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Vytautas Magnus University Freedom only education can bring
Where we are: Northern Europe → Lithuania → Kaunas
Lithuania: basic facts • Official name: Republic of Lithuania • Capital: Vilnius • Population: 2.8 million • Language: Lithuanian • Currency: Euro (€) • Largest cities: Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai • Part of the Schengen area
Lithuanian words to know • Ačiū – Thank you • Labas rytas – Good morning • Laba diena – Good afternoon • Labas vakaras – Good evening • Viso gero – Good-bye • Šaltibarščiai – Cold beet-root soup • Pasivaikščiojimas – A walk • Nebeprisikiškiakopūsteliaujantie siems – Particularly for those who never pick up enough wood sorrels for themselves anymore
Kaunas – the heart of Lithuania
Vytautas Magnus University
Who is Vytautas Magnus and why do Lithuanians like him so much? • Grand Duke of Lithuania (from 1392 to 1430) • Brought the greatest military and political prosperity to the country • In 1410 won the Battle of Grünwald (Tannenberg) against Teutonic Order • Extended the state border all the way to the shores of the Black Sea
History 1920 – Course of Higher Learning were established as a temporary substitute for a university. 1922 – After reorganization of courses of Higher Learning, the University of Lithuania was established. 1930 – University of Lithuania was renamed to Vytautas Magnus University, commemorating 500 years of death of Vytautas Magnus. 1950 – University was closed by the Soviet government. 1989 – VMU was re-established. 2019 – Aleksandras Stulginskis University (ASU) and the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences (LUES) were integrated into Vytautas Magnus University. 2020 – Centenary of Higher Education in Lithuania
Faculties and divisions: 9 faculties, 3 academies
• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Catholic Theology
• Faculty of Economics and Management
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Informatics
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Natural Sciences
• Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Music Academy
• Education Academy
• Agriculture Academy:
• Faculty of Agronomy
• Faculty of Bioeconomy Development
• Faculty of Forest Sciences and Ecology
• Faculty of Water and Land Management
• Faculty of Agricultural Engineering
• Institute of Foreign Languages
• Innovative Studies Institute
• VMU Botanical Garden30+ study, research and arts centres 50+ laboratories and computer classes
• Andrei Sakharov Research Centre for • Audiovisual Technology Lab
Democratic Development • Biocromatography
• Arts Centre • Capillary Electrophoresis
• Centre for Asian Studies • Environmental Sciences
• Centre for Enterprise Practices • HPLC and UPLC
• Center of Computational Linguistics • Intelligent Systems
• Centre of Multilingualism • Laboratories for Biotechnology
• Demographic Research Centre
• Energy Security Research Centre • Media Lab
• Institute of Education Sciences • Microbiology
• Institute of Foreign Languages • Micro synthesis
• Innovative Studies Institute • Miniaturised Bioreaction
• Lithuanian Emigration Institute • Neuroscience
• Sound Studio
• 3D ModellingVMU: students & studies • 69 BA programmes • 73 MA programmes • 33% programmes in EN • Almost 10 000 BA and MA students • > 36 000 graduates (since’89) • > 400 PhD students • 500+ courses • 30 languages • 23 PhD fields
VMU international • >1600 int. students each year • >700 Erasmus+ partners • >200 Bilateral partners • 17 Double Diploma Programmes (12 HEIs, 8 countries) • 3 Joint Degree Study Programmes (8 HEIs, 8 countries)
Baltic Summer University • Summer programme offering a collection of courses every year • Over 100 students from more approximately 30 countries • Cultural and social programme • Unforgettable summer experience • bsu.vdu.lt
International Cooperation Department • Visiting address: V. Putvinskio g. 23, room 207- 215 • Phone: + 370 37 327 986 • Email: international@vdu.lt • Website: www.vdu.lt/en • Facebook: VMU International • Instagram: vmuinternational
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