Lithuania must overhaul its education system and use more high-tech solutions to maintain economic growth in the future, Danske Bank's chief economist for the Baltic countries said on Thursday.

Senior Executives from Hollister Incorporated, a US-based global manufacturer of medical devices and equipment visited Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) earlier this month. The company intends to open a new production site in Kaunas; their planned investment is approximately EUR 50 million with around 300 new jobs to be created over the next several years. During the meeting, representatives from the Hollister Incorporated global corporate office and the University Rector’s team discussed plans.

On May 19-20, Vytautas Magnus University will be hosting a 6th International conference “Language, Literature, and Culture – Traces of Multiculturalism”. This is a jointly organized event by three universities: Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania), Süleyman Demirel University (Isparta, Turkey) and Çankaya University (Ankara, Turkey).

More and more young people from other countries choose to study in Lithuania. Using the Erasmus+ opportunities they come to our country lead by curiosity and positive reviews of Lithuanian universities. For example, after coming here, Raphael Pelengaris, who had never heard about Lithuania before, has extended his studies at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) for one more semester.

Vilnius University will honour two outstanding personalities – professor OTMAR SEUL (the Paris Nanterre University) and professor MARIE-CLAUDE VIANO (Lille University of Science and Technology) by awarding them with a degree of Doctor Honoris Causa.

Earlier last week national rankings established by the magazine “Reitingai” (Eng. Rankings) have been announced. Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) is the second best university in Lithuania, falling just several points behind Vilnius University (VU). High school KTU Gimnazija is the second best in Lithuania.

The administration of Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) announces the formal accreditation of the newest academic programme, the Master of Business Administration degree (MBA). The MBA degree is the most internationally recognized programme of study that prepares graduates in the fields of business and management.

On May 19-20, Vytautas Magnus University will be hosting a 6th International conference “Language, Literature, and Culture – Traces of Multiculturalism”. This is a jointly organized event by three universities: Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania), Süleyman Demirel University (Isparta, Turkey) and Çankaya University (Ankara, Turkey).

Weighing oneself has become one of the most common morning rituals. However, your weight is not the only message that can be delivered by your bathroom scales: the team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Institute of Biomedical Engineering are developing the multifunctional scales, which can monitor your health and inform about potentially dangerous life conditions, such as arteriosclerosis or cardiac arrhythmia.

Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announced a new partnership with five universities in the region. At the press conference held today in Budapest, Wizz Air’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer Diederik Pen and the representatives of Budapest University of Technology and Economics, University of Nyiregyhaza (Hungary), Chelm State School of Higher Education (Poland), Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania) and the Estonian Aviation Academy signed a Letter of Intent on the cooperation.