The Ministry of the Economy and Innovation is once again inviting the country's talented young people to choose the promising fields of engineering and technology. As it does every year, the Ministry is awarding targeted scholarships to students who have chosen to study STEM subjects (Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics) at regional higher education institutions. This year, the Ministry has also launched an initiative to attract high technology talent.

In the newest QS European university rankings, KTU has risen from the 275th position to the 256th.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė met with the participants of the Lithuanian Diaspora Student Internship (LISS) programme.

The scientific elite of Europe has acknowledged the work of Artūras Petronis, Professor from Vilnius University (VU) and the University of Toronto, electing him as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). The new members were announced on 9 July on the occasion of the EMBO’s 60th anniversary.

28 June the graduates of three faculties - the Faculty of Public Governance and Business (FPGB), the Law School (LS) and the Faculty of Human and Social Studies (FHSS) - were awarded their diplomas at a ceremony held at Mykolas Romeris University. 769 diplomas were handed out during the celebration.

On the 19th of June KTU Design Centre D-LAB team, while carrying out the project of the Center of Excellence in Technological and Physical Sciences (TiFEC), invited members of the M-LAB Laboratory Centre to a community workshop moderated by Melania Vicentini, a spatial designer and a PhD student in the field of design at Politecnico di Milano.

The Vice-Rectorate for Research and Transfer and the Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization of the University of Granada (UGR) are calling for PhD training contracts within the framework of the Arqus Talent Fund programme.

The call is aimed at members of the teaching and research staff of the University of Granada with a current contract, whose duration covers the period of the pre-doctoral contract and persons who, at the time of their incorporation, meet the requirements and conditions for admission to an official doctoral programme of the University of Granada.

European Universities alliances are joining forces in a project called FOR-EU4All. The project brings together all current and future European Universities alliances—numbering over 60—into a unified, cohesive structure. The goal is to foster a collaborative and supportive environment where best practices and experiences can be shared not only among the alliances themselves but also with the broader European Higher Education (HE) sector. The Arqus Alliance is represented by the University of Granada and its affiliated entity, Training and Management of Granada SLMP.

FOUNTAIN (Fostering sustainable university-industry techno-entrepreneurial collaborations and innovations in Asian universities) led by the University of Ruhuna, cofounded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union, started on July 1, 2023. The FOUNTAIN project is a consortium from different partner countries. We are happy to announce that VilniusTech is one of the partners of this project. Project manager Prof. Dr. Artūras Kaklauskas is the head of the Department of Construction Management and Real Estate. 

A new field of science – DNA data storage – is being developed in Lithuania. Genomika company together with Kaunas University of Technology and other partners, aims to develop an autonomous solution for archiving data in DNA structures. The total value of the project is more than EUR 5 million.