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Contents

Introduction 4

Ashorthistory 5

Thearchitecturalensemble

ofVilniusUniversity 7

Missionandvision 8

StudiesatVilniusUniversity 9

Internationalstudents 9

Research 14

Internationalrelations 15

Newinitiatives 16

TheLibrary 20

Students’Representationand

otherstudentorganisations 21

Leisuretimeactivitiesforstudents 21

Sportsandtourism 22

Faculties,institutes

FacultyofChemistry 22

FacultyofCommunication 23

FacultyofEconomics 24

FacultyofHistory 24

FacultyofHumanitiesinKaunas 25

FacultyofLaw 28

FacultyofMathematicsandInformatics29

FacultyofMedicine 30

FacultyofNaturalSciences 31

FacultyofPhilology 31

FacultyofPhilosophy 32

FacultyofPhysics 33

InstituteofForeignLanguages 36

InstituteofInternationalRelations

andPoliticalSciences 37

InstituteofMaterialScience

andAppliedResearch 37

StudyandResearchCentres 38

InternationalBusinessSchool 42

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Sinceitsestablishmentinthe16thcentury,

VilniusUniversity,asintegralpartofEuropean

scienceandculture,hasembodiedtheconcept

ofaclassicaluniversityandtheunityofstudies

andresearch.

The oldest and largest Lithuanian higher

education institution, Vilnius University is an

activeparticipantininternationalscientificand

academicactivitiesandboastsmanyprominent

scientists, professors and graduates.With the

supportofsocialpartners,theUniversityeduca-

tesglobally-mindedspecialistswhosuccessfully

integrateinthemodernEuropeancommunity.

Currently,theUniversityhas12faculties,8

institutes, 3 university hospitals, 10 study and

researchcentres,oneoftherichestlibrariesinEu-

rope,theAstronomicalObservatory,abotanical

garden,acomputercentre,StJohns’Church.

The number of students at the University

comprises one-fifth of the total population of

studentsinthecountry.One-fourthofthepro-

fessors of higher education establishments of

Lithuaniaworkhere.

The prestigious Vilnius University devotes

specialattentiontothedevelopmentoffunda-

mentalandappliedsciencesandthequalityof

studies.TheUniversityenjoysauniqueacademic

atmosphere and academic freedomwith the

priorityalwaysgiven to intellect,wisdomand

tolerance.

VilniusUniversity,which is celebrating its

425thanniversary,remainsyoung,dynamic,pro-

gressiveandopentotheworld,scientificvalues

andvarietyofcultures.

RectorBenediktasJuodka

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A Short History

VilniusUniversity,oneoftheoldesthigher

educationestablishmentsinCentralandEastern

Europe,hasforalongtimebeentheonlyLithua-

nianuniversityandhadamarkedinfluenceon

theculturallifeoftheneighbouringstates.

The history of the University is complex

anddiverse,intertwinedwiththehistoryofthe

Lithuanianstateandreflectingitsmostdramatic

periods.

��70The Jesuits, who came to Vilnius at the

invitation of Bishop Valerianus Protasevicius,

establishedaCollegeandopenedalibrary.The

librarywas startedwith a collectionof books

donatedbytheKingofPolandandGrandDuke

ofLithuania,SigismundusAugustus.

��79On1April,KingStephanusBatoreusissued

aChartergrantingtheCollegetheprivilegesofa

university,andon30October,PopeGregoryXIII

announcedaPapalBullconfirmingthetransfor-

mationoftheCollegeintoaUniversity.

AlthoughfarfromEuropeanculturalcentres,

theUniversityofVilnius sufficedpotential for

developingprogressivescientificideasandcould

boastanumberofdistinguishedprofessorsand

students. The poet and professorMathias Ca-

simirusSarbievius,thelaureateofPopeUrban

VIIIprize,becameknownthroughoutEurope,

andthebookbyprofessorMartinusSmiglecius,

“Logica”(“Logic”),gainedrecognitionandwas

widelyusedinFrenchandBritishuniversities.

�6��TheFacultyofLawwasestablishedunder

thecharteroftheKingVladislausIVandfunded

bytheLithuanianvice-chancellorCasimirusLeo

Sapieha.

�7��TheAstronomicObservatorywasestablished,

whichwasthefourthintheworldandtheoldest

inEasternEurope.

�77�After theabolitionof the JesuitOrder, the

Universitywasput under the authority of the

Education Commission, the prototype of the

ministry of secular education in Europe. The

teachingofnaturalscienceswasreinforced.

�78�TheUniversitywasgrantedthenameofthe

CentralSchooloftheGrandDuchyofLithuania.

TheFacultyofMedicinewasestablished.

�80�The University was named an Imperial

University.Itwasauthorizedtomanageoneof

sixRussianeducationdistricts.Atthattimethe

University had a number ofworld-renowned

scholars:thenaturalistGeorgForster,whowas

alsoafamoustraveller,memberoftheteamof

CaptainCook’ssecondvoyagearoundtheworld,

professor Andrzej Sniadecki, the originator of

physiologyinLithuania,themedicsfromVienna-

JohannPeterFrankandhissonJosephFrank(the

formerreformedtheteachingofmedicineand

establishedatherapyclinicsandthelattersetup

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theVilniusMedicineSociety,MedicineInstitute

andVaccinationandMaternityInstitutes).

�8��TsarNicholasIorderedtheuniversitytobe

closed.

ThenameofVilniusUniversitywasproclai-

medbyitsgraduates-writersandpoetsAdam

Mickiewicz,JuliuszSlowacki,JozefIgnacyKras-

zewskiandAntonyEdwardOdynec,historians

MichalBalinskiandTeodorNarbutt,orientolo-

gistsJozefKowalewskiandJozefSenkowski,and

geologistIgnacyDomeyko.

�9�8After theproclamationof Lithuania’s inde-

pendenceon16February,attemptsweremade

toreopentheuniversity.On5December1918,

theLithuanianStateCouncilapprovedtheStatute

oftheUniversityandannouncedadecisionto

re-establishtheUniversityinJanuary1919.

�9�9-�9�9ThePolishStephenBathoryUniversityfunc-

tioned inVilnius.Oneof its studentswas the

futureNobelPrizewinner,CzeslawMilosz.

�9�9VilniusUniversityreneweditsactivitywhen

FacultiesofHumanitiesandLawweretransferred

fromKaunas.

�9�0After theSovietannexationofLithuania in

1940,VilniusUniversitywasreorganizedaccor-

dingtothemodelofhighereducationestablish-

mentsoftheSovietUnion.

�9��TheNazi invadersclosed theUniversity in

1943, and it resumed itswork in the autumn

of1944.

�990WiththerestorationofLithuanianindepen-

dence,thestatuteoftheuniversitywasapproved

andtheUniversityregaineditsautonomy.

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The architectural ensemble of Vilnius

University

VilniusUniversitywas establishedback in

the 16th century under the jurisdiction of the

VilniusbishopinablockofVilniusframedby

fourstreets:Universiteto(formerlyVyskupù),Šv.

Jono,PiliesandSkapo.TheinitiatoroftheVilnius

JesuitCollege,BishopValerianusProtasevicius,

bought a brick building for the college from

thesecretaryoftheGrandDuchyofLithuania,

MikalojusJasinskis.In1570,onestablishmentof

theCollegeandtheLibrary,severalmorenearby

buildingswereboughtandin1571,theJesuits

werealsogivenStJohn’sChurch.Theensemble

wasgraduallyexpandinguntil itoccupiedthe

entireblockoftheOldtownandmanysurroun-

dingbuildings.

In fourcenturies, thepurpose,designand

architectural forms of the university buildings

oftenchanged.Currently, theoldarchitectural

ensemble of theUniversity ismade up of 13

courtyardswith13buildingswhichhaveseveral

sectionseachaswellasStJohn’sChurchanda

belfry.ThethirteenthBursacourtyardandthe

buildingsoftheFacultyofPhilosophywouldbe

attachedtotheensemblein2004.

In1985,VilniusUniversitywasawardedthe

European goldmedal for the preservation of

oldbuildings.Thiswasthesecondsuchmedal

awardedtoaEuropeanuniversity.VilniusUni-

versityisoneofthefewuniversitiesinEurope

whichhaspreservedtheoriginalpurposeofits

buildingssinceitsestablishment.Theensemble

ofVilniusUniversitywillrepresentLithuaniain

theBrusselspark“MiniEurope”whichdisplays

themostfamousbuildingsandotherstructures

ofculturalorhistoricalvalueof theEuropean

Unionmemberstates.

The spectacular chambers and cozy cour-

tyardsofVilniusUniversity, theactivestudent

lifeandtheauraofthepasthavealwaysattracted

manyvisitors.Universityteachersandstudents

are proud of the buildings of the University,

whicharethewitnessesofthehonourableand

rich past and surround the universitywith a

specialanduniqueatmosphere.

Theoldbuildingscomprisethefacultiesof

HistoryandPhilology, theInstituteofForeign

Languages,theLibraryandtheRector’soffice.

