Vilnius University

High in the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, archaeologists from Vilnius University discovered the strongest evidence yet for early and intensive farming of grain crops initially domesticated in the Fertile Crescent of southwest Asia. This research illuminates how the earliest food globalization p...

The Council of Vilnius for the first time officially gave patron names to five businessmen and companies. Moreover, a project named „Vilniaus universiteto fondas“ (Fund of Vilnius University) was announced as a patron project.

Rimvydas Petrauskas, dean of Vilnius University's Faculty of History, has been elected its rector, the university's spokesman Ervinas Spudys told BNS on Wednesday.

Vilnius University (VU) said on Tuesday it will shut down for two days later this week in protest over low salaries.

The 14th European Conference on Atoms, Molecules and Photons (ECAMP'14) will be held in Vilnius, bringing together more than 400 scientists from across the continent to Lithuania’s capital. Vilnius was selected to host the conference in 2022, following an application submitted by Vilnius University ...

Lithuania's First Lady Diana Nausediene plans to suspend her professional career and will no longer lecture at Vilnius University's Business School.

Last week an article based on the research of the Lithuanian genome was published in the prestigious open-access scientific journal Scientific Reports. The article was written by scientists from the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University (Dr. Alina Urnikytė, Acad. Prof Vaidutis Kučinskas and Asso...

Vilnius University got 30 positions higher ranking in recently released QS World University Rankings 2020. The university took the 458th position this year. Last year it was placed 488 in the ranking.

On June 15 Vilnius University Botanical Garden in Kairėnai will host MA students event “Butterfly day”.

Gegužės 30 d. įvykusiame didžiausiame metiniame ryšių su visuomene profesionalų renginyje „ PR Impact Awards 2019“ paskelbti tarptautinės komisijos ir publikos geriausiais išrinkti projektai.

Gegužės 30 dieną Vilniaus „Tech parke“ vyko didžiausias metų ryšių su visuomene renginys „ PR Impact Awards 2019“. Konkurso metu paskelbti komisijos ir publikos įvertinti geriausi metų komunikacijos projektai. Metų agentūromis tapo „Idea Prima“ ir „Fabula Hill+Knowlton Strategies“.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) invites students from Lithuania for internships and work in the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. This is a unique opportunity for students and specialists from various fields to work in an international team and get to know the scient...

Webpage of one of the most prestigious scientific journals in the world, Nature, recently published an article “A Single-cell Atlas of the Airway Epithelium Reveals the CFTR-rich Pulmonary Ionocyte”. It centres around the discovery of a new type of cell – pulmonary ionocyte. Dr. Lindsey Plasschaert ...

Vilnius University (VU) together with Embassy of Israel in Lithuania started a joined student mentorship program “Kelrodė žvaigždė“ (The Guiding Star). One hundred VU students volunteered to become friends and mentors to 9-12 year old children from needy and socially excluded families, the VU Commun...

The Lithuanian government approved on Wednesday a university network reorganization plan worked out by the Education and Science Ministry and will now send it to the parliament.

The Lithuanian Education and Science Ministry has unveiled a university network reorganization plan that calls for merging all universities in the country's second-biggest city of Kaunas and dividing the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences (LEU) between Vilnius University (VU) and Vytautas...

Over 22,000 applicants have been invited to study in Lithuania's universities and colleges, including about 14,000 in slots financed by the state or on scholarships.

One of the things Lithuania is best known for is the laser industry. While perhaps not at the very pinnacle of the industry, the country does not compare all too poorly against highly developed states such as the USA, Germany, France, China and others. And at the same time the industry shows no sign...

Sigitas Zutautas, a banking and project management specialist, will temporarily head the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater (LNOBT) after its long-standing director general was fired on Monday.

Lithuania should have two international-level universities and two technological universities after a planned reform of the current higher education system, a prime minister-appointed working group has decided.