On 1 August, Rector Toomas Asser started his second term of office, and the new composition of the Rector's Office starts work. Rector's inauguration ceremony takes place on 25 August at 16 at the university's assembly hall.
The University of Tartu (TÜ) failed to fill all state-funded spots in its medical school program for this fall, which the university is chalking up to the introduction of tougher admissions requirements. Several residency program spots remained unfilled as well, with the situation currently most critical in family medicine.
Estonia is expanding admissions for medical residency programs from the previous 169 to 186, due to which the University of Tartu (TÜ) will be able to accept a record number of med school grads for medical specialist training. According to the state, the biggest shortages Estonia is currently facing are for family doctors and psychiatrists, two specialties for which admissions were increased the most.
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