Teachers from around 50 schools in Lithuania are taking part in a two-hour warning strike on May 18th.

German company FESTO, one of the first foreign investors in Lithuania has opened a new office building in Kaunas earlier this month. Over the next couple of years, 240 new jobs are planned in engineering, applied mathematics, economics, finance, management, IT and other areas, agency Invest Lithuania informs.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Nobel Peace prize laureate, is due to deliver an open lecture at Vilnius University in June.

The team of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) students are participating in the international engineering competition BRICO2018 in Estonia, where they are introducing an innovative steel bridge designed and built entirely by themselves. The competition takes place in 14–18 May.

The Center for Excellence in Finance and Economic Research (CEFER) jointly with Vilnius University has developed a brand-new Bachelor program Quantitative Economics. This program will develop graduates capable of successfully navigating within the modern finance industry as well as public institutions and private companies requiring competence in economics and data science; the language of instruction is English and the program only last for three years instead of the standard four years. This is the first and so far the only program of this kind in Lithuania.

“My country in Georgian is called Sakartvelo, that’s what it is now called in Lithuanian also”, reminds Avtandil Arabuli from Georgia in the beginning of the conversation. Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) student speaks perfect Lithuanian, and when short of words, he starts to recite poetry. In Lithuanian, of course.

Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) is the university most valued by students, and its graduates are among the most sought after in the job market, according to the national rankings announced by the magazine “Reitingai” today. KTU has strengthened its positions in 4 of the 7 categories assessed in the annual rankings and is the second best university in Lithuania.

Competition has opened for Erasmus+ teaching visits during 2019 autumn semester. The realisation period for the visits is from August 27th , 2018 until January 31st, 2019. The aim of the teaching visit is to read lectures to students of a foreign university and encourage them to come to VMU for Erasmus+ studies.

Fossil energy, the main source of greenhouse gases, is at the core of the world economy and the transition towards clean energy systems faces strong opposition from interest groups. The aim of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, to keep global warming between 1.5 and 2°C, will slip out of reach in just a few years. The world will then be on course for changes that may be uncontrollable.

Every semester hundreds of new incoming international students find a place to call second home in Kaunas, Lithuania. Some of them for shorter periods, others for several years – regardless of time spent, everyone acquires an unforgettable experience and lifelong friendships at Vytautas Magnus University.