Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) maintains a high-level of scientificity and a number of study fields have improved their positions, according to university ratings released by the magazine "Reitingai" (Ratings)” for the 2021 fall/winter period.

The experience of foreign universities shows that campuses not only create opportunities for researchers representing different fields to cooperate, thus ensuring the development of interdisciplinary research projects, but also create an environment allowing students to acquire the competencies necessary for the modern labour market. Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of Vilnius University (VU) Prof Paulius Drungilas and Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences of VU Prof Aldona Beganskiene say that investing in the construction of new VU faculties of Mathematics and Informatics as well as Chemistry and Geosciences in the Sauletekis academic campus will create conditions to speed up the currently insufficient development of interdisciplinary studies and science.

This year’s Nobel Prizes are being presented in Stockholm and Oslo this week. On Tuesday, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Anne Doudna were officially awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. On this occasion, Vilnius University decided to symbolically honour prof. Virginijus Šikšnys, a scientist who was eligible for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and deserved it for his achievements.

For the seventh time Vilnius University (VU) maintains a leading position in the rankings by subject published by the “Rankings” journal. VU is the first in 30 academic fields of bachelor and integrated studies and as many as 35 academic fields of master degree studies. Compared to the previous year, VU has improved its positions in 2 bachelor and 1 master study fields.

KTU Faculty of Chemical Technology Professor Vytautas Getautis in a science world is mostly known for achieving a world record of solar cells’ efficiency. Developed together with other researchers, this solar cell can convert 29.15% of incident light to electricity. On December 11, the study, describing the production of the record-breaking cell, was published in Science Magazine, one of the major scientific journals in the world.

The project aims to make a substantial contribution to youth unemployment problem solving in Vilnius, Grodno, Minsk and Vitebsk regions by creating an alternative method of youth entrepreneurial and self-employability capacities development through closer cooperation between education and R&D institutions and exchange of good practices.

Courses in English for academic purposes are becoming more important at university as students are aware of the need to acquire the language skills needed for academic success. In this five-part mini-series of workshops with different topics, students of all seven Arqus partner universities will have the chance to improve their skills in academic English.

Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) maintains a high-level of scientificity and a number of study fields have improved their positions, according to university ratings released by the magazine "Reitingai" (Ratings)” for the 2021 fall/winter period.

There are many myths concerning artificial intelligence (AI) today: people say that robots will replace human at work, or that the algorithms collecting big data will use it against people. Some of these concerns are grounded in reality: numbers just a few years ago had shown that robots would take up 50 per cent of jobs in the next 20 years. However, the figures today are more realistic – according to a recent report by OECD, this number dropped to 10 per cent. So how to keep the balance between myths and reality? After all, AI can process a large amount of data and take the load off from repetitive tasks, thus providing space for human creativity.

With the rapid growth of research potential in various fields, the need for modern tools and convenient infrastructure inevitably grows. In order to meet this need, it is planned to expand the largest and most modern research base in Lithuania in Saulėtekis - by investing in modern Faculties of Chemistry and Geosciences and Mathematics and Informatics of Vilnius University (VU), the largest nucleus of life, physical and technological sciences would form here.