{"id":11180,"date":"2025-07-15T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/?p=11180"},"modified":"2026-03-04T13:54:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:54:45","slug":"appointment-of-heads-of-areas-of-responsibility-and-designation-of-their-fields-of-activity-and-their-subordinate-structural-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/appointment-of-heads-of-areas-of-responsibility-and-designation-of-their-fields-of-activity-and-their-subordinate-structural-units\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointment of heads of areas of responsibility, and designation of their fields of activity and subordinate structural units"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pursuant to clause 8 of \u00a7 11 and clause 13(2)1) of the Statutes of Tallinn University of Technology,<\/p>\n

1. I hereby appoint the heads of areas of responsibility as follows:
\n1.1 Vice-Rector for Research \u2013 Professor Jarek Kurnitski,
\n1.2 Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs \u2013 Professor Ingrid Pappel;
\n1.3 Vice-Rector for Entrepreneurship \u2013 Erik Puura;
\n1.4 Vice-Rector for Endowment and Student Development<\/span> \u2013 Hendrik Voll;
\n1.5 Director for Administration \u2013 Tea Trahov.<\/p>\n

2. I hereby designate the fields of activity of the heads of areas of responsibility and their subordinate structural units as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Position<\/td>\nField of activity<\/td>\nStructural unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vice-Rector for Research<\/td>\nResearch, including doctoral studies, library and publishing services<\/td>\nLibrary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Research Administration Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FinEst Centre for Smart Cities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs<\/td>\nAcademic affairs (excluding doctoral studies), EuroTeQ, cooperation with the student body in the field of education, micro-degrees, open studies, continuing education<\/span><\/td>\nOffice of Academic Affairs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Open University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Educational Innovation Lab\u00a0 [entry into force 23.01.2026]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vice-Rector for Entrepreneurship<\/td>\nInnovation and industry cooperation, knowledge and technology transfer, protection of intellectual property rights and coordination of commercialisation of smart knowledge, coordination of partnerships, promotion of entrepreneurship<\/td>\nTechnology Transfer Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AI & Robotics Estonia (AIRE) centre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vice-Rector for Endowment and Student Development<\/span><\/td>\nEngineering Education Foundation, Development Fund scholarships, alumni association, student life affairs under the student body, sports activities, the School of Technology, the School of Exams and Olympiads, the Unicorn Squad, the Education USA Advising Centre<\/td>\nAlumni and Support Relations Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Preparatory Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Director for Administration<\/td>\nDevelopment, management, and
\nadministration of IT infrastructure and systems<\/td>\n		Information Technology Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Management and implementation of the university\u2019s marketing and communication activities, including internal and external communication; coordination and development of the brand and insignia; reputation and recruitment activities; development of e-channels; organization of university events; and international cooperation<\/td>\nMarketing and Communications Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Organisation and development of financial\/economic activities (incl. public procurements)<\/td>\nFinance Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Development and management of the university campus and real estate owned or used by the university, provision of logistics services, and provision of related support services<\/td>\nReal Estate Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Development and implementation of the staff policy and organisation of employment relations, arranging and development of archiving, administrative services and document management<\/td>\nHuman Resources Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

3. I hereby repeal \u201cAppointment of heads of areas of responsibility and designation of their fields of activity and their subordinate structural units\u201d (approved by Rector\u2019s directive No 64 of 20 December 2022, amended by Rector\u2019s directive No 2 of 9 February 2023, Rector\u2019s directive No 20 of 4 May 2023, Rector\u2019s directive No 27 of 3 July 2023, Rector\u2019s directive No 29 of 13 July 2023, Rector\u2019s directive No 37 of 22 September 2023 and Rector\u2019s directive No 46 of 13 December 2024).<\/p>\n

4. The directive shall enter into force on 1 August 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pursuant to clause 8 of \u00a7 11 and clause 13(2)1) of the Statutes of Tallinn University of Technology, 1. I hereby appoint the heads of areas of responsibility as follows: 1.1 Vice-Rector for Research \u2013 Professor Jarek Kurnitski, 1.2 Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs \u2013 Professor Ingrid Pappel; 1.3 Vice-Rector for Entrepreneurship \u2013 Erik Puura; 1.4 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"smart_processes":["https:\/\/smart.taltech.ee\/en\/process\/management-and-representation\/","https:\/\/smart.taltech.ee\/en\/process\/strategic-management\/"],"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[],"legislation_type":[150],"legislation_approval":[152],"subdivision":[196],"faculty":[],"division":[222],"department":[255],"class_list":["post-11180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislation","legislation_type-directive","legislation_approval-rector","subdivision-management","division-general-management","department-rectorate-strategy-office"],"acf":{"smart_processes":["https:\/\/smart.taltech.ee\/en\/process\/management-and-representation\/","https:\/\/smart.taltech.ee\/en\/process\/strategic-management\/"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11180"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12080,"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11180\/revisions\/12080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11180"},{"taxonomy":"legislation_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/legislation_type?post=11180"},{"taxonomy":"legislation_approval","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/legislation_approval?post=11180"},{"taxonomy":"subdivision","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subdivision?post=11180"},{"taxonomy":"faculty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faculty?post=11180"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=11180"},{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oigusaktid.taltech.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=11180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}