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Quiet Solidarity: How Lithuania Practices Hospitality
Sociologically speaking, hospitality is never a one-sided virtue. As Alfred Schutz once observed in his essay on “The Stranger,” integration is not a smooth moral achievement but a relational tension – a test not only for those who arrive, but for those who receive.
Founder of the Start-up “Freya Cultivation Systems” Dr. Gediminas Kudirka: Lithuania Is a Good Place to Build Science-based Businesses
“What’s the worst that could happen? We’ll just lose money.” These were the words Gediminas Kudirka, Doctor of Agronomy and an alumnus of VMU, recalls saying over lunch at a fast-food restaurant with a coursemate – words that marked the beginning of the deep AgTech start-up “Freya Cultivation Systems”.
“Erasmus Days ’26”: A Look into the International Experience
On February 10 – 11, 2026 the University will host the annual "Erasmus Days" events to introduce Vytautas Magnus University students to the current competitions for studies and traineeships abroad. Now is the perfect time to learn everything about exchange programs and start planning your journey!
Northway Biotech joins a Lithuanian Consortium for Engagement with MIT – aiming to jointly strengthen life sciences sector in Lithuania
The joining of Northway Biotech to a Lithuanian science and business consortium collaborating with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA) marks a new stage in international life sciences cooperation. For the first time, industrial experience in the development of biological medicines is being systematically combined with the world-leading expertise of MIT and the academic competence of Lithuania.
“Autojuta” CEO Rasa Sinkevičienė: A True Career Is Doing What You Enjoy
“Business isn’t a competition where the outcome is clear-cut: you either win or lose. You either perform well, change, and adapt to the market, or… you don’t. There are no winners or losers – only those who manage to keep moving forward,” says Rasa Sinkevičienė, an alumna of VMU and CEO of “Autojuta”, a company specialising in the sale and service of new and used cars.
International Mobility Opportunities for VMU Students: Studies and Traineeships Abroad
VMU International Cooperation Department invites all VMU students to take the opportunity and apply for studies or a traineeship abroad.
University Fee Reduction Competition Open for Applications
VMU has launched an open competition for university fee reductions for spring semester of the academic year 2026. The purpose of the competition is to achieve the mission of socially responsible university by reducing social exclusion, creating appropriate financial conditions for VMU students to be accommodated and (or) study (taking into account different social (material) situations, study results and (or) accommodation in the dormitory) and increasing engagement in the activities implemented by the University community, encouraging the choice to study at the University, promoting the pursuit of the highest academic achievements and active participation in the University activities.
The 51st KBS Symposium Will Be Held at VMU
The Call for Abstracts for the 2026 KBS Symposium is now open. The 2026 meeting in Kaunas, Lithuania, taking place from 1 to 5 June, will be a wonderful opportunity for our community to come together, share new insights, and reconnect. We warmly invite all colleagues engaged in alcohol research to take part in the 51st Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society.
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.
