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A call for early-career researchers: “My First Research Team”
Vytautas Magnus University announces a call “My First Research Team” which is addressed to 9 early‑career researchers - Principal investigators (PI). The announced call creates conditions for nine researchers to establish their first independent research groups and implement independent research projects.
Entrepreneur Gediminas Kvietkauskas: “You Won’t Find Me Where There Are Boundaries”
“It’s very sad to see businesses that lack creativity. These are often large, overgrown organisations run by technocrats with no wings, no drive,” says entrepreneur Gediminas Kvietkauskas, who ranks among the 500 wealthiest Lithuanians. A philologist by vocation and an engineer by education, he sees business as a creative project, because where there is no creativity, there is no freedom to advance.
Studies Abroad: An Adventure and One of the Best Decisions You’ll Ever Make
“Doing a semester abroad was one of the best decisions I have made”, says Magdalena Heeg, a student from Germany who spent a semester studying at the Faculty of Informatics of VMU in Kaunas as a participant of Erasmus study exchange.
Call for Participants: T4EU Week in Portugal
The Transform4Europe Alliance (T4EU) invites students of VMU to participate in the events of the T4EU Week in Lisbon, Portugal in May. Travel and accommodation costs will be covered for selected students. Online registration is open until 16 February.
Free Screening of Following the Jäger Report
The Andrei Sakharov Research Center for Democratic Development and Jewish Heritage Lithuania warmly invite you to a free screening of the documentary Following the Jäger Report, followed by a discussion.
Student Registration into Study Subjects for Spring Semester
The first stage of the spring semester 2025/2026 registration for lectures, seminars and laboratory works is on 26-30 January.
Chairman of the Kaunas Regional Court Marius Bartninkas: “Law Is Not Mathematics, Where Two Plus Two Equals Four”
“Could we really, and would we want to, entrust artificial intelligence with resolving disputes? Law is not mathematics, where applying a formula yields a single, clear answer, as we all know that two plus two equals four. What formula should be used to decide which parent a minor child should live with? Can a computer impose a sentence on a person who has committed a crime?” asks Marius Bartninkas, Chairman of the Kaunas Regional Court, when speaking about the use of artificial intelligence in judicial proceedings.
VMU to Host Screening of ‘Bucha’
On Thursday, 22 January, at 3:30 p.m., screening of the film Bucha and a meeting with the film’s protagonist Konstantin Gudauskas will take place at VMU Senate Hall (S. Daukanto g. 28).
Director of VMU Institute of Foreign Languages Dr. Teresė Ringailienė: Foreigners are Intrigued by Our Language
“No technology can replace human interaction, regardless of how fascinating someone may find robots or avatars”, Director of VMU Institute of Foreign Languages Dr. Teresė Ringailienė says. For her activities promoting multilingualism, the Transform4Europe Alliance has nominated Dr. Ringailienė in the Heroes of the Year Awards.
Scholarships and Other Benefits are Increasing
By a resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the amount of the Basic Social Benefit (BSI) changes as of January 2026 – from EUR 70 to EUR 74. As the BSI changes, the amounts of benefits linked to it, including scholarships awarded to students, also change accordingly.