Here,studentsfromallfacultiesgatheron1Sep-

tembertocelebratethestartofanewacademic

year.Other facultiesof theUniversityaredis-

persedaroundthecity:therearefivecampuses

inVilniusandoneinKaunas.Intotal,Vilnius

Universityownsover100buildingsinVilnius,

KaunasandotherLithuaniantowns.

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Mission

ThemissionofVilniusUniversityistocreate,

accumulateanddisseminateknowledgebyen-

suringcontinuityofauthenticuniversityculture

distinguishedbytheatmospherewhereoldtra-

ditionsandnewideasenricheachother.

Freedomofthoughtanddiversityofopinions

arethemainvaluesoftheUniversitycommunity.

Aunityofresearchandstudiesisthecoreprin-

cipleoftheoverallactivityoftheUniversity.

TheUniversity should distinguish itself by

abroadspectrumoffundamentalandapplied

research.Itshouldseektoassumetheleading

positionamongotherLithuanianinstitutionsin

allresearchareasthatareessentialtothevery

nature of a comprehensiveUniversity and set

itselfthegoalofinternationalexcellenceinthe

interdisciplinaryresearch.TheUniversityshould

be committed to themission of opening the

doorsandprovidinguniversaleducationforthe

mosttalentedyoungpeoplefromalldistrictsof

Lithuaniaandeducatingactiveandresponsible

specialists,whodemonstratetheneedtoexpand

theirknowledgeandimproveprofessionallyand

whoareabletolearnthroughouttheirlifetime.

TheUniversityshouldseekthatthequalityofall

formsofstudiesconformstothemodernculture

andtechnologiesandpertainstotheneedsof

thestateandsociety.

Vision

•TopositionanddistinguishitselfinEuro-

peanresearchandeducationareabytoplevel

research,whichshouldbesustainedbyUniver-

sity’s research teams of international acclaim

andnewteams,aswellas toensureannually

increasing involvement in European research

andeducationalprogrammes;

•toensurethatthebalanceddevelopment

andinteractionofresearchinhumanities,social,

physical,biomedicalandtechnologicalsciences

remains themost outstanding feature of the

University, which essentially differentiates it

fromotherLithuanianestablishmentsofhigher

educationandresearch;

•toinitiateandactivelyimplementthepro-

jectsofvaluefortheeconomicdevelopmentof

thecountry,whichwouldencourageeffective

co-operationof scientific and educational ins-

titutionswithhigh technology companies and

create favourable conditions and environment

forinnovationsandentrepreneurship;

•tocreateawell-functioningqualityassu-

rancesystemwhichwouldguaranteeeffective

monitoring of the existing study programmes

and development of new programmes and

whichwould encourage the implementation

ofadvanced teachingmethodsand tools.The

systemshouldensurethatgenericandspecific

competenciesandskillsofUniversitygraduates

areinconsistencywiththeneedsandtenden-

cies in theeconomy,cultureandlabourmarket

ofthecountry;

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• to significantly expandnon-consecutive,

distance and other flexible study forms and

methodsandbecomethecentreofcontinuous

professionalimprovementandlifelonglearning,

whichplaysanimportantroleintransitionofthe

countrytowardknowledge-basedsociety.

Studies atVilnius University

Thanks to the academic traditions, which

wereformedduringlongcenturies,VilniusUni-

versityhas accumulatedawideexperience in

organizingstudiesandcreatedthefoundations

ofvariousstudyareasandfieldsbasedonthe

knowledge reflecting fundamental and latest

scientificachievements.Theuniversityhasalso

raisedqualifiedteachingstaffabletoensurethe

unityofstudiesandscience.

VilniusUniversityoffersundergraduate,gra-

duateandpostgraduate studies inhumanities,

socialsciences,physicalsciences,biomedicine

andtechnologies.

Theundergraduatestudiesusuallylastfour

years andgraduates areawardedabachelor’s

degreeand,incertainareas,alsoaprofessional

qualification. The graduate studies –Master-

degreestudiesorprofessionalstudies–lastfrom

oneandahalftotwoyears.GraduatesofMaster

studies are awarded aMaster degree. Special

professional studies are aimed at granting the

studentsahigh-levelprofessionalqualification.

Studies in the fields of law,medicine and

odontology embrace both undergraduate and

graduatestudies.Theresidence–postgraduate

-studiesenable themedicineandodontology

graduatestoacquireahigherqualificationofa

specializedmedicaldoctor.Thedoctoralstudies

prepareresearchersinvariousfields.Thesepost-

graduatestudieslastfouryearsandendwiththe

defenceofadoctoralthesis.

Seeking to satisfy the need of society for

life-longlearning,VilniusUniversityisoffering

manydifferentcoursesandprogrammesaimed

atincreasingthequalificationorre-qualification

ofspecialistsaswellasexpandingthegeneral

orprofessionalknowledgeofcitizens.

International students

Regular students

The University of Vilnius admits non-Lit-

huaniancitizenstoallstudyprogrammesofall

threecyclesandtoallfaculties.Theinternational

degreestudentsareadmittedthroughgeneralad-

missionprocedurerunbytheStudyOffice.The

languageofinstructioninalldegreeprogrammes

is Lithuanian; therefore, one-year Lithuanian

languagecoursesareofferedbytheuniversity

beforetheregularstudiesbegin.

ThedegreeprogrammesofferedatVilnius

UniversityrestonapatternleadingtoBachelor’s

degree after four years of study (160national

or240ECTScredits)andMaster’sdegreeafter

another twoyears (80national and 120ECTS

credits).

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Thepostgraduatedoctoralprogrammesare

of individualcharacterand requireup to four

years of combined coursework, exams, and

researchaswellascontributiontointernational

publications.

Thespecificprofessionalqualificationisof-

feredinmedicineandlawatVilniusUniversity.

The studies leading to these degrees last five

yearsinlawandsixyearsinmedicineandputan

emphasisonaconsiderableamountofpractical

workinthechosenfieldofspecialisation.

Adegreeprogrammecombinescompulsory,

optional,andelectivesubjectsleadingtoadegree

titlewhich specifies themain subject studied.

The percentage of compulsory, optional and

electivesubjectswithineachparticulardegree

programme differs both from year to year of

studyaswellasfromfacultytofaculty.

Exchange students

Atpresent theuniversity also offers about

200coursesinforeignlanguagesforfreemovers

andexchange students,whowish to spenda

study period at theUniversity. In these cases

international students are invited to compose

theirstudyprogrammefromtheofferedlistac-

cordingtotheirinterestsandtherequirements

leadingtostudyperiodrecognitionattheirhome

university.

The exchange students coming to Vilnius

under the exchange programme or bilateral

agreement are treated according to the pro-

grammeoragreementconditionsand,asarule,

areexemptfromthetuitionfeesatVilniusUni-

versity.Thefree-moversareexpectedtocover

tuitioncosts.

Thereareseveraldifferentwaysofarranging

temporarystayatVilniusUniversity.Themost

commonare:

1. Bilateralagreements–signedbyVilnius

Universityandasendinguniversityonanylevel:

institutional, faculty or departmental. The stu-

dentsmayinquireabouttheoptionsattheOffice

ofInternationalRelationsoftheiruniversities.

2. SOCRATES/ERASMUS and /orTEMPUS

programmes.

3. Culturalagreements–concludedbyLit-

huanianauthoritieswiththeauthoritiesofother

countriestopromoteco-operationandcultural

links.Theculturalagreementsaremanagedby

DepartmentofScienceandResearchunderthe

MinistryofEducationofLithuania,neverthelessa

letterofacceptanceataLithuanianinstitutionhas

tobesubmittedtogetherwiththeapplication.

At themoment Lithuania enjoys cultural

agreementswith the following countries: Be-

larus,Denmark,GreatBritain,Estonia,France,

Latvia,Mexico,Poland,CzechRepublic,China,

Flanders,Switzerland,andItaly.Please,applyto

yourcountry’sauthoritiesinordertofindmore

about thepossibilities to studyunderbilateral

agreements.

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Academic calendar

Theacademicyearconsistsofautumnand

spring semesters. Both semesters are compo-

sed of 16 studyweeks and four examination

weeks.

Theautumnsemesterstartson1September

and finishes on 21December.Winter session

startson22Decemberandfinishes26January.

Thespringsemesterstartson4Februaryand

finisheson2June.Springsessionstartson3June

andfinisheson30June.

Theacademicyear is interruptedby some

days for ChristmasHoliday. Summer vacation

startson1Julyandfinisheson31August.Most

departmentsandthelibraryoperatethroughout

thesummervacation.

Admission procedures anddeadlines for application

Visiting students

Thestudentsareadvisedtocontacttheco-

ordinatorattheirhomeuniversityfirstinorder

togetmoredetailedinformationaswellasappli-

cationformsofVilniusUniversity.Thedeadlines

fortheapplicationsare:

Springsemester–15November

Autumnsemester–15June

For additional information and application

formsarewelcometocontacttheOfficesofthe

InternationalRelationsoftherespectiveinstitu-

tionsofhighereducationor:

International Programmes and Relations

Office

VilniusUniversity

Universiteto3

LT-01513Vilnius

Lithuania

Tel.(370-5)2687049

Fax:(370-5)2687069

E-mail:[email protected]

http://trs.cr.vu.lt

Regular students

Please, note that application deadline and

requirementsdifferfromthoseforvisitingstu-

dents.Ifyouwishtoapplyforregularstudies,

please,applyatleastayearinadvance:

AdmissionsOfficer

VilniusUniversity

Universiteto3

LT-01513Vilnius

Lithuania

Tel.(370-5)2687053

Fax:(370-5)2687064

E-mail:[email protected]

http://trs.cr.vu.lt

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Research

VilniusUniversityboastsover1,500teaching

andresearchstaffincludingapprox.170doctors

habilitus,nearly900doctorsand600doctoralstu-

dents.Intherecentfiveyears,over300doctoral

and38doctorhabilitusthesesweredefended.

