Khusravi Muhammadzoda, a native of Tajikistan, who started his nursing studies at the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University this academic year, has been looking forward to his first exam session, which has just begun. The young man will take all his exams in Lithuanian, which he started to study independently.

Mr. Ignas Bielevičius, a graduate of Vytautas Magnus University (VMU), Faculty of Informatics, who graduated from his Bachelor’s studies in 2009, has established two nominal, annual scholarships of 500 EUR for students of VMU. The purpose of these scholarships is to financially encourage students for their good study results and active participation in scientific and / or social activities.

Dec. 18th, 2020, the Vilnius Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts (CCIC) presented Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) an award recognising achievements in 2020 in the category of higher education institutions.

In the spring of 2020, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) named Lithuania as the fourth country dealing most effectively with a crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, when the second wave of the pandemic struck in the autumn, Lithuania met it with relatively mild measures, and at the end of the year it established itself among the world countries with the highest number of the infected.

Following the affiliation of Šiauliai University by Vilnius University to take place on 1 January 2021, VU Šiauliai Academy (VU ŠA) will emerge in Šiauliai. This scientific union will not only open new opportunities for students and researchers but will also provide access to science and education in northern Lithuania and help to solve an issue relevant to the entire country related to training pedagogues. VU Vice-Rector for Studies Dr Valdas Jaskūnas talks about the new pedagogy centre, studies at VU ŠA and new study methods.

The Civil Society and Sustainability Research Group at KTU’s Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, established in 2018, conducts interdisciplinary research into threats and challenges for a sustainable and secure society and provides research-based solutions for strengthening civil society.

On Friday, December 18 in the annual meeting of The Lithuanian University Rectors’ Conference (LURC) Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Rector Eugenijus Valatka was re-elected as a President of the Conference for the second year in a row.

“We should not only be mindful of the intricacies of other cultures, but we should also look within and identify our own cultural biases”, says Dr Runa Chakraborty Paunksnis, Head of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) India Cooperation Development Centre. According to her, culturally, India is very pluralistic and therefore students coming from different parts of India are not likely to face the same challenges.

A group of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Institute of Materials Science created new graphene and silicon Schottky contact-based infrared radiation sensors that are more effective than the infrared sensors currently used in the market.

FinTech means technology-enabled financial innovation. European Commission emphasizes that there is a strong need to improve the competitiveness of European FinTech companies, creating a common regulatory approach across all countries. This could foster innovative solutions in banks and FinTech companies, together with the application of big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technologies.