| European Humanities University | |
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| Europos humanitarinis universitetas Еўрапейскі гуманітарны ўніверсітэт |
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| Established | 1992 |
| Type | Private |
| Rector | Anatoly Mikhailov |
| Students | 1600 |
| Undergraduates | 1450 |
| Postgraduates | 150 |
| Location | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Affiliations | EUA |
| Website | www.ehu.lt |
EHU, the European Humanities University (Belarusian: Еўрапейскі гуманітарны ўніверсітэт (ЕГУ), Lithuanian: Europos Humanitarinis Universitetas) is a Belarusian university in Lithuania.
From 1992 to 2004 EHU was a non-state establishment of undergraduate and post-graduate education in Belarus. In 2004, due to government opposition, EHU was forced to terminate its activities in Belarus. However, thanks to political, administrative, and financial support from the European Union, the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Government of Lithuania, other European Governments, NGOs and US and EU foundations, EHU managed to resume its operation in Vilnius, Lithuania and open bachelor’s and master’s degree programs for Belarusian students in autumn 2005. In February 2006 the Government of Lithuania granted to the EHU the official status of a Lithuanian university. EHU maintains close ties with the Belarusian Humanities Lyceum, a non-state secondary school also banned by the Belarusian government in 2004, and from which a substantial number of the EHU's students matriculate.
After the mass protests of the Belarusian presidential election of 2010, many students and teachers of the university (for example, Alyaksandr Atroshchankau), were imprisoned by the KGB. The university said it would work with students to help them in their education despite the circumstances.[1]
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