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VMU Alum Prof. Kriaučionis: Broad Education May Become Indispensable
There is a growing trend in today's job market to prioritise a broad, comprehensive education over a narrow specialization in one field. This has been reflected at the academic level, too: many students prefer the schools that give them self-fulfilment, freedom of choice, and a flexible timetable of studies. These classical or liberal arts schools can play an important part in shaping one's future, claims Skirmantas Kriaučionis, the leader of Genomics at the Oxford Branch of Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (UK). In his own experience, graduating from such a school, Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) in Lithuania, was invaluable to his future success.
Apply Now: VMU Lithuanian Language and Culture Summer Course
Call for scholarships has been announced for the courses organised in the summer of 2019 at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas and Vilnius.
Impressions of Lithuania and VMU: A Gilman Scholarship Story
Juan Carlos Sierra Barbosa, a Mexican student at Georgia Gwinett College (USA) and recipient of Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, shares his experience of visiting Lithuania and attending the Intensive Lithuanian Language and Culture Summer Course at Vytautas Magnus University.
CAS exhibition “25 Years of East Asia Studies in Kaunas”
VMU Centre for Asian Studies invites all to the opening of the exhibition "25 Years of East Asia Studies in Kaunas" which will be taking place on March 7th, 16:45 at 4th floor gallery, V. Putvinskio st. 23, Kaunas. The event is free of charge and open to all.
VMU Agriculture Academy to Organize International Week
VMU Agriculture Academy invites all students, lecturers and other university community members to participate in the International Week, which will take place on 4-8 March at the Business and Rural Development Research Institute under the Faculty of Bioeconomy Development (Universiteto g. 10, Room 404, Akademija, Kaunas District). At the event, foreign university lecturers will give lectures to students in English.
Time for Asia: Lecture on Korea by H.E. Mira Sun
VMU Centre for Asian Studies continues its Time for Asia events. On 4 March, open lecture will be held by the newly appointed South Korea’s ambassador to Lithuania H.E. Mira Sun.
Baltic Summer University: Memorable Adventures in Kaunas
This summer, Baltic Summer University (BSU) is getting back to Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) with 7 different programmes, offering a wide scope of topics available. Registration to the courses available on BSU's website.
Conference to Discuss Religious Communities in the Age of Migration
On 24-25 October VMU will host a conference entitled Religious Communities in the Age of Migration: Challenges, Experiences and Opportunities. The conference is organised by VMU research cluster Church Relations with State and Society in Lithuania.
VMU Asian Week 2019
The Centre for Asian Studies (CAS) at Vytautas Magnus University together with the students’ clubs “Hallyu”, “Hashi” and “Wu Wei” invites all students, Kaunas residents and city’s guests to the VMU Asian Week 2019. This year the event will take place on March 4-8 in venues of VMU and other public places in Kaunas.
VMU to Host Interdisciplinary Swamp School
On Thursday 7 March, 5.30 p.m., a unique project will be presented at VMU Centre for Research and Studies (V. Putvinskio g. 23): Swamp School, an experimental lab which represented Lithuania at the Venice Biennale in 2018. The project is curated by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), VMU’s visiting professors Nomeda and Gediminas Urbonas.