Annually, University researchers publish ap-

proximately 30monographs, 20-30 textbooks

andteachingmanualsandover1,500articlesin

Lithuanian, international and foreign research

journals.TheresultsofresearchattheUniversity

are presented at Lithuanian and international

conferences.

The scientific schools that were formed

at Vilnius University, such as research of the

Balticlanguages,laserphysics,semiconductor,

ferroelectricanddisorderedsolidstatephysics,

researchofbiomoleculartransformations,num-

bertheoryandprobabilitytheory,cardiovascular

surgery,newchemicalcompoundsynthesisand

research,havecreatedthebasisforthedevelop-

mentofnewscientificfieldsandbranches.

Scientific development and the expanding

relations with global research centres have

contributedtothevarietyofresearchatVilnius

University. The research achievements and

integrationof therecentdecadeshaveencou-

ragedtheemergenceofnewmodernresearch

branchessuchasbioethics,bio-informationand

behaviouristicsystems,biomedicineopticsand

lasermedicine,ecosystemsandglobalchanges,

genomics and biotechnology and the variety,

originandphenotypicrealizationofthehuman

genome.Moreover,VilniusUniversitydevelops

new technologies such as information society

technologies,lasertechnologies,materialcrystal

structureengineeringandnanostructuretechno-

logies,semiconductorradianttechnologies,etc.

Thenewtrendsinthedevelopmentofthe

Lithuanianstateandtheprospectofintegration

into the European Union have openedwide

prospectsforthedevelopmentofcontemporary

branchesof social andhumanitarian sciences:

researchof thecommunication inknowledge-

basedeconomy;citizens,governanceandsecu-

rity in theconditionsofglobalization; society,

communityandpersonality:thechangeofthe

qualityoflifeandvalues;genderstudies;langua-

geandthought;orientalstudiesandcomparative

culturology,etc.Themodernerapresentednew

opportunitiestodevelopthefieldsimportantfor

theLithuaniancultureandsciencesuchasthe

Lithuanian history, philosophy, literature and

bookscience, tocreate thescientificbasis for

theLithuanianlegalreformandconductresearch

intothepoliticalthought,politicalsystemsand

economicandsocialdevelopmentinLithuania.

TheroleandimportanceofVilniusUniversity

isincreasingtogetherwiththerestructurization

of theLithuanianscience.TheUniversitynow

embracesfivestateresearchinstitutesofEcology,

Experimental and ClinicalMedicine, Immuno-

logy, Oncology and Theoretical Physics and

Astronomy. Several hospitals - the Santariškés

Clinics, theŽalgirioClinics and theChildren’s

Hospital-gainedthestatusofVilniusUniversity

hospitals. These changes have contributed to

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expandingthepossibilitiesofscientificresearch

anditspracticalimportance.

The researchers of Vilnius University are

increasinglyengagedinLithuanian,EU,NATO

and other international scientific programmes

andconductcommissionedresearchwork.The

laser specialists of theUniversity have joined

theEuropeanLaserNetworkandhavecreated

acentreofexcellence“Cebiola” togetherwith

thebiochemistryspecialists.Theresearchersof

thematerialscienceestablisheda“Selitec”centre

ofexcellenceandjoinedtheprogrammesofthe

EuropeanNuclearResearchCentre,CERN.Many

foreignresearchersareusingourresearchbase,

andtheinternationalconferencesorganizedby

theuniversityattractmanyprominentscientific

figures,e.g.NobelprizewinnersphysicistsKlaus

vonKlitzing,ZhoresAlfiorov,andchemistsRyoji

NoyoriandK.B.Sharpless.

Universityresearchershaveearnednational

andinternationalacclaim.Thisisillustratedby

their membership of the Lithuanian Science

Academy,EuropeanScienceandArtAcademy

andotherinternationalacademicorganizations,

awardsofhonorarytitlesatforeignuniversities,

participation in international congresses and

programmecommitteesandinternationalprizes

andgrants.Since therestorationofLithuanian

independence in 1990, 27 researchworks of

VilniusUniversitywereawardedthemostimpor-

tantscientificawardofthestate,theLithuanian

science prize, and 57 researchers became the

winnersofthisprize.

International relations

Vilnius University, just as any other old

Europeanuniversity,hasdevelopedatradition

of international relations and cooperation as

wellasstudentandteacherexchange.Sinceits

establishment, theuniversityhasbeeninviting

foreign professors and accepting international

studentsfromallthelandsoftheGrandDuchyof

Lithuania,Poland,theCzechRepublic,Hungary

andWesternEurope.

TheinternationalrelationsoftheUniversity

weredevelopinganddeterioratingfollowingthe

patternoftheoverallstate’spoliticalandecono-

micsituation,buthaveneveractuallyceased.

Currently, international cooperation and

internationalrelationsarewitnessinganupswing.

Thenumberofbilateralagreementswithforeign

universitiesisgrowing,cooperationgeography

expandinganditsnaturechanging.Internatio-

nalcooperationhasanimpactonallspheresof

Universitylifeembracingstudies,researchand

administrator cooperation.TheUniversity also

opensupforpartners fromabroad. Itactively

participates inprojectsof internationalorgani-

zationssuchasUNESCO,NATOandEUAand

engagesinEUeducationandscientificprogram-

mes SOCRATES, LEONARDO,EUREKA,COST

andFRAMEWORK.

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Today,thefocushasshiftedfromthequantity

ofrelationstotheirquality.In1996,VilniusUni-

versitywasthefirstinLithuaniatostartimplemen-

tingtheECTS–Europeancredittransfersystem.

In1998,theUniversityofferedthefirstcourses

inforeignlanguagestoexchangestudents.Inthe

academicyear2003/2004,theUniversityplansto

issuethefirstEuropeandiplomasupplements.All

suchinitiativesareaimedat facilitatingstudent

exchange.

VilniusUniversityisasignatorytothe Magna

CartaofEuropeanuniversities,memberof the

International University Association, European

UniversityAssociation,BalticUniversityRectors’

Conference,UtrechtNetworkandBalticSeaRe-

gionUniversityNetwork.

VilniusUniversityhassigned63bilateralco-

operationprogrammes.

In 1992-2000, it implemented 25 TEMPUS

projects.

In1993-2003itimplementedandparticipated

in7NATOprojects,20projectsofFRAMEWORK

4, 15projects of FRAMEWORK5 and 5COST

projects.

VilniusUniversityowns:

-TheUNESCODepartmentofInternational

Relations;

-TheUNESCOAssociatedCentreofExcel-

lence;

-2departments,1moduleand1coursefun-

dedunderJEANMONNETprogramme.

UndertheSOCRATES/ERASMUSprogramme,

VilniusUniversityhassignedover150bilateral

agreements and is amember of 13 ERASMUS

programmethematicnetworks.

VilniusUniversitytakespartin4projectsand

coordinates1projectoftheSOCRATES/LINGUA

programme.Italsoparticipatesin1projectofthe

SOCRATES/MINERVAprogramme.

VilniusUniversityisacontractorandcoordi-

natorofthe6ththematicnetworkoftheproject

“QualityCulture”conductedbytheEuropeanUni-

versityAssociationundertheadditionalmeasures

programmeofSOCRATESin2002-2003.

Under the LEONARDODA VINCI project,

VilniusUniversity is the coordinator of 2 pilot

projects,3studentmobilityprojectsand2teacher

mobilityprojects.

New initiatives

Visoriai InformationTechnology Park

VisoriaiInformationTechnologyPark(VITP)

isanon-profitorganizationestablishedasaresult

ofclosecooperationbetweenstudyandresearch

institutions(VilniusUniversity,VilniusGediminas

Technical University, Vilnius College and the

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MathematicsandInformaticsInstitute),stateins-

titutionsandinformationtechnologybusinesses.

TheparkissetupinVisoriai,theconcentration

ofmany institutions and companies fostering

thetraditionsofcooperationbetweenresearch

andbusiness.

ThemainaimoftheVITPistodevelopafull-

fledgedstructurewhichwouldcreatefavourable

conditionsfor thedevelopmentof thepriority

spheresofinformationtechnologies(IT),estab-

lishmentofnewcompanies,developmentofnew

technologiesandapplicationandcommerciali-

zationofscientificachievements.Thecomputer

classesintheparkareusedbythestudentsof

Vilniusuniversitiestosolvebusinesscasestudies

undertheguidanceofITcompanymanagers.In

2003,thefirstcompanywasestablishedbythe

studentstrainedattheVITP.

