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ABOUT LITHUANIA
Lithuania is a country in the Baltic region of Europe, one of the Baltic States, and lies on the east side of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania is an established country with a high-income developed society, extremely high in the Human Development Index. It ranks positively in terms of civil liberties, press freedom and freedom of the internet.
Capital City: Vilinus
Major Cities: Kaunas and Klaipeda
Language: Lithuanian, the most common foreign languages are Latvian, Russian, Polish, English, and Belarusian.
Borders: Latvia, Belarus, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast.
Currency : Euro (€)
Capital City: Vilinus
Major Cities: Kaunas and Klaipeda
Language: Lithuanian, the most common foreign languages are Latvian, Russian, Polish, English, and Belarusian.
Borders: Latvia, Belarus, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast.
Currency : Euro (€)
UNIVERSITIES
- Vilinus University.
- ISM University of Management and Economics.
- Klaipeda University.
- Lithuanian Sports University.
- Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.
- Mykolas Romeris University.
- Vilinus Gediminas Technical University (VGTU).
- Vytautas Magnus University.
EDUCATION SYSTEM
Education is free of charge and mandatory from the age of 6 or 7 to 16 years, as stipulated in the National Law on Education.
Pre-tertiary schooling is categorized into:
• Pre- education; (until age 5 or 6)
• Pre-primary curriculum; (1 year, between age 5-7)
• Elementary education (4 years, between age 6-11)
• Basic education (6 years of age, 10-17 years of age, ends with a “basic education certificate”)
• Upper secondary education ends with the “Matura” exam, opening the doors to tertiary
education. (two years, between age 16-19).
• Vocational and technical education begins in the fifth year of basic education (age 14 15).
• Tertiary education can be divided into university and college.
• Universities offer an academic education leading to international Bachelor-Master-Phd degrees.
Pre-tertiary schooling is categorized into:
• Pre- education; (until age 5 or 6)
• Pre-primary curriculum; (1 year, between age 5-7)
• Elementary education (4 years, between age 6-11)
• Basic education (6 years of age, 10-17 years of age, ends with a “basic education certificate”)
• Upper secondary education ends with the “Matura” exam, opening the doors to tertiary
education. (two years, between age 16-19).
• Vocational and technical education begins in the fifth year of basic education (age 14 15).
• Tertiary education can be divided into university and college.
• Universities offer an academic education leading to international Bachelor-Master-Phd degrees.
POPULAR COURSES
- Medicine
- Dentistry
- Accounting and audit
- Economics
- Information technology and systems
- Marketing
- Cyber security
- Engineering
- Management
- Chemisty/biochemistry
- Bio physics
- DeepTech Entrepreneurship
- Nanomaterials
- Electronics and Telecommunication Technologies
- Computer Modeling
- English Studies (Media Linguistics)
- Financial and Actuarial Mathematics
- Banking
- Financial Technology
- Genetics
- Geology
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Neurobiology
- Pedagogy of Music
- Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics
- Systems Biology
- Social Work
- Smart Manufacturing Engineering
EDUCATION COST
Tuition fee:
Master’s degree: 2,000 to 6,000 EUR per year
Bachelor’s degree: 1,000 to 5,000 EUR per year
Master’s degree: 2,000 to 6,000 EUR per year
Bachelor’s degree: 1,000 to 5,000 EUR per year
INTAKES
September Intake
SCHOLARSHIPS
Study with fully funded or partially funded scholarships in Lithuania. Government of Lithuania and Universities in Lithuania offer scholarships to international students each year.
EDUCATION SYSTEM IN LITHUANIA
