Information about COVID-19

Information for arrivals from abroad

Self-isolation and testing exemptions

• All inquiries by the employees regarding business trips shall be directed to the Human Resources Department (Eglė Šiugždienė, phone +370 327 885, egle.siugzdiene@vdu.lt); all those leaving under international exchange programmes shall contact the International Cooperation Department (Konstantinas Kurževas, phone +370 37 327 987, e-mail konstantinas.kurzevas@vdu.lt).
• The International Cooperation Department consults international students on issues related to COVID-19: arrival@vdu.lt

The following restrictions will remain in place in order to prevent possible spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and it will be lifted by a separate order:

• students will not be accommodated in the guests rooms for a short-term period (up to 30 days)
• suspension of all new guest-room reservations, made by current residents, shall remain in effect (such reservations will be canceled).

The dormitory residents are not allowed to receive guests (this procedure is valid until further notice). We please students, who are currently living in the dormitories of VMU: not to gather in the dormitory; not to organize activities or gatherings in rooms or in the common areas of the dormitory, such as kitchens, smoking rooms, etc. (in case of failure to comply with this restriction, University keeps the right to impose disciplinary penalties). Other recommendations also remain in place:

In order to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) within the dormitory, all students who have been diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19) or have come into contact with such people and live in the dormitory must immediately contact dormitory’s administrator and be isolated for the incubation period in accordance with the procedure specified by the dormitory’s administration (in case of failure to comply with this order, University keeps the right to impose disciplinary penalties and notify law enforcement authorities).

Also in response to the increasingly complicated situation in Lithuania due to the risk of COVID-19, based on the recommendations by the Minister of Education, Science, and Sports, the Minister of Health, and the state-level emergency operations manager, as well as the Rector‘s order dated on October 23rd, 2020, „Regarding the Remote Implementation of the Study Process“, we want to inform that from October 30th, 2020, students who are moving out of the dormitory will have a right to keep their place of residence reserved for their return. Places of residence will remain reserved until the date of receiving student’s request to return to live in the dormitory; until the date of formal decision to resume studies in the auditoriums; or until the date of Rector’s order which would revoke this decision.

More information.

Requirements and recommendations for students moving into dormitories

We kindly ask our students, who are returning or moving into the dormitory for a first time, to be reasonable and socially responsible:

• Send your travel tickets by the e-mail arrival@vdu.lt and fill-out the online arrival registration form at least one week before the arrival; and register at National Public Health Centre under the Ministry of Health by filling in an electronic form on https://keleiviams.nvsc.lt/en/form;
• Follow instructions of administrative staff members of Vytautas Magnus University;
• Isolate yourself in the dormitory room allocated by Vytautas Magnus University and follow mandatory conditions of self-isolation.

IMPORTANT: if you have done a COVID-19 test and have a positive answer, please immediately contact administrator of the dormitory where you are living in (regardless of where you are isolated).

Upon your arrival (moving), at the dormitory’s Administration you shall:

• when entering the building use the hand sanitizer at the entrance;
• check your body temperature;
• sincerely answer questions of the Administrator of Dormitory. Monitor the list of countries effected by coronavirus (COVID-19) regularly and inform dormitory’s administration immediately if you are returning from one them;
• follow recommendations for COVID-19 prevention in the dormitories of VMU (if you do not need to isolate yourself).

For any questions, please contact VMU at studentas@vdu.lt or (8 37) 751 175.

Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) is providing support for students who are experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. A special fund has been set up for this purpose.

The fund aims to support University students and their families who are experiencing financial difficulties due to quarantine. The amount of support currently available in the fund is 100,000 euros.

The financial support for students shall be provided from the University’s own funds or funds raised by legal entities or student support funds as well as from the 2% previously allocated personal income tax.

More information is available here