TheVITPisanactiveparticipantinEUpro-

jects,raisesfundsforthedevelopmentofinno-

vativeproductsandtechnologiesandencourages

internationalcooperation.TheVisoriaiITpark

isamemberoftheinternationalassociationof

scientificparksIASP.

The Sunrise Valley

On27May2003,thepublicagencySaulé-

tekioSlénis(SunriseValley)wasestablishedby

VilniusUniversity,VilniusGediminasTechnical

University, Vilnius City Municipality, private

companiesABAlnaandUABBiteGSMandUAB

Ekspla,whichrepresentsagroupof laserand

photonicsresearchandbusinessinstitutions.

ThevisionoftheSunriseValleyistocreate

aknowledgeeconomyhubunitingmodernuni-

versities,researchinstitutes,top-levelhigh-tech

companiesandfast-developingstartups.

The objectives of the valley is to create a

modernenvironmentforstudiesandresearch,

professional improvement and business; pool

promisingandfast-developinghigh-techcompa-

nies;createnewjobs;developafavourableen-

vironmentforthecommercializationofscientific

researchandattractforeignanddomesticinvest-

mentforscientificresearchatuniversities.

Career Centre

TheVilniusUniversityCareerCentrewasset

upbytheUniversityintheSaulétekisacademic

campus inNovember2003.The initiativewas

supportedbyover100companies, institutions

andorganizations.Theaimsofthecentreareto

facilitatethecareerchoiceforthestudentsand

developtheirabilitiestoadoptandimplement

career-relateddecisions,tointroduceUniversity

graduatestopotentialemployersandhelpthe

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changinglabourmarket.

TheCareerCentreofferslectures,seminars

andconsultations for studentsonprofessional

careerissuesandholdsseminarsandconsulta-

tionsforemployers.Italsoorganizesmeetings,

interviewsandcareerdays,fairsandconferences

with representativesof companies, institutions

andorganizationsandaccumulatesinformation

aboutemployers,theirrequirementsforgradu-

atesandemploymentopportunities.

Library

Universiteto g. 3, LT-01513 Vilnius,

tel. (370 5) 268 71 01, fax (370 5) 268 71 04,

e-mail: [email protected],

web site http://www.mb.vu.lt

VilniusUniversitylibrary,whichwassetup

in1570,istheoldestlibraryintheBalticStates.

Itwasgivenastartbythecollectionsofbooks

donatedbyVilniusbishopValerianusProtasevi-

ciusandtheKingofPolandandGrandDukeof

Lithuania,SigismundusAugustus.

Currently, the library stores 5.3 million

printedworks.Thedivisionofrarepublications

boastsover178,000titlesofbigscientific,cultu-

ralandhistoricalvalue,whichwerepublished

before 1800, and the largest collection of old

Lithuanianbooksintheworld.Avaluablecartog-

raphyfund,whichincludesmapsdrawnbythe

mostprominentcartographersofthe16th-18th

centuries,isalsostoredhere.

Themanuscript division has over 245,000

documentsof13th-21stcenturies.Thegraphics

roomboastsmore than87,000graphicworks.

VilniusUniversitylibraryisadepositlibraryof

UnitedNationsOrganization and its divisions.

ThelibrarystructurealsoincludestheMuseumof

AdamMickiewiczandtheMuseumofScience.

Thelibraryhasnearly26,500readersand15

facultylibrarieswhosefundsareformedaccor-

dingtothefacultyprofile.

AnelectroniccatalogueofVilniusUniversity

libraryhasbeenoperativesince1993andcomp-

risesover530,000entries.Intheyear2000,the

libraryinstalledspecialsoftwareALEPHtogether

with the libraries of other Lithuanian higher

educationestablishments.Now,themainlibrary

processesarecomputerized.

ThedatabaseofVilniusUniversitystaffpubli-

cationsiscurrentlyunderdevelopment(today,it

includesover12,000bibliographicentries).The

librarysubscribestoelectronicdatabasesEBSCO,

CambridgeJournalsOnline,ProQuest,Science

Direct,SpringerLINKandWebofScience.

ThehistoricalhallsofSmugleviciusandLele-

velandtheWhiteHallaswellastheexhibition

of old books andmanuscripts in the central

university architectural ensemble attract large

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flowsof tourists:annually, the libraryreceives

over7,500visitors.

Students’ Representation and other

student organisations

VilniusUniversity Students’ Representation

(VUSA)isanorganisationunitinglively,smart

andproactivestudents,andrepresentingallthe

students ofVilniusUniversity, defending their

rightsandinterestsinsideandoutsidetheUni-

versity.Everystudentiswelcomethere–those

withtheideasandwishestoimplementthem,

andtheoneslookingforanswerstoimportant

questions.

TheactivitiesofVUSAareverybroadand

diverse.TheRepresentationisproducingthebig-

gestmonthlyforstudentsinLithuaniaStudentù

Era(Students’Era),organisingstudents leisure

activities, taking care of students social and

academicwelfare.

TheDebateClub,PhotoandFilmCluband

Club of Young Businessmen of Lithuania are

functioningunderthewingofVUSA.

Moreinformationmaybelocatedattheweb

sitewww.vusa.lt

Therearealsoseveralorganisations in the

Universitywhich unite students of one study

field:thecorporationofyoungpoliticalanalysts

RePublika,corporationofhistorystudentsTilia,

associationofLithuanianstudentsofmedicine

LiMSa,theunionoflawstudentsELSAVilnius

andtheinternationalassociationAIESECofthe

studentsofeconomics.

Leisure time activities for students

VilniusUniversityisnotjustaninstitutionof

academicstudiesandthestudentsarenotonly

encouraged to learn and attend lectures. The

Universityprovidesvariousopportunitiesforits

studentstodance,sing,act,takephotographs,

etc.

Music lovers have an exceptionally wide

choice.Therearetwochoirs–thewomen’schoir

Virgoandamixedchoir.TheUniversityalsohas

achambermusicensemblewitholdtraditions

and a long experience in touring. The choirs

andtheensemblehavebeenawardedinmany

internationalcontests.TheUniversityalsohasa

windinstrumentorchestraOktavaforthoseof

youwithstrongerlungs.AttachedtoOktavais

achoreographygroup.Thefolkdancetraditions

arefosteredbytheensemblesRatilioandJauni-

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mėlisaswellastheUniversitysonganddance

ensemble,whichhasvisitedthefarthestcorners

oftheworldonitstours.

Thosewhowant to act can choose from

amongtheCourtyardTheatre,thephysical-visual

theatreofAndriusPulkauninkasandthechamber

theatreMinimum.

Sports and tourism

TheancientRomanssaidthatahealthymind

livesinahealthybody.VilniusUniversitypro-

videsanopportunityforitsstudentstobenot

onlyintelligentbutalsohealthy.

Theuniversityownsthreesportshallsanda

stadium.TheNaktigonésportshallissuitablefor

playingbasketballandholdingaerobicssessions;

the BlueHall invites the lovers of basketball,

handball, table tennis, football andmountain

tourism;andthehallinÆiurlionisStreetoffers

facilities for playing basketball, volleyball and

tennisaswellasengaginginbodybuildingand

aerobics.

The Health and Sports Centre organizes

individual sessionsofvarious sports, students’

sportsgamesandsportscontestsandparticipates

instudents’sportsandtourismeventsnotonly

inLithuaniabutalsoabroad.

Theenthusiastsofoutdoorsportsareinvited

bytheUniversityTourismClubtojoinitontrips

onfootandbikingandcanoeingeventsaswell

asmountaineeringandrockclimbing.

Faculties, Institutes

Faculty of Chemistry

Naugarduko g. 24, LT-03225 Vilnius,

tel./fax: (370 5) 233 09 87,


web site http://www.chf.vu.lt

Chemistrywasfirstintroducedasasubjectin

VilniusUniversityCollegeofPhysicalSciencesat

theendofthe18thcentury.In1784,amemberof

theRoyalAcademyofTorino,JosephSartorius,

was invited to teachchemistryandsetupthe

ChemistryDepartment and the first chemistry

laboratory.TheFacultyofChemistrywasestab-

lishedin1944.

Currently, the faculty has 5 departments:

DepartmentofAnalyticalChemistry,Department

ofGeneralandInorganicChemistry,Department

ofOrganicChemistry,DepartmentofPhysical

ChemistryandDepartmentofPolymerChemistry.

Thefacultyalsoruns theLaboratoryofLiquid

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Crystals.

Themainstudyprogrammestaughtareche-

mistryandbiochemistry.TheFacultyofferstwo

Master-degreestudyprogrammesandaspecial

professionalstudyprogrammeonconservation

ofculturalvalues(developedtogetherwiththe

A.GudynasRestorationCentreoftheLithuanian

ArtMuseum).

The faculty cooperateswithhigher educa-

tion establishments fromDenmark, Sweden,

Germany, France, the USA, Japan and other

countries, the Lithuanian Association of Che-

mistryIndustry,VilniusAcademyofArtandthe

A.GudynasRestorationCentreoftheLithuanian

ArtMuseum.Thefacultyisoneofthefounders

of the association Eurachem-Lietuva, which

is amember of the European Association of

AnalyticalChemistry,Eurachem.Togetherwith

the Lithuanian Science Academy, the faculty

publishes successive series of scientificworks

Chemija (Chemistry).

