April 17th Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) has signed a partnership agreement with global training and maintenance provider ALL4JETS and the small partnership Asava.aero, expanding the practical training of aviation mechanics and specialists of avionics.

Just a decade ago, a mobile phone was an item for calls in early mornings or late evenings, when the rates were lower. Now, mobile phone has made it to the list of indispensable goods, and hardly anyone doesn’t use it for browsing social networks, filming videos or playing music. The unfortunate story of the Finnish giant’s Nokia mobile phone division is among the most well-known to illustrate the magnitude of the change and the rate of development and application of technologies.

The world is changing and universities should be changing with it. That is the basic idea behind the ECIU’s ambitious project, the ‘ECIU University’. It’s a joint university involving all ECIU members and offering a completely new type of education. Today, the ECIU Executive Board is at the University of Trento for further discussion about the ECIU University.

The EU is set to invest billions in high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and digital skills after MEPs approved funding for these projects for 2021-27.

From September 2018 Vilnius University (VU) has offered a unique international Systems Biology Master's program in English. It is a joint programme of three VU faculties – the Life Science Center, the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics and the Faculty of Medicine. The coordinator of the Programme, a professor of the Faculty of Medicine, dr. Audronė Jakaitienė says that "this study program is so unique, that it is not offered in any other higher education institution in Lithuania or other Baltic states".

Joy Adjutant, Data Trash Engineer, Juvenile Cybercrime Rehabilitation Counsellor, Voice UX Designer, E-sports Arena Builder – these are just a few examples of what professionals will be needed within the next 10 years. Cognizant, the U.S. headquartered and one of the world’s leading professional services companies, released a report on the future of work and proposed 21 new jobs that will enable people to realise their potential and stay employed in the changing job market.

This year Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) will organise Technorama Innovation Fair for the 18th time. Established in 2001, the event which is reaching “the adulthood” this year has introduced more than a 100 products and new ideas. The innovations by young scientists range from products and technologies for health monitoring to concrete made from waste, from antimicrobial silicone to electronic impulse generator.

For people not actively interested in cutting-edge technologies it is still hard to grasp that printing of such real-life objects as sneakers, car engines, residential houses or even human body tissues is not science fiction any more. Scientists intensely research and create new 3D printing technologies and present new application opportunities almost daily.

In the first week of April, the exhibition “Accepting the challenge – Sweden and the 2030 Agenda” was opened at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Santaka Valley. The exhibition was organised by KTU and the Baltic University Programme (BUP) together with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden. The exhibition runs until April 26.

Earlier this month, Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and Centric IT Solutions Lithuania signed a cooperation agreement. Four EUR 500 scholarships for the talented students of the Faculty of Informatics kick-started the official cooperation.