that given guidelines, a motivating atmosphere and professional consultations on the side is the ideal recipe for developing the dissertation, or any aspect of academic writing.

FLKE 01.262 Thesis Writing Intensive Course (4 ECTS) held in 2014 and 2015

The general objective of the course is to assists students who are in the process of writing their dissertations and intend to graduate in the spring of 2015. It is an intensive academic writing course focusing on the needs of the participants in order to support them in this process.

Upon completion of the course, participants:
1. Are able to overcome problems encountered during the writing process by applying specific writing strategies;
2. are close to completing their dissertation;
3. are able to be more reflective about their own text;
4. are a step closer to graduating successfully.

The topics to be covered include the writing process and its final stages, e.g. structuring the thesis, reviewing and editing the draft, linking own and others' ideas, presenting statistical data in academic texts, writing the introduction and conclusion, reference management etc. The course is intended for students writing in both English and Estonian. During the course, the students will be working on their own thesis intensively. During the sessions, the students will get information about the main aspects of academic writing and thesis writing.

FLKE.01.250 AVOK: Writing Consultants' Training Course (3 ECTS) held in 2013, 2014, 2015

The primary goal of this course is to introduce academic writing tutoring. This entails that participants will learn what it means to be a tutor and how tutoring supports the learning process of academic writing.
The course operates on the premise that revision is the single most critical process in the improvement of academic writing. It's the task of a tutor to facilitate this process of revision, not by correcting, but by advising, guiding and steering.
In order to gain a better insight into the role of writing tutor, we will explore the pedagogy behind the process approach to teaching academic writing and the application in different disciplines and curricula. This includes how a writing tutor diagnoses problems and responds or communicates to these problems. In addition we will explore what a tutoring session looks like, and what is expected from you as a writing tutor during those sessions. Exploration will be carried out through active discussions and practical tutoring sessions with your peers.
Participants are required to:
- have a command of English at least on the B2 level;
- be enthusiastic about the idea of becoming a writing tutor;
- be confident they are able to work one-on-one with students to guide them through academic writing development;
- be Bachelor/Master level students/or Doctoral student- wanting to learn about writing tutoring.
Active class participation is an integral part of successful completion of this course in addition to a 80% attendance. Pass/fail will be determined based on your personal input, motivation, and willingness to work as writing tutors.

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