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On April 20-22, 2017, Narva College of the University of Tartu holds the annual International Student Research Conference gathering students from Estonia to Azerbaijan.  With its seventeen years of tradition, Narva student conference is one of the longest standing student conferences in Estonia. This year for the first time the conference is organised in cooperation with Master’s students of Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies.

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A group of international students have started their spring semester at Narva College. From February to June students will pass full semester load of courses in English language focusing on multilingual education and integration.

University  of  Tartu  Narva  College  invites  academic  research  papers  for  its  XVII International Students’ Research Conference that will take place 20 – 22 April 2017 in Narva, Estonia.  

Conference  focuses  on  the  fields  of  Pedagogy,  Philology  and  Culture, Public  Sector  and Entrepreneurship, Youth Work, Russian Language and Culture, Russian and International studies.

On Thursday, 26th of January 2017, Narva College of the University of Tartu holds a seminar on multilingual and multicultural education. The speakers include Aune Valk, PhD, from the Estonian Ministry of Science and Education, who will introduce the Estonian concept of Multicultural Schools; Prof Minna Suni from the University of Jyväskyla and prof Natasha Ringblom from Stockholm University, who will introduce the multicultural experiences of Finland and Sweden; in addition PhD student Anna Kyriazi will speaks about the politicization of minority education in Europe.

They say Narva is the best place to learn Russian language, and we agree! University of Tartu Narva College winter school of Russian language starts on 30 January 2017. Winter school consists of 76 academic hours of learning in the class and individual work that is additionally supported by the Russian-language community around you in Narva. Winter school takes place from 30 Jan to 12 Feb 2017.

VI international ELT and CLIL conference “Frontiers in CLIL and ELT”, March 23-24, 2017

Narva College of the University of Tartu is delighted to invite you to our 6th international ELT conference “Frontiers in CLIL and ELT”, March 23-24, 2017, an ELT and CLIL conference, which continues the traditions of international ELT conferences (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015) hosted by Narva College

On December 9th, at the University of Tartu’s initiative, the first international business festival sTARTUp Day 2016 will be held. Over 1,000 entrepreneurs, investors, students, and scientists will come together and more than 40 speakers will discuss successful business models.

Narva College is glad to announce two Fulbright scholar positions for the academic year 2017-2018.

Application deadline is 1 August, 2016.

LECTURER AND RESEARCHER OF MULTICULTURALISM AND INTEGRATION (general specialisation: Political Science or Public Administration)

Position description

On June 20^th, Narva College's summer of Russian language courses begins with the arrival of the first group, the other three following in late June and July. Narva College has been holding the Russian language summer courses since 2014.

Tartu University Narva College is looking for

LECTURER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Lecturer is a faculty staff position at the new Information Technology Systems Development study programme. The lecturer’s tasks include curriculum development, delivering lectures and conducting seminars and practical sessions, supervision of students’research projects and initiation of research and development projects in the college.

Basic requirements for an applicant:

Dear scholars and researchers

We invite you to save the dates October 28-29, 2016, for participating traditional border areas conference in Narva College.

Narva College holds a conference targeting the specifics of border areas from different angels in every second year. Last conference in 2014 bore the title "Narrated towns" and focused on urban studies.

Further information about the upcoming conference will be available in early April 2016!

Tartu University Narva College is looking for

LECTURER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Lecturer is a faculty staff position at the new Information Technology Systems Development study programme. The lecturer’s tasks include curriculum development, delivering lectures and conducting seminars and practical sessions, supervision of students’research projects and initiation of research and development projects in the college.

Basic requirements for an applicant:

The University of Tartu Narva College invites academic research papers for its XVI International Student Research Conference that will take place 21–23 April, 2016, in Narva, Estonia.  

The conference focuses on the fields of pedagogy, philology and culture, public sector, youth work, entrepreneurship and project management, and Russian language and culture.

From 1 September, the new acting director of the University of Tartu Narva College will be Kristina Kallas who, in addition to maintaining high academic quality, aims to develop the college’s position in society and role as the region’s opinion leader.

The University of Tartu’s Vice Rector of Academic Affairs Mart Noorma said that deriving from its location, the UT Narva College has responsible tasks—advance the integration of two nationalities and be a partner not only to Estonian and European universities but also to Russian study and research facilities.

Since late June, a group of nineteen American students participated intensive Russian language course at Narva College of the University of Tartu. After eight weeks, the course is ending on August 14. All the participating students agree that Narva is the best place for intensive Russian studies. Lecturers in Narva College as well as in the students’ home university consider their progress of Russian language acquisition remarkable. 

On March 19-20, 2015, Narva College of the University of Tartu is holding the 5th international conference “Reconsidering the Practice of CLIL and ELT”. The conference concentrates on foreign language teaching and learning and continues the traditions of international ELT conferences hosted by Narva College.

From now on, it should be much easier for students, guests of the university, inhabitants of Tartu, tourists and others to find their way in Tartu as a university town. The University of Tartu launched an innovative virtual tour that gives an overview of the modern study buildings and shows where they are located on the map. The tour also includes study-related buildings in Pärnu, Viljandi, Tallinn and Narva. Have a closer look at virtualtour.ut.ee.

On January 18, a group of American students arrived in Narva to spend their next half-a-year studying Russian at Narva College. For these eighteen young students, the Russian course in Narva is a follow-up for their previous Russian studies in Moldova where they spent the first half of the one year intensive language programme.