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Student Registration into Study Subjects for Spring Semester 2022

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The first stage of the spring semester 2021/2022 registration for lectures, seminars and laboratory works will take place on 24-30 January.

Doctoral Studies & Transform4Europe: current and future opportunities

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As an alliance of seven European universities Transform4Europe offers many new opportunities for doctoral students at partner institutions. On offer is not only the development of the most important career competencies, the opportunity to gain international experience and to get acquainted with the best international practices, and innovative methods. It is also a chance to build one’s own academic networks for junior researchers that in the long run can become an opportunity for continuing academic partnership.

Exhibition by VMU Professor Opened at the House of Signatories

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On January 7, a photo-video exhibition “To Destroy the Empire of Evil” by professor and photographer at the VMU Department of Contemporary Arts Romualdas Požerskis, and film director Sergei Loznica, was opened at the House of Signatories in Vilnius.  Two famous creators are inviting to take a look at the years of great significance for Lithuania and remember the events that led to the liberation of our country and laid the foundations for the collapse of the Soviet empire.

We Must Be Prepared to Take Responsibility for Our Freedom

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"The COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly aggressive totalitarian regimes and the global emigration caused by poverty and despair make us stop and think about our values. I believe that Freedom is one of the greatest values for any person. We have to talk about Freedom, learn Freedom, protect Freedom and enjoy Freedom again and again," said Algirdas Kaušpėdas, writer, architect and leader of the legendary band Antis, during the opening of the VMU Lithuanian Language and Culture Winter Course.

New Catalogue of Internship and Volunteering Offers

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VMU Career Centre invites everyone looking for an internship or a place to volunteer to review the newly published, fifteenth VMU Internship and Volunteering catalogue for university students. In this catalogue, students will find internship and volunteering offers of enterprises, public institutions, non-governmental organizations. We are hoping that each of you will find something useful in the pages that follow!

Opening of the Lithuanian Language & Culture Winter Course

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We would like to invite you to the opening of the Lithuanian Language and Culture Winter Course at Vytautas Magnus University. During this event, Mr. Algirdas Kaušpėdas, an architect, public activist, writer, singer and leader of the rock band Antis, will deliver a lecture titled “Why Do We Need Freedom?”. The opening ceremony will be hosted online on the 3rd of January at 2.30 p.m. (UTC +2, Eastern European Time).

Transform4Europe held its First Strategic Assembly Meeting

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At the beginning of December 2021, the Transform4Europe European University Alliance held its first Strategic Assembly Meeting. The event was open to all members of the seven Transform4Europe partner universities and aimed at reflecting on the work of the Alliance, looking ahead and answering questions.

Season’s Greetings to VMU Community from the Rector

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Season’s Greetings to VMU Community from the Rector Juozas Augutis.

VMU – the Most International University in Lithuania

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A recently published international ranking of universities in Europe and central Asia (QS EECA University Rankings) revealed that Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) was ranked 61st out of 451 higher education institutions ranked in total – VMU was included among the 13.5 percent of the best universities in the region. As in the previous year, the internationality of the university received the highest position: with regard to this indicator, VMU received the first place among all other Lithuanian universities ranked and the 43rd place in the overall ranking.

VMU signed a cooperation agreement with “Socialinis taksi”

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Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) On December 15th, at the Rectorate meeting, signed a cooperation agreement with the Public Institution “Socialinis taksi” – a social services provider with a unique assisted transportation service. This service helps to organise travel for people with disabilities to places of economic and social employment (work, various organisations, hospital, university, cinema, theatre, shop, meeting, etc).