On 10th November the head of IFCON UAB – Skirmantas Maulevičius, who has over 20 years of experience in financial markets, had lead a lecture-seminar „Investing in early stage“. The guest was invited by the Department of Finance Engineering lecturer Lidija Kraujalienė.

Who is more valuable for a company: an experienced employee or someone, who is just starting their career? Older or younger people? These questions are extremely important now, when in the context of the aging society the challenges of finding a perfect candidate for a job become more and more relevant.

VMU International Office has announced competition for bilateral exchange traineeship with mobility scholarship. Students, who would like to participate in the contest for internship at non EU countries in a year 2017, please fill following e-form: till 9th of December.

“Imagine a dynamic map, which shows you people flock into the places of interest, a city, where the passers-by get exceptional offers at restaurants and shops to their phones, where infrastructure is so perfect that traffic jams become almost impossible”, Giedrius Sirevičius co-founder of a start-up Icybit shares his vision of a smart city. Icybit is one of nearly 50 companies founded at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Startup Space community.

Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) who has recently joined European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) is opening new possibilities for the researchers, start-ups and students. In December the Vice-Rectors of the Consortium universities will meet in Kaunas to discuss shared interests, common goals and future cooperation initiatives.

Baltic branches of DNB Bank are providing 8.4 million euros to the Estonian company 1Home Group AS to build rental apartments for students in Tallinn, Tartu, Riga, Vilnius, Kaunas and Warsaw.

Dr. Hirotaka Suzuki from Kobe University (Japan) visited VGTU at the end of October. Professor was delivering lectures, meeting colleagues from VGTU faculties, and visiting the creativity and innovation centre „LinkMenų fabrikas“.

In September 2016, Turiba University, in cooperation with five partner Universities – University of Genoa (Italy), Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania), University of National and World Economy (Bulgaria), University of Graz (Austria) and University of Economics, Prague (Czech Republic) started to implement Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership project, "Online Study Platform on Mediation."

Drones are used for many things, from filming and taking photos to inspecting gas pipelines and spraying crops. But these small unmanned aircraft could also pose a risk to airplanes and be used to invade people’s privacy. On Thursday 10 November the transport committee approved changes to EU aviation safety rules that would also include basic safety measures for drones.

KTU Sports Centre invites to join 19 sports teams and clubs of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). Students, teachers and administrative staff can train free of charge at individual, group and team sports activities, or enter the dancesport club.