The Center for Mongolian Studies opened in the Eastern Studies Department of the University of Tartu, which is the oldest and most prestigious university in the Republic of Estonia.

During the opening ceremony, an international Multidisciplinary Conference – “The Mongols: Tradition and Modernity” was held at the Senate Hall, University of Tartu. The conference was dedicated to Mongolian communities and their neighbors facing global and local challenges: strategies, responses, and perspectives.