Students at Vilnius University’s (VU) Faculty of Medicine had a great opportunity to attend a short course on Physiology and Biochemistry, presented by Wael Awad Ramadan, assistant professor at the Faculty of Physical Education at Mansoura University, Egypt.

Do not miss your chance to get an increased PhD scholarship – as was announced by the Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science, scholarships for doctoral students will increase by 83% from the beginning of 2019. Until next Monday, September 17 you can still apply for PhD studies at Kaunas University of Technology.

According to the forecasts of the World Economic Forum, by 2020 data analysts will be in high demand in companies globally. IBM claims that the annual demand for data scientists, data developers and data engineers will lead to 700,000 new recruitments; according to an analysis conducted on a sample of 550 Italian small and medium-sized businesses, 50% of SMEs state that they intend to hire a data analyst in the next three years. Similar situation is in other countries of the world.

Irina Matijošaitienė, researcher of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania is creating an artificial intelligence, which can predict urban spaces where crime is more likely to happen. It is expected that the tool will be able to accurately predict which neighbourhoods and urban spaces need more careful attention in order to prevent crime.

An international expert assessment of Lithuania's scientific research performance is getting underway.

Rapid development of mobile technologies inspired representatives of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) to create Mano VGTU mobile application. Mobile applications are increasingly used not only in business, but for studies as well. Checking timetables and receiving class reminders will be much easier and more convenient with the new Mano VGTU application. Mano VGTU mobile application will be available from 12 September, 2018.

The admission of international students to the Faculty of Medicine (MF) of Vilnius University (VU) is growing annually, with over 100 first year students enrolled in medical and dental study programs this year. The Faculty of Medicine is particularly popular amongst young people from Germany; therefore, they constitute the majority of all international students (about 30 %).

On 18 September 2018, VMU will host expert forum entitled General Education Curriculum Reform And Teacher Education, which will take place at the VMU Lozoraičiai Museum (K. Donelaičio g. 58, Kaunas).

In the meeting on Friday 31 August the Council of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) confirmed the candidacies of the two Vice-Rectors. Leonas Balaševičius, the Head of International Doctoral School, was appointed by the Rector and approved by the Council for the position of Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation and Jonas Čeponis, the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Informatics, will take the position of Vice-Rector for Studies.

Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) has been admitted to the China-Central Eastern European Countries Higher Education Institutions Consortium (CCHEIC).