Students of Azerbaijan, Are you interested in Bachelors and Masters study opportunities in Lithuanian higher education institutions? If so – here is your chance to learn more! We are happy to announce that “Study In Lithuania” team along with numerous Lithuanian higher education institutions will visit Azerbaijan once again and will participate in the 11th Azerbaijan International Education Exhibition! The exhibition will take place at Baku Expo Center on 6-8 October, 2017. “Study In Lithuania” will be present alongside the following Lithuanian higher education institutions: International School of Law and Business ISM University of Management and Economics Kaunas University of […]
Read morePortuguese Miguel Inácio from Boavista dos Pinheiros (Odemira) first came to Lithuania in 2013 to a graduate study programme under the Erasmus Mundus programme. Presently Miguel is a 3rd year doctoral student in the field of Ecology and Environmental Studies at Klaipėda University (KU). The young scientist also works in the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde, Germany. ”I can assert that Klaipėda University is a strong and well-known institution in the area of the Baltic Sea Research,” says Miguel Inácio. A road from Portugal to Klaipėda ”Upon getting a master’s degree in the University of Ghent, Belgium, […]
Read moreInternational students including the first-year students started the new academic year in Lithuania with high expectations and big plans. One of them – an ambitious Accounting student of Kaunas University of Technology Hasan from Azerbaijan, who arrived only six weeks ago, but already adapted in Lithuania. “Couple of my friends from Azerbaijan, who are students at KTU, recommended the university and the country, so I decided to apply and – luckily for me – I also received a scholarship”, said Hasan, who was awarded with Lithuanian state funded scholarship for full time master’s degree studies. “My friends praised the academic […]
Read moreIn order to increase the internationalization of studies and to attract bright young foreign students to Lithuania, the state allocates scholarships for foreigners for graduate study programs. 70 graduate students from seven countries will receive financial support for studies in Lithuania in 2017. „We live in a global world, so we must motivate international brain exchange in all possible ways. Attracting Master’s students from abroad increases the internationalization of studies. This way Lithuanian higher education institutions become more visible in the global study environment, and that is exceptionally important while attracting as many gifted foreign students as possible to study […]
Read moreThe Welcome Week just kicked off at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). Students from all around the world are gathering together for the very first adventure in the university. With lots of creative and fun activities, KTU has a unique way to welcome international students – they are participating in introductory lectures, signing up for student organizations and making friends with fellow students, as well as taking part in various games, such as “Friends in 5 minutes”, “Letter to Future Self” or orientation around the campus game “Treasure Hunt”. The university received nearly a thousand applications for admission this year. […]
Read moreDo you happen to know that it is the Curonian Lagoon that is to be “blamed“ for the water bloom in the Baltic Sea coastal strip? It turns out that the blooming water outflowing from the lagoon colours the coastal strip of the Baltic Sea where the holidaymakers like to swim. That was argued by assoc. prof. dr. Mindaugas Žilius, leader of a Klaipėda University biogeochemists’ group and of a new NitFix project, won in the competition for young researchers held by the Research Council of Lithuania. The researchers of the Marine Science and Technology Centre and the Open Access […]
Read morePeople from all over the world, including distant countries, such as Japan, United States, are gathering together this summer to say LABAS to each other and to learn Lithuanian – one of the oldest and most praised languages in the world. The language and culture courses, which consists of language classes and includes games and songs, workshops, sightseeing tours and much more, are gaining huge interest each year and the numbers of international students, lecturers and researchers applying for Lithuanian state funded scholarships that fully cover the courses are increasing, according to the Education Exchanges Support Foundation. This year’s Lithuanian […]
Read more“That was our hobby which turned into big challenge”, said Tomas Žapnickas and Evaldas Narušis, founders of the public institution Green Vessels, who got acquainted in the KU Ship Design graduate studies and decided to work together. In mid-May, they won the funding for the designed power-driven vessel – 150, 000 euros – and are ready to work with all their might. Significant Acquaintanceship in the Study Years “From the very childhood, I spent a lot of time on the water. For several years, in the season I worked as a captain of a recreational vessel and organised trips […]
Read moreAt 8 pm on June 26, the Klaipėda University training-research vessel schooner Brabander leaves the cruise ship terminal for Tallinn. The KU researchers are going to carry out a project The Lithuanian Warship President Smetona (search for, and investigation of, the warship President Smetona and other vessels of Independent Lithuania sunken in Estonian waters). The project is funded in the framework of the Fostering of Historical Memory programme, part of the celebration of Centenary of the Restoration of Lithuania’s State. The investigation will be carried out in Estonian waters, seeking to identify the ships sunken in the period of 1939-1945: […]
Read moreThey study in Lithuania, but do they stay after graduation? Vilnius Business College student from Ukraine Dmitry Oliinik decided to grow his future in Lithuania and not only found an amazing career opportunity, but also engaged in professional billiard. He became the national champion in this sport and was representing Lithuania at the European and World championships. “I came to Vilnius four years ago, upon a recommendation of my friend. It was quite easy to adapt in Lithuania”, said Ukrainian Dmitry Oliinik, who found a lot of opportunities from the first years of studies. Lithuanian higher education institutions are committed to […]
Read moreThis summer, the fans of the theatre art will be able to see the premiere Four Seasons of the first in Lithuania and the only in Europe professional hand shadow theatre Budrugana Lietuva (director: prof. Gela Kandelaki). The founders of the theatre are the 3rd year students of Acting of the Department of Theatre Art, Academy of Arts, Klaipėda University and their leader assoc. prof. V. V. Landsbergis. The first performance of that exclusive theatre will be shown in the Klaipėda Culture Factory on June 16, and afterwards, in Kaunas City Chamber Theatre on June 17, in the Ramybė Club […]
Read moreLNG Terminal Engineering: an Opportunity for You “Energy independence“: the phrase became a kind of a synonym for the liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal Independence, brought to Klaipėda in 2014. In general, energy experts have been increasingly frequently talking about the LNG energy as a growing and promising area. The fact is well known to Modestas Venckus bei Martynas Ambrutis, Klaipėda University students who are presently completing their first year of studies in the LNG Terminal Engineering study programme. A new study programme proved attractive “I was born and grew up in Klaipėda, therefore after school I did not want […]
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