Faculty of Communication

Saulétekio al. 9, LT-10222 Vilnius,

tel. (370 5) 236 61 00, fax (370 5) 236 61 04,


web site http://www.kf.vu.lt

TheFacultyofCommunicationswassetup

in1991.Thefacultyconsistsof4mainacademic

divisions:InstituteofDocumentationandBook

Science,InstituteofJournalism,Departmentof

KnowledgeManagement and Department of

LibraryandInformationScience.

Themain study programmes on offer are

ArchivesStudies,LibraryandInformationStudies,

InformationManagement,BusinessInformation

ManagementandJournalism.Thefacultyoffers

7Master-degreestudyprogrammes.

IncooperationwiththeFacultiesofHistory

andEconomicsandtheInstituteofInternational

RelationsandPoliticalSciences,theFacultyof

Communicationhasinitiatedseveralinter-faculty

studyprogrammes.Thefacultywasoneofthe

firstinLithuaniatoofferdistancelearningstu-

dies.ThefacultyhoststheLithuanianCentreof

Journalism,whichisalifelonglearningeducati-

oninstitutionsetupbytheOpenSocietyFund

-Lithuania.

The Faculty of Communication conducts

researchonknowledge-basedsocietycommuni-

cation,bookcultureandtheLithuaniannational

bibliography.Thefacultygivesmuchattention

to cooperationwith the professionals of the

fieldandinternationalrelationsandconstantly

participatesininternationalprojects.

Annually,thefacultyorganizesseminarson

bookscience,theDayofInformationandsemi-

narsofVaclovasBiržiška.Thefacultypublishes

researchpublicationsKnygotyra (Book Science),

Informacijos Mokslai (Information Science),

Mokslotyra (Science Research) and Baltic Media

Law Newsletter.

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Faculty of Economics

Saulétekio al. 9,LT-10222 Vilnius,

tel. (370 5) 236 61 20, fax (370 5) 236 61 27,


web site http://www.ef.vu.lt

Economic disciplines were introduced at

VilniusUniversitybyHieronimStrojnowski,who

taughteconomictheoryofphysiocrats.In1803,

thefirstDepartmentofPoliticalEconomyinthe

worldwassetupatVilniusUniversity.Today,

thefacultyincludes12departments:Department

ofFinanceandCredit,DepartmentofEconomic

Informatics,DepartmentofSystemAnalysisof

Economy,Department of Accounting,Depart-

ment of Theoretical Economy,Department of

Statistics,DepartmentofEconomicsofEnterp-

rises,DepartmentofManagement,Department

ofEconomicPolicy,DepartmentofMarketing,

DepartmentofQualityManagementandTrade

andtheLaboratoryofEconomicInformatics.

Themain study programmes offered are

economics, management and business admi-

nistrationandmanagementinformationsystems.

Thefacultyoffers15Master-degreestudypro-

grammes.

Thefacultycooperateswithforeignuniversi-

tiesandparticipatesininternationalprogrammes

andtheactivityoftheEuroFaculty.

TheFacultyofEconomicsalsoofferscom-

pensatory studies and additional courses of

economicsaswellasmanagementandbusiness

administration to those studentswhowant to

enterMaster-degreestudiesofeconomics.

TeachersoftheFacultyofEconomicsconduct

researchinthefieldsofmanagementandecono-

micsandpublishtheirworksbothinLithuania

andabroad.Thefacultypublishessuccessivese-

riesofscientificworksEkonomika (Economics).

Commissionedbystateinstitutionsandthepri-

vatesector,faculty’sprofessorsconductapplied

research and expert evaluations and actively

participateindesigningtheLithuanianeconomic

developmentandplanning its strategies.They

also perform analyses of institutional activity

and functions,preparedraft lawsandprovide

recommendationstostateinstitutions.

Faculty of History


tel. (370 5) 268 72 80, fax (370 5) 268 72 82,


web site http://www.if.vu.lt

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ThefirstDepartmentofHistorywasestablis-

hedatVilniusUniversityin1783.Atthebegin-

ningofthe19thcentury,VilniusHistorySchool

wasfoundedbyJ.LelewelandI.Onacevicius.

TheFacultyofHistorywassetupin1968.

The faculty has four departments: Depart-

ment of Archaeology, Department of History

TheoryandCultureHistory,DepartmentofNew

HistoryandDepartmentofAncientandMedieval

History.Thereisalsoacentreforarchaeological

researchandtheLithuanianstatuteandtheLit-

huanianregisterresearchgroup.Intheautumn

of1999,theCentreforStatelessCultureswasset

upasajointprojectoftheFacultyofHistoryand

theOpenSocietyFoundationLithuania.Thisis

thefirstuniversitydivisionintheworld,which

researches stateless ethnic groups (Lithuanian

Tatars,Karaites,OldBelievers,Romanypeople

andtheYiddish).

Themainstudyprogrammesofferedbythe

FacultyofHistoryarearchaeology,history,cultu-

rehistoryandanthropology.Thereare4Master

degreestudyprogrammes.Thefacultyalsoma-

nagesaschoolprojectonhistoricalissues,which

helps secondary school graduates prepare for

thenationalexaminationofhistory.Thefaculty

publishes successive series of scientificworks

Lietuvos Istorijos Studijos (Lithuanian History

Studies) and Archaeologia Lituana.

Faculty of Humanitiesin Kaunas

Muitinés g. 8, LT-44280 Kaunas,

tel. (370 37) 42 25 23, tel./fax: (370 37) 42 32 22,


web site http://www.vukhf.lt

FacultyofHumanitiesinKaunasistheonly

facultyofVilniusUniversityestablishedinadif-

ferentcityotherthanthemaincampuses.The

facultywassetupin1964.Situatedinoneofthe

oldestpartsofKaunas,thefacultyboastsmagni-

ficentarchitectureofthe16th-17thcenturies.

Currently, the faculty comprises 8 depart-

ments:DepartmentofPhilosophyandPolitical

Sciences,DepartmentofFinanceandAccounting,

DepartmentofGermanPhilology,Departmentof

Commerce,Department of Computer Science,

DepartmentofLithuanianPhilology,Department

ofForeignLanguagesandDepartmentofBusi-

ness,EconomicsandManagement.Thefaculty

also comprises the Institute of Sociocultural

Research.

Thefacultyoffersfull-time,eveningandpart-

timestudies.Themainstudyprogrammesinclude

full-timestudiesinLithuanianphilologyandad-

vertising,Englishphilology,Germanphilology,

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English and Russian languages,management

andbusinessadministration,businessinforma-

tion, culturemanagement, evening studies in

management and business administration and

part-timestudiesineconomics.Thefacultyoffers

11Master-degreestudyprogrammes.

Sinceitsestablishment,thefacultyhasbeen

focusingonthreestudyareas-socialsciences,

humanitiesandphysicalsciences(computersci-

ence).Thistraditionalinterdisciplinarymediumis

theonlyofitskindamongLithuanianacademic

and research institutions. For this reason, the

InstituteofSocioculturalStudieswassetupto

unitethescientificpotentialofthefacultyand

focusontheresearchofhumanities(language

andmentality) and social sciences (business

environmentfactors).

Thefacultycooperateswithmanyuniversities

andotheracademicinstitutionsoftheCentraland

EasternEurope,ScandinaviaandAmericaand

participatesinjointresearchprojects,organizes

conferences and publishes successive series

of scientificworksRespectus Philologicus and

Transformations in Business & Economics.

Faculty of Law


tel. (370 5) 236 61 60, fax (370 5) 236 61 63,


web site http://www.tf.vu.lt

The Faculty of Law of Vilnius University

is the first, theoldestand fora long time the

onlyinstitutionwhichpreparedlawspecialists

inLithuania. Itwasestablished in1641under

theprivilegeofVėadysėausWasa, theKingof

PolandandtheGrandDukeofLithuania.Bet-

ween 1641 and 1832, the faculty’s professors

includedfamousscientistsofthattimesuchas

H.Strojnowski,A.Olisarovius,A.Capelli,I.Danila-

vicius,I.Oldachowski,S.Malewski,J.Jaroszewicz,

J.Lelewel and others. After different historical

disturbances,theFacultyofLawwasreopened

intheautumnof1944.


Department of Constitutional and Administra-

tiveLaw,Departmentof International andEU

Law(operatingtogetherwiththe Jean Monnet

EU LawDepartment), Department of Labour

Law,DepartmentofTheoryandHistoryofState

and Law, Department of Civil Law and Civil

Proceedings,DepartmentofPenalLawandthe

DepartmentofCriminology andCriminal Pro-

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cedure.The facultyalsoembraces thecentres

ofinformationlaw,Germanlaw,Polishlawand

EasternEuropeanlaw.AschoolofFrenchlaw

willbesetupsoon.

The faculty offers the following full-time

studyspecializations:criminaljustice,labourlaw,

financeandtaxlaw,commerciallaw,crimino-

logy,privateandsocialinsurance,international

law, law theory andhistory andpublic admi-

nistrationlaw.Thefacultyalsoofferspart-time

studies.

