Vilnius Pedagogical University

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Vilnius Pedagogical University (or Vilniaus pedagoginis universitetas in Lithuanian, VPU for short) is a university in Vilnius, Lithuania.

[edit] History

A pedagogical university was first established in Klaipėda in 1935 by the Lithuanian government and was called the National Pedagogical Institute. In March of 1939 as the Nazis invaded and occupied the Klaipėda Region the institute was moved to Panevėžys, and then moved to Vilnius in autumn of the same year when it was renamed to Vilnius Pedagogical Institute (Vilniaus pedagoginis institutas).

In 1940, due to the Soviet invasion and occupation, teacher training was reformed according to Soviet standards which affected VPU as the number of students increased due to the changes.

As Lithuania regained independence, the Institute was reformed once more and on May 20, 1992 the name was changed to its current form - Vilnius Pedagogical University (Vilniaus pedagoginis universitetas).