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VMU Career Day 2021

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Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) Career Centre invites all international students participate the VMU Career Day virtual event on November 29th, 5 PM, on the MS “Teams” platform. Estimated event duration – 1 hour.

Open letter regarding persecution of Artsiom Bayarski

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Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) expresses its deep concern regarding the persecution of the member of its academic community, Artsiom Bayarski, a first-year student of Biotechnology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences.

Competition for VMU Graduate Ignas Bielevičius Nominal Scholarship

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Mr. Ignas Bielevičius, a graduate of Vytautas Magnus University’s (VMU) Faculty of Informatics (IF) who graduated from the university in 2009, has established one-off nominal scholarships for VMU students, one of which is 500 euros, in 2020. The purpose of this scholarship is to financially encourage students for their successful study results and active scientific and/or social activities.

Contests for Teaching and Training Visits under Erasmus+ programme

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International Cooperation Department invites all VMU academic and non-academic staff members to participate in the Erasmus+ contests: the contest for Erasmus+ teaching visits in Programme countries (EU/EEA countries) and the contest for Erasmus+ teaching and training visits in Partner countries (non-EU/EEA countries). The visits will be conducted in the 2021/2022 academic year.

VMU Opened the Largest University Sports Center in the Country

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The grand opening ceremony of the President Valdas Adamkus Sports Center, which presented the largest university sports complex in Lithuania adapted to various sports and needs, took place at Vytautas Magnus University on November 17. The sports center, which has opened its doors in the Akademija campus (Studentų g. 9A, Kaunas district), will provide more opportunities to train professional athletes and to increase the physical capacities and health of the university community.

The AgriFood Forum 2021 will propose a new direction

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The AgriFood Forum 2020 was a real surprise. The two-day forum, which was organized virtually for the first time, attracted more than 1,800 unique viewers, 500 of whom were participants from abroad. What is more, each participant spent an average of more than 4 hours on the forum. The AgriFood Lithuania DIH, the main organizer of the event, has a very clear mission for the AgriFood Forum 2021. According to the hub, it is time to turn ambitions into real actions and commonly agree on the implementation of the sustainable food supply chain. The hybrid AgriFood Forum 2021 will take place on 25th of November.

VMU invites students to become mentors of international students

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VMU International Office invites Lithuanian and international degree students to join the VMU Mentors’ programme and become mentors for new incoming international students.

VMU Rector’s Greetings on International Students’ Day

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Today we are marking the International Students' Day. It is a day for you to celebrate and take pride in yourselves: you are STUDENTS, because you have made the right decisions, you have been persistent, you have set goals for yourselves, and you pursue them while embarking on paths that are not always easy.

Call for Applications: Conference Dedicated to Centenary of VMU

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VMU Centre of Kaunas History invites everyone to participate in the 26th annual scientific and interdisciplinary conference dedicated to research on Kaunas titled Centenary of Vytautas Magnus University: Its Significance to the City and the State. The conference will take place on February 24-25th, 2022 at Vytautas Magnus University, marking the centenary of its inception. VMU was founded in 1922 and named after Vytautas the Great in 1930.

Competitions After the Opening of a Sports Center

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The opening ceremony of the President Valdas Adamkus Sports Center, which will present the largest university sports complex in the country adapted to various sports and needs, will take place on Wednesday, November 17, in the Akademija campus (Studentų g. 9A, Kaunas District). After the opening of the sports center, spectators are invited to watch the first competitions: at 4 p.m., sports fans are invited to watch the regional basketball league competition VMU:KTU (men), and at 7:30 p.m. - the national student volleyball league competition VMU:VU (women).