TheFacultyofLaworganizesthematicsci-

entificconferencesandpublishesasuccessive

seriesofscientificworksTeisé (Law).Thefaculty

staffactivelyparticipatesindraftingLithuanian

lawsandotherlegalacts,performsexpertassess-

mentsandconsults legislatorson legal issues.

Since1999,thefacultyhasbeenoperatingapub-

licagencyLegalClinics.Itsaimistoimplement

acharge-freelegalaidsysteminLithuaniaand

improvethestudyandtraineeshipprogrammes

ofthestudentsoftheFacultyofLaw.

The faculty cooperates with Switzerland

Comparative Law Institute in Lausanne, Max

PlankPublicandInternationalLawInstitutein

Germanyandotherforeignuniversities.

Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics

Naugarduko g. 24, LT-03225 Vilnius,

tel. (370 5) 233 60 28, fax (370 5) 215 15 85,


web site http://www.mif.vu.lt

Mathematicswas introduced on the curri-

culum of Vilnius University at the time of its

establishment in 1579. Then, theDepartment

ofMathematics was a part of the Faculty of

Philosophy.Mathematicswas separated from

philosophyatthebeginningofthe18thcentury.

AseparateFacultyofMathematicsandMecha-

nicswassetupin1965(in1978,thenamewas

changedtotheFacultyofMathematics).In1999,

thefacultychangeditsnameintotheFacultyof

MathematicsandInformatics.


DepartmentofDifferentialEquationsandNume-

ricalMathematics,DepartmentofEconometric

Analysis,DepartmentofInformatics,Department

ofComputerScience,DepartmentofDidactics

ofMathematics, Department ofMathematical

Analysis,DepartmentofMathematicalStatistics,

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DepartmentofProbabilityTheoryandNumber

Theory.

Themain study programmes offered are

econometrics, finance and insurancemathe-

matics, informatics, didactics of mathematics

andinformatics,mathematicsandmathematics

applications,softwaresystemsandstatistics.The

facultyoffers4Master-degreestudyprogrammes

and thepossibility toacquire theprofessional

qualificationofamathematicsteacher.Therese-

archfieldsofpostgraduatestudiesareinformatics

andmathematics.

Faculty of Medicine

M. K. Æiurlionio g. 21, LT- 03101 Vilnius,

tel. (370 5) 239 87 00, fax (370 5) 239 87 05,


web site http://www.mf.vu.lt

TheFacultyofMedicineofVilniusUniversity

is the oldest higher educational establishment

ofmedicine inLithuaniawhichwas setup in

1781.Thefacultyisoneofthelargestonesin

VilniusUniversity.Atthebeginningofthe19th

century,theFacultyofMedicinebecameoneof

themostprominentinstitutionsofmedicalrese-

archandstudiesinEasternEurope.Professors

of the faculty included suchworld celebrities

asL.Bojanus,J.Sniadeckiandfatherandson

Frank.Thefacultyisrenownedforitseducational

premisesandlaboratoriesandhascontributedto

theestablishmentofsomeofthefirstEuropean

vaccinationandmaternityinstitutes.


ments,2institutes,15clinicswith45centresand

laboratoriesaswellasalibrary.

Thestudyfieldsofthefacultyaremedicine

andstomatology(thelatterareprofessionalstu-

dies).Themainstudyprogrammesarenursing,

public health, kinezitherapy and ergotherapy.

The faculty offers 3Master-degree study pro-

grammes.

TheFacultyofMedicineconductsresearchin

thefollowingareas:variety,originandphenoty-

picrealizationofthehumangenome;humanand

publichealth,qualityof lifeandenvironment:

scientificandappliedresearch;healthofmother

andchild,physiologicalandsocialaspectsand

researchinthetrendsofindividualdevelopment;

bioethics,healthpolicyandapplicationofnew

technologies;ethiopathogenesis,andfundamen-

talandclinicalresearchindiagnostics,treatment,

rehabilitationandpreventionofdiseases.

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Faculty of Natural Sciences

M. K. Æiurlionio g. 21/27, LT-03101 Vilnius,

tel. (370 5) 239 82 00, fax (370 5) 239 82 04,


web site http://www.gf.vu.lt

Natural sciences have been taught at

VilniusUniversity since its establishment. The

first independentnatural scienceunitwas the

DepartmentofNaturalHistorysetup in1781.

Atthesametime,theuniversityalsoestablished

aBotanicGarden,oneoftheoldestinthethen

LithuanianandPolishstate.Inthe19thcentury,

theprofessorsofthedepartmentincludedmany

famousscientistssuchasJ.E.Gilibert,S.Jundzill,

L.Bojanus,E.EichwaldandJ.G.Forster.Theyear

1944sawtheestablishmentoftheindependent

FacultyofNaturalSciences.

The faculty comprises 8 departments: De-

partmentofPlantPhysiologyandMicrobiology,

DepartmentofGeneralGeography,Department

ofBiochemistryandBiophysics,Departmentof

Botany andGenetics,Department ofGeology

andMineralogy,DepartmentofHydrogeology

andEngineeringGeology,DepartmentofHydro-

logyandClimatologyandDepartmentofZoo-

logy.ThefacultyalsoownsaBotanicalGarden

andtheCentreofCartography.

Themainstudyprogrammesareecological

biology, geography, geology, hydrology and

climatology, hydrogeology and engineering

geology,molecularbiologyandbiophysics.The

facultyoffers12Master-degreestudyprogram-

mesandspecialprofessionalstudiesinthefields

ofbiologyandgeographyteaching.

ThefacultytakespartinEuropeanCommis-

sion programmes, NATO projects, cooperates

withforeignuniversitiesandpublishessuccessive

seriesofscientificworksBiologija (Biology), Ge-

ografija (Geography) and Geologija (Geology).

TheBotanicalGardenislocatedintwosites

(in the suburb ofKairėnai andVingis Park in

Vilnius).ItisthebiggestsuchgardeninLithuania

withtheareaof199ha.Thegardenboaststhe

richestcollectionofplantsofover9,000names.

The Botanical Garden conducts research and

educationalactivityandaimsatbecoming the

representativebotanicalgardenofLithuania.

Faculty of Philology


tel. (370 5) 268 72 02, fax (370 5) 268 72 08,


web site http://www.grotta.flf.vu.lt

PhilologystudieswereintroducedatVilnius

JesuitCollegebackin1570.Subjectstaughtinc-

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ludedLatin,GreekandHebrewlanguages,works

ofancientauthors,grammar,poeticsandrhetoric.

In16th-17thcenturies,theJesuitacademycould

boastfamousprofessorssuchasthedeveloperof

theLithuanianwriting,K.Sirvydas,professorand

poetM.K.Sarbievius,rhetoricprofessorK.Wijuk

-Koialoviciusandothers.Attheendofthe19th

century,apartfromLatinandGreeklanguages,

thefacultytaughtancientmythology,art,science,

epigraphy, chronology and numismatics. This

facultyeducatedthefosterersoftheLithuanian

nationalself-consciousnessSimonasDaukantas

and Simonas Stanevicius and thePolishRom-

anticistAdamMickiewicz,whoproclaimedthe

nameofLithuaniainhisworks.

TheFacultyofPhilologywassetupin1968

andcurrentlyhas14departments.The faculty

alsoownsacomputercentrewiththreecomputer

rooms,3libraries,thelaboratoryofexperimental

phoneticsand12specializedclassrooms-centres

of different study fields, e.g. the newGreek

language, the Italian language, Canadian stu-

dies, Lithuanian literature, Lithuanian studies,

Netherlands studies, Russian, Scandinavian,

Turkish,Hungarianlanguagestudiesandtrans-

lationstudies.

ThemainstudyprogrammesincludeEnglish

Philology,ClassicalPhilology,LithuanianPhilo-

logy,LithuanianPhilologyfornon-Lithuanians,

PolishPhilology,PolishPhilologyasnon-native

language,FrenchPhilology,RussianPhilology,

RussianPhilologyasnonnativelanguage,Slavo-

nicPhilology,ScandinavianPhilology,German

PhilologyandLithuanianPhilologyandaForeign

Language.The facultyoffers12Master-degree

study programmes and special professional

studies.

Thefacultyorganizesnumerousinternational

events:everyfiveyearsitholdstheBalticcong-

ress,everytwoyears-conferencesofK.Bėga

andJ.KazlauskasandconferencesofSlavonic

andGermanicphilology.Thefacultypublishes

successiveseriesofscientificworksBaltistica,

Literatúra (Literature) and Kalbotyra (Language

Science).

Faculty of Philosophy

Universiteto g. 9/1, LT-01513 Vilnius,


web site http://www.fsf.vu.lt

PhilosophywasintroducedatVilniusUniver-

sity(thethenJesuitCollege)in1571.TheFaculty

ofPhilosophywasestablishedin1579.Professors

ofthefacultyincludedsuchprominentauthoriti-

esoftheEuropeanscienceasMarcinSmiglecki,

Sigismundus Lauxminus, Mathias Casimirus

Sarbievius and AlbertusWijuk - Koialovicius.

