„Europos Bures“ („European sails“) awards ceremony took place on January the 30th in Vilnius. These Awards, hosted by the Lithuanian Ministry of Finance, are given to Lithuanian projects which make the best use of European Social Funds. 129 ESF projects were given to the jury of specialist from the ESF and various other organizations. They selected 27 of them to be nominated in 9 different categories, and the public voted on the website delfi.lt to determine the final winners in each category. Three projects competed in the “Most effective communication” category, but project “Study in Lithuania” came ahead as a […]
Read moreVilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) invests in the studies infrastructure – flight training unit in Kyviskes acquired two new helicopters Cabri G2. These air crafts will be used to prepare qualified helicopter pilots. The integrated master’s degree study programme, which will prepare such specialists, will be the first and only in Lithuania, and will be implemented by VGTU Antanas Gustaitis ‘Aviation Institute (AGAI). “There is an increasing demand for qualified helicopter pilots in the aviation market and this fact has been constantly mentioned by our social partners from state institutions. The new helicopters will allow to start the new stage […]
Read morePhoto contest organized by “ESN Lithuania” together with “Study in Lithuania” has came to an end and the winner of Swatch watch was announced! Photo contest organized by “ESN Lithuania” (Erasmus Students Network) together with “Study in Lithuania” has came to an end and the winner of Swatch watch was announced on the official ESN network Facebook page for Lithuania – https://www.facebook.com/esnlithuania. The winner is Ákos Harsányi from Hungary, who currently studies in Lithuania. Contestors had to submit photos of their Christmas holidays in Lithuania and the author of the photo with the biggest number of likes won a watch […]
Read moreSOROS INTERNATIONAL HOUSE (www.sih.lt) with the support of the European Integration Fund is implementing a 1-year long programme to facilitate the integration of non-EU nationals into the Lithuanian society. What do we offer in 2014? Orientation course We offer 60-hour orientation course – introduction to the Lithuanian society, history, culture and legal system: • 30 hours of formal instruction; • 30 hours of informal learning – study visits, events, excursions, etc. When does the course start? The course starts on 10 February 2014. Classes will take place at SIH (Konstitucijos 23A, Vilnius) twice a week, each lesson 2 hour-long according […]
Read moreAre you an exchange student or a foreigner studying full course in Lithuania? Have you spent your Christmas in Lithuania? What have you been up to? Study in Lithuania together with ESN Lithuania (Erasmus Students Network) invites you to share magic moments of your Lithuanian holidays! Few simple steps that will land you a brand new Swatch watch! Take a photo during your Lithuanian holidays; Send them to pr@esnlithuania.org with a description until 4th of January, 2014; On 6th of January ESN Lithuania Facebook page will announce the best photos, and then you will have a week to collect “likes“; If […]
Read moreWith Christmas and New Years closing in, we, Education Exchanges Support Foundation, would like to wish everyone a very warm and cozy holidays! By the way – have you heard that Lithuania has the best Christmas tree in the world this year? That is according to CNN.
Read moreMykolas Romeris University presented new video promoting studies in Lithuania. Chris Bustamante from Mexico, Fidan Mamadova from Azerbaijan and Abiodun Wasiu Oyekanmi from Nigeria share their experience about life on MRU campus and Vilnius. So if you ever considered MRU as a destination for your studies abroad, maybe this will tip the scale!
Read more1628 students from all around the world started their degree programmes in Lithuanian Universities and Colleges this academic year. All together there are 4284 international students studying in Lithuania – an increase of 12% from last year‘s 3798. This data was gathered by the Ministry of Education and Science of Lithuania, and represents those students who have enrolled in full time degree programmes, excluding students who came to Lithuania for a term or two during an exchange programs, like Erasmus, for example. The most popular university among foreigners remains the European Humanities University, which, after being shut down in Belarus, […]
Read moreAnother reason why Lithuania is among top destinations for quality studies in Europe is that our population is amongst top educated in Europe. We were showed to be among the best educated nations in Europe once more by the European Commision’s Eurostat website, which compared all European countries against the same criteria. 93.3% of 25-64 year olds in Lithuania have upper secondary education (followed by 92.5% in Czech Republic, 91.7% in Slovakia and 89.8% in Estonia), while Malta (38.1%), Portugal (37.6%) and Turkey (30.9%) are forming the bottom of the table (original source here). And it is not just about […]
Read moreAlready awarded with European Digital Communciation Awards for the image film about higher education in Lithuania, project “Study in Lithuania”, administered by Education Exchanges Support Foundation, is nominated again. This time it is the “Europos Bures” (“European Sails”) award given to best projects in Lithuania funded by European Structural Funds. This award is given every year and “Study in Lithuania” is nominated in the most effective communication category. During those four years that “Study in Lithuania” is evolving Lithuania has seen a steady year-to-year increase of foreign students in our Universities and Colleges. During the project a national portal for […]
Read moreLithuanian scientist, distinguished for progress in various fields of scientific research, were honoured with awards for their accomplishements in event hosted by the ministry of Education and Sciences earlier this week. The ceremony took place for the seventh time, and this year was meant to recognize the achievements of biomedical scientist Feliksas Bukauskas, NASA astrophysisist Jonas Zmuidzinas, scientist of linguistics Jolanda Gelumbeckaite and doctor of technological sciences Vida Maliene, who has been recently working in the United Kingdom. These awards are given to Lithuanian scientist who are promoting Lithuanian name abroad and contributing to various scientific research. These and other, […]
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