‘Don’t be a thingist,’ said Erasmus Student Network Lithuania in December 2017 and encouraged exchange students studying in Lithuania to donate various goods for an honourable cause. After a long autumn semester buying clothes, kitchen utensils and books to make their rooms and flats in Lithuania a little bit more like home, international students had a chance to make a good use of their things by donating them to those who really need. Leaving country and leaving things Before leaving Lithuania and going home, students were donating things they won’t be using anymore or taking back to their countries. Students mostly […]
Read moreKlaipeda State University of Applied Sciences would like to invite foreign students to attend the Summer Workshops. The program offers workshops with best lectors, practical training in faculty laboratories as well as real companies, cultural programme, excursions and fun. Preliminary topics are listed for each study program individually. After the completion of the workshops a diploma for all the students who participated will be granted. The diploma can be used to recognise 5-6 study credits at your University later. More information is listed on Klaipeda State University of Applied Sciences website.
Read moreLast week KTU welcomed the new students with Welcome Week 2017/2018 Spring events. Students from all over the world spent their first week at the University participating in seminars about the university life and living in Kaunas, were introduced to possibilities to join organisations, arts and sports groups at KTU. The week ended with a tour to the capitals – to the old Lithuanian capital Trakai and to the current one, Vilnius. The first day was devoted to paper work and to getting to know each other. After the official registration, the students could join warming-up games, organised by Erasmus […]
Read moreAmazing opportunity to learn one of the oldest languages in the world – the call for applications for Lithuanian language and culture courses is now open. Deadline for the online application is 18th of February 2018. For more information, please follow the link: http://stipendijos.lt/en/call-for-applications-for-lithuanian-language-and-culture-courses-is-now-open Check the photos bellow to see how much fun it can be: (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.11’; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’)); Posted by Facebook on Thursday, 27 August 2015
Read moreThe publication Charophytes in the Estuarine Curonian Lagoon: Have the Changes in Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution Occurred since the Late 1940s? has been chosen as the best scientific article dedicated to the biology of the Baltic Sea, published in the journal Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies in 2017. Authors of the article dr. Zofija Sinkevičienė from the Nature Research Centre in Vilnius and scientists of the Marine Research Institute of Klaipėda University dr. Martynas Bučas, Raimonda Ilginė, dr. Diana Vaičiūtė, dr. Marija Kataržytė and dr. Jolita Petkuvienė received a Dr. Eng. Jerzy Masłowski Prize. The article was prepared in the framework […]
Read moreOn Jan. 24th, the 4th anniversary celebration of Studying Abroad Magazine of Guangming Daily, with the theme of Tide Future Education, was held in Beijing, during which the Education Exchanges Support Foundation received the award for contribution to international education. “We live in a global world and if we want to improve the quality of education, we have to cooperate with each other, share knowledge, experiences”, said Ms. Rasa Bubeliene, representative of the Embassy of Lithuania in China, who accepted the award on behalf of the Education Exchanges Support Foundation. The Education Exchanges Support Foundation, which coordinates the […]
Read moreToday, the Republic of Lithuania became an Associate Member State of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Lithuania’s relationship with CERN dates back to 2004, when an International Cooperation Agreement was signed between the Organization and the government of the Republic of Lithuania setting priorities for the further development of scientific and technical cooperation between CERN and Lithuania in high-energy physics. One year later, in 2005, a Protocol to this Agreement was signed, paving the way for the participation of Lithuanian universities and scientific institutions in high-energy particle physics experiments at CERN. Since 2004, CERN and Lithuania successfully collaborated […]
Read moreThe winter session of Lithuanian language and culture courses just started at the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences (LEU). Yesterday the university welcomed newly arrived students as well as some familiar faces. Aya Kimura from Japan, who participated in the courses in summer of 2017 and who already has deep knowledge of Lithuanian language and culture (recently, she translated three Lithuanian children’s books to Japanese), shared her plans to open a centre of Baltic studies in Tokyo. Aya believes this centre will help one of the oldest languages in the world spread in Japan and will deepen the cultural ties […]
Read moreThe Department of Recreation and Tourism of Klaipėda University was visited by dr. Brenda Dyack from the University of Canberra in Australia. “We are glad to have a scientist with world-wide scientific experience who is ready to share it with our students and to exchange scientific insights with KU scientists at Klaipėda University. Brenda Dyack works not only in Australia, but also in Canada, and has extensive research experience in the area of tourism and recreation,” said prof. dr. Diana Šaparnienė, Head of the Department of Recreation and Tourism. Lectures to the KU community Over her two-week stay […]
Read moreAt the end of the year, we’ve decided to share one of the memorable moments of 2017 – the discussion with international students on studying in Lithuania held at the Opinion Festival this September. Four students from different parts of the world and different cultural background – Aya from Japan (Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences), Hasan from Turkey (Vytautas Magnus University), Aleko from Georgia (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University) and Omer from Pakistan (Vilnius University) – took part in the Erasmus+ moderated discussion and shared their thoughts about Lithuania. What were your very first impressions about Lithuania? Aleko (Georgia, VGTU): My first […]
Read moreLCC International University this year welcomed many new students and is proud of it’s international community. At the moment there are students from 39 different countries and the greatest numbers are from Ukraine, USA, Russia, Georgia, and of course Lithuania. When asked why they decided to choose Lithuania and studies at LCC International University, first year students mentioned the English language aspect, the international community as well as the highly qualified professors and Liberal Arts educational model. Eduarda, an Ukrainian student, reports that she is not entirely happy with the quality of the education system back home. Being a FLEX […]
Read moreOn December 7, Rector of Klaipėda University prof. dr. habil. Eimutis Juzeliūnas signed a cooperation agreement with Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Winfried Böttcher, Head of Klaus Mehnert European Studies and Research Institute. Under this agreement, the first German research institute in the Baltic States begins to operate at Klaipėda University. On December 8, a scientific discussion Regional Europe took place whose aim was to present the aims and aspirations of the Institute to the KU academic community. Klaipėda University, a University of the Baltic Sea Region The Rector of Klaipėda University, who addressed the guests in German, said […]
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