However, in the 18th century the facultywas

closedonthedecisionof theEducationCom-

mission.Inthe19thcentury,onlytheFacultyof

MoralandPoliticalScienceswasactive.In1939,

whenVilniuswasreunitedwiththeLithuanian

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reorganizedandtheFacultyofHumanitieswith

thedepartmentofphilosophywastransferredto

Vilnius.Aftermorethan200yearssinceitwas

closedin1989, theFacultyofPhilosophywas

re-establishedatVilniusUniversity.


ments: Department of General Psychology,

DepartmentofEducationScience,Department

ofHistoryofPhilosophyandLogic,Department

ofPhilosophy,DepartmentofClinicalandOr-

ganizationalPsychology,DepartmentofPolitical

Science,DepartmentofSociologyandDepart-

mentofSocialWork.Therearealso3centres:

InformationSocietyStudiesCentre,SocialStudies

CentreandEducationPolicyCentre,and2lab-

oratoriesofspecialpsychologyandsociology.

Themainstudyprogrammesincludephilo-

sophy,sociologyandsocialwork.Thefaculty

offers10Master-degreestudyprogrammesand

specialprofessionalstudiesinsocialwork.Italso

offersopportunitiesforlife-longlearning:supp-

lementarystudiesofsocialworkandmodules

of certification and qualification improvement

forsocialworkers.

Thefacultyprovidesavarietyofservices:it

performssocial,psychological,educationaland

demographic studies, personnel selection and

in-house training, etc. The faculty publishes

successiveseriesofscientificworksProblemos

(Problems), Psichologija (Psychology) and Acta

Paedagogica Vilnensia.

Faculty of Physics


tel. (370 5) 236 60 00, fax (370 5) 236 60 03,


web site http://www.ff.vu.lt

Physics has been taught at the University

sinceitsestablishment.Inthefirstyears,itwas

consideredtobeasubjectofnaturalphilosophy.

In1753,anAstronomicalObservatorywasestab-

lishedatVilniusUniversity.In1772,theJesuit

Academystartedteachingexperimentalphysics

andsetupaPhysicsMuseum.Afterthereform

of 1803, the imperialVilniusUniversityhad4

faculties,theFacultyofPhysicsandMathematic

Sciencesbeingoneofthem.

Currently, theFacultyofPhysicshas7de-

partments:thoseofQuantumElectronics,Laser

ResearchCentre,SemiconductorPhysics,Solid

StateElectronics,TheoreticalPhysics,Radiophy-

sicsandGeneralPhysicsandSpectroscopy.The

facultyalsoownsanAstronomicalObservatory

and6laboratories.ThefacultyhoststheEurope-

anUnion-sponsoredresearchcentresCEBIOLA

and SELITECH, conducts EU 5th Framework

Programme projects, two long-term projects

oftheNATOprogrammeScienceforPeaceas

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well as joint researchwith dozens of foreign

universities.

Themain study programmes include ast-

rophysics,physicsandteachingofphysics,com-

puterphysics,moderntechnologymanagement,

appliedphysics,telecommunicationsphysicsand

electronics.The facultyoffers7Master-degree

studyprogrammes.

Institute of Foreign Languages


tel. (370 5) 268 72 64, fax (370 5) 268 72 65


web site http://www.uki.vu.lt

TheInstituteofForeignLanguages,whichis

anindependentsubdivisionofVilniusUniversity,

wasestablishedin1999,althoughthetradition

ofteachingforeignlanguagesattheUniversity

goesbacktotheearlydaysofitsexistence.The

OldJesuitCollegesetupin1570taughtLatin,

Greek andHebrew aswell as newEuropean

Languages-German,FrenchandRussian.Te-

aching contemporary languages on a regular

basiswas commenced in 1801when foreign

languageswere included into the curricula of

allfacultiesandtaughtascompulsorysubjects.

Duringtherecentdecades,foreignlanguage

instructionwas the responsibility of specially

establishedforeignlanguagedepartmentsatthe

FacultyofPhilology,whichnowmakeupthe

InstituteofForeignLanguages:Departmentof

EnglishforPhysicalandBiomedicineSciences,

DepartmentofEnglishforHumanities,Depart-

mentofEnglishforSocialSciences,Department

ofRomanceLanguagesandDepartmentofthe

GermanLanguage.

Currently, the institute teaches five foreign

languages(English,German,French,Spanishand

Italian)toasmanyas6,000studentsannually.

ThemostpopularchoiceistheEnglishlanguage,

whichistaughtto85percentofstudentsofall

faculties.

TheInstituteofForeignLanguageshelpsto

improvethequalificationoftheLithuaniantea-

chersbyorganizingtwoBAstudyprogrammes:

The English language and teaching and The

German language and teaching.

The Institute organizes evening language

coursesforsocietyatlargeatdifferentlevelsin

allthefivelanguagesandhasrecentlylaunched

a new non-consecutive study programme in

Business English,whichistargetedatmanagers

and employees of companies, organizations

andfirms.

Thestaffof theInstitute is involvedinthe

researchofthestructures(grammatical,lexical,

semanticandstylistic)oftheGermanic,Romance

andLithuanianlanguages,theirintegrationinto

the teachingprocessand lexicographicpracti-

ce.SomeoftheresearchersanalyseAmerican,

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EnglishandGermanliteratureandculturesand

theircontactswithLithuania.

Institute of International Relations and Political

Sciences

Vokieæiù g. 10, LT-01130 Vilnius,

tel. (370 5) 251 41 30, fax (370 5) 251 41 34,


web site http://www.tspmi.vu.lt

TheInstituteofInternationalRelationsand

PoliticalScienceswasestablishedin1992onthe

initiativeofVilniusUniversityandwasfunded

by the SupremeCommittee for the Liberation

ofLithuania.Inthefirstdecadeofactivity,the

institutebecamethemainhighereducationestab-

lishmentinLithuaniawhichpreparesspecialists

ofpoliticalsciences,internationalrelationsand

public administration and conducts political

scienceresearch.

The faculty comprises 4 departments: De-

partmentofInternationalRelations(UNESCO),

DepartmentofEuropeanStudies (Jean Monnet),

DepartmentofPublicAdministrationandDepart-

mentofComparativePolitics.Theinstitutealso

includes theEuropeanDocumentationCentre,

theAmericanStudiesCentreandtheAsianand

AfricanStudiesCentre.

Themainstudyprogrammesareinternatio-

nalrelationsanddiplomacy,Europeanstudies,

comparativepolitics,publicadministrationand

Europeanpublicadministration.

The institute investigates the problems of

Lithuanianandothercountries’internalpolicy,

management,internationalrelationsandforeign

policy and diplomacy, organizes qualification

improvement programmes for public servants

anddiplomats,anddisseminatespoliticalscience

ideastothespecialistsandsocietyat largeby

organizing conferences, seminars and round-

tablediscussions.

TheinstitutehasimplementedsixNATOsci-

entificresearchprogrammeprojectsand11other

projectsonLithuanianpoliticalculture,elections

andforeignpolicy.Theinstitutepublishesaper-

iodicalofscientificworksPolitologija.

Institute of Material Science and Applied

Research


tel./fax: (370 5) 236 60 59,


web site http://www.mtmi.vu.lt

TheAppliedResearch Institutewas setup

in1992withtheaimofpoolingthepotentialof

VilniusUniversityscientificandteachingstafffor

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appliedresearchandexperimentaldevelopment

andmore effectively employing the available

experimental base. In 1994, the Institutewas

reorganizedintotheInstituteofMaterialScience

andAppliedResearch(MTMI).Itincludesdivi-

sionsofmaterialscienceandnanotechnologies,

semiconductoroptoelectronics,biomedicineand

informationtechnologies,newmaterialresearch

andmeasurement technologies and a service

groupaswellasaliquidcrystallaboratory.

In close cooperationwithotherUniversity

departments, the Institute researchesnon-equ-

ilibriumphenomenainsemiconductorcrystals,

nanometricandquantumstructures,bio-forma-

tionsandbehaviouristicsystems,worksinthe

sphereofbiomedicalopticsandnanophotonics,

createsthematerial,surfaceandnanostructure

non-depletingmetrology,developssemiconduc-

torradiantandinformationsocietytechnologies,

constructsdevicesforcontrollingthenaturalen-

vironmentandindustrialprocessesandproduces

uniquematerialsusingexactorganicsynthesis

methods.

TheInstituteemploysapprox.30researchers,

amongthem10habilitateddoctorsandprofes-

sors.Theyaresupportedbymanystudents,who

workastechniciansandengineers.

TheInstituteconductsmanyresearchprojects

includingtheNATOprojectScienceforPeace,

CERN and Lithuanian high tech programmes.

TogetherwiththeSemiconductorPhysicsInsti-

tute,theMTMIhassetupanexcellencecentre

SELITEC(Semiconductormaterialsanddevises

for light technologies)which is fundedunder

theEU5thFrameworkProgramme.In2003,the

MTMI organized a NATO advanced research

seminarinLithuania.

The Institutemaintainsclosecontactswith

partnersintheUSA,Germany,theUK,France,

Italy, Sweden,Norway,Denmark, Poland, the

Czech Republic, Belgium, the Netherlands,

Latvia,Estonia,Russia,Ukraine,Belarus,Japan,

TaiwanandAustralia.

Study and Research Centres

Environmental Studies Centre

M. K. Æiurlionio g. 21/27, LT-03101 Vilnius,

tel. (370 5) 239 82 99,

e-mail: [email protected]

TheEnvironmentalStudiesCentrewassetup

in1995.TheCentreinitiates internationalpro-

jectsinenvironmentalstudiesandenvironment

management,encouragescooperationofresear-

chersfromvariousfacultiesininvestigatingthe

complexproblemsofinteractionbetweenhuman

andenvironmentalfactorsandtakesactivepartin

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preparingandimplementingstudyprogrammes

intheareaofecologyandenvironmentmanage-

ment.TheCentreimplementstwoMasterstudy

programmes(ecologyandenvironmentalscience

andmanagement).Apartfromthis,theCentreis

inchargeoftheBachelor-levelstudiesofecology

attheFacultyofNaturalSciences.

Gender Studies Centre


tel. (370 5) 268 71 63,


web site http://www.moterys.lt

VilniusUniversityGender StudiesCentre -

thefirstofitskindintheBalticStates-wases-

tablishedin1992.Thecentrecontributestothe

formationofthegenderpolicyinLithuania.

Oneofthemaingoalsofthecentreistoin-

tegrategenderstudiesinthecommoncurriculum

atVilniusUniversity.Thecentreoffersoptional

courses.TogetherwiththeDepartmentofSocial

WorkoftheFacultyofPhilosophy,theGender

Studies Centre has developed a newMaster-

degreestudyprogrammeongenderstudiesand

socialwork.

Since2002,thecentrehasbeenorganizing

international summer schools for secondary

school teachers from Lithuania, Belarus and

KaliningradRegion.Theaimofsuchschoolsis

tointroduceteacherstostrategiesandtacticsof

preventionofviolenceagainstchildren.

OneofthefundamentalstrategiesoftheGen-

derStudiesCentreistomaintainthetiesbetween

theacademicworldandsociety.Themainareas

ofresearchincludeexpressionofgenderequality

in Lithuanian society, history ofwomen, and

womenandscience.Since1999,thecentrehas

beenpublishingajournalBalticGenderStudies

(before2002,entitledFeminizmas, Visuomené,

Kultúra (Feminism, Society, Culture)) and the

Internet magazine Kléja.

A. J. Greimas Centre of Semiotics


tel. (370 5) 268 71 61,


This interdisciplinary centrewas set up in

1992.Thecentredevelopsthemethodologyof

humanitiesandsocialsciencesonthebasisof

the semiotics schoolofA.J.Greimas, analyses

cultural, social, political and other discourses,

organizesseminarsandlecturesonliterarythe-

ory,literarysciencemethodologyandsemiotics

aswellasseminarsonphilosophyforstudents

ofvariousspecializations.

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Theproject„Expressionofthebodyinthe

contemporarysocialdiscourse”waspartofthe

internationalcooperationprogrammeofJ.E.Gi-

libertin2003.Annually,thecentreorganizesan

academicweekinDruskininkai.Lecturersofthe

centrearefromVilniusUniversityaswellasvisi-

tingprofessorsfromothercountries.Thecentre

cooperateswithTartu,Moscow,Helsinki,Urbin,

Parisandotheruniversities.Thecentreoffersa

Master-degreestudyprogrammeinsemiotics.

International Centre of Knowledge Economy and Knowledge Management


tel. (370 5) 236 61 07,

web site http://www.tzc.vu.lt

In2003,theformerKnowledgeManagement

Institute of the Faculty of Communications of

Vilnius University was reorganized into the

InternationalCentreofKnowledgeEconomyand

KnowledgeManagementunderthepatronageof

theUnitedNations.

ThemissionoftheInternationalKnowledge

Centreistobecomethehubofcompetenceand

innovationsatVilniusUniversityengagedinthe

development and implementation ofmodern

studyprogrammes;totrainspecialistsandper-

formstrategicresearchthatcouldmakeasigni-

ficantimpactontheadvanceoftheLithuanian

knowledgeeconomyandinformationsocietyas

wellastopromoteknowledgemanagementas

afieldofstudiesandresearch.

Thetasksofthecentrearetodevelop,cons-

tantlyupdateandimplementstudyprogrammes

which conform to international standards and

trends,prepareinterdisciplinarystudyprogram-

mes,continuouslearningprogrammesofstrate-

gicmanagement,informationandcommunicati-

onmanagement,anddevelopandimplementthe

programmesofcertification(standardizationof

qualificationandrecognition)ofinformationand

communicationmanagementprofessionals.

ThecentretakescareofthefollowingMaster-

degreeprogrammes:informationmanagement,

information systemsmanagement and inter-

national communication (full-time studies and

distancelearning).

Oriental Studies Centre


tel./fax: (370 5) 268 72 56,


web site http://www.oc.vu.lt

TheCentreofOriental Studieswas setup

in1992.Itsmaintaskistofamiliarizestudents

with the cultures (language, religion, history,

philosophy, art) of the Far andMiddle East

andSouthernAsia.Thecentre teachesArabic,

Hindu,Japanese,Chinese,Korean,Pali,Persian

(Farsi), Sanskrit, Turkish andTibet languages.

It also offers comparative Asian studies and

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studyprogrammesofJapanology,Sinologyand

Indology.Thecentrepreparesdictionariesand

teaching aids andpublishes a periodicalActa

Orientalia.

Religious Studies and Research Centre


tel./fax: (370 5) 268 71 62,


web site http://www.rstc.vu.lt

TheCentreforReligiousStudiesandResearch

wasestablishedin1992asaninterdisciplinary

and interfacultybodyof studies and scientific

research.Theaimofthecentreistofosterand

develop theChristiancultural traditionon the

academiclevel,researchtheLithuanianreligious

realityandencouragedialogueamongreligious

andsecularcultures.

Currently, the centre conducts a Master-

degreestudyprogrammeinthefieldofreligion,

awardsMasterdegreesinreligionscienceand

deliverspubliclecturestothestudentsofVilnius

Universityandotheruniversities.

Since2001,thecentrehasbeenconducting

ascientificprojectReligionandCulture.Onan

annualbasis,thecentreholdsconferencesen-

titledReligionandCulture.

Vilnius Distance Education Study Centre


tel. (370 5) 236 62 82, fax (370 5) 236 62 83


web site http://www.nsc.vu.lt

Vilnius Distance Education Study Centre

(VDESC),establishedin1998,developsdistance

education(DE)courses,learningmaterialsand

trainingprogrammesusingadvancedtechnolo-

gies,supportswriting,adaptationandimprove-

mentofDEcoursesandprogrammes,collects

and disseminates information about events,

projects andmethods of distance education,

maintainsvirtuallearningenvironment(WebCT)

forallprofessorsofVilniusuniversity,together

withWorldBankthroughGDLN(GlobalDeve-

lopmentLearningNetwork),designsanddelivers

courses,seminars,andotheractivitiesthatcover

thefullrangeofdevelopmentissues.

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International Business School


tel. (370 5) 236 61 93, fax (370 5) 269 87 56,


web site http://www.tvm.vu.lt

TheInternationalBusinessSchoolisastruc-

turaldivisionofVilniusUniversity,whichinits

15 years of existencehas becomeoneof the

largesthighereducationschoolsof itskindin

Lithuania.

ThemainstudyprogrammeisInternational

Business. The school offers 2Master-degree

study programmes and special professional

studiesoninternationalbusinessaswellasthe

programmeofapreparatorysemesterforMaster-

degreestudies.

The school has an international Bachelor-

degreestudygroupwherethelanguageofinst-

ruction isEnglish.BesideLithuanian students,

thegroupincludesstudentsfromsimilarhigher

educationschools fromothercountries.Abig

partofthesubjectsinallstudyprogrammesis

taughtbyvisitingprofessorsfromforeignuniver-

sities.Thestudentsoftheschoolareprovided

opportunitiestocontinuetheirstudiesinFinnish,

German,Italian,Spanish,Portugueseandother

universities.

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VILNIUS UNIVERSITYUniversiteto g. 3, LT-01513 Vilnius, LithuaniaTel. (370 5) 268 70 00, fax (370 5) 268 70 09E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]://www.vu.lt

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International Programmes & Relations OfficeTel.: (370 5) 268 70 48, 268 70 49, 268 71 82, fax (370 5) 268 70 69E-mail: [email protected]

Strategic Development OfficeTel.: (370 5) 268 70 46, 268 70 47, 268 70 91

Research Management OfficeTel.: (370 5) 268 70 67, 268 70 68E-mail: [email protected]

Information & Public Relations OfficeTel. (370 5) 268 70 01, fax (370 5) 268 70 96E-mail: [email protected]

Post-Graduate Studies OfficeTel.: (370 5) 268 70 93, 268 70 94, 268 70 95, fax (370 5) 268 70 96E-mail: [email protected]

Students‘ RepresentationUniversiteto g. 3, Observatory Courtyard, LT-01513 VilniusTel. (370 5) 268 71 44, tel./fax: (370 5) 268 71 45E-mail: [email protected]://www.vusa.lt

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