List of universities and colleges in Lithuania

List of universities and colleges in Lithuania is a listing of higher education (third level education) institutions in Lithuania.

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Universities

There are 22 universities in Lithuania (14 of them - public and 8 - private):

# English name Lithuanian name Type Established Location Students
As of Oct 1, 2010
1 Academy of Business and Management* Verslo ir vadybos akademija (VVA) Private 2003 Vilnius
2 European Humanities University** Europos Humanitarinis Universitetas (EHU) Private 2006 Vilnius
3 International Business School at Vilnius University Tarptautinė verslo mokykla (TVM) Private 1989 Vilnius 1939
4 ISM University of Management and Economics* ISM Vadybos ir ekonomikos universitetas Private 1999 Vilnius / Kaunas 1695
5 Kaunas University of Technology Kauno technologijos universitetas (KTU) Public 1922 Kaunas / Panevėžys 13422
6 Klaipėda University Klaipėdos universitetas (KU) Public 1991 Klaipėda 7520
7 LCC International University*** LCC tarptautinis universitetas Private 1991 Klaipėda 614
8 Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademija Public 1919 Vilnius / Kaunas 1026
9 Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education Lietuvos kūno kultūros akademija (LKKA) Public 1934 Kaunas 2418
10 Lithuanian University of Agriculture Lietuvos žemės ūkio universitetas (LŽŪU) Public 1924 Akademija (Kaunas district) 6035
11 Lithuanian University of Health Sciences**** Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas Public 1922 Kaunas 6704
12 Mykolas Romeris University Mykolo Romerio universitetas (previously Lietuvos teisės universitetas (LTU)) Public 1990 Vilnius / Kaunas 19869
13 Šiauliai University Šiaulių universitetas (ŠU) Public 1948 Šiauliai 9069
14 Telšiai Bishop Vincentas Borisevičius Priest Seminary Telšių Vyskupo Vincento Borisevičiaus kunigų seminarija Private 1926 Telšiai
15 The General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania Lietuvos karo akademija (LKA) Public 1992 Vilnius 368
16 Vilnius Academy of Business Law Vilniaus verslo teisės akademija Private 2004 Vilnius 612
17 Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts Vilniaus dailės akademija (VDA) Public 1940 Vilnius 1944
18 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas (VGTU) Public 1956 Vilnius 14024
19 Vilnius Pedagogical University Vilniaus pedagoginis universitetas (VPU) Public 1935 Vilnius 10015
20 Vilnius St. Joseph Seminary Vilniaus šv. Juozapo kunigų seminarija Private Vilnius
21 Vilnius University Vilniaus universitetas (VU) Public 1579 Vilnius / Kaunas 21728
22 Vytautas Magnus University* Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas (VDU) Public 1922 Kaunas 9167

* - study languages: english and lithuanian;
** - study languages: belarussian and russian;
*** - study language: english;
**** - study languages: english, lithuanian and russian.

Colleges

There are 24 colleges in Lithuania (13 of them - public and 11 - private):

# English name Lithuanian name Type Established Location Students
As of Oct 1, 2010
1 Alytus College Alytaus kolegija Public Alytus 1361
2 International School of Law and Business* Tarptautinė teisės ir verslo aukštoji mokykla Private Vilnius 5415
3 Kaunas College Kauno kolegija Public Kaunas / Kėdainiai / Mastaičiai (Kaunas district) / Druskininkai / Tauragė 7941
4 Kaunas College of Forestry and Environmental Engineering Kauno miškų ir aplinkos inžinerijos kolegija Public Girionys (Kaunas district) 1064
5 Kaunas Technical College Kauno technikos kolegija Public Kaunas 1482
6 Klaipėda Business Higher School Klaipėdos verslo aukštoji mokykla Private Klaipėda
7 Klaipėda State College Klaipėdos valstybinė kolegija Public Klaipėda 4380
8 Kolping College Kolpingo kolegija Private Kaunas 468
9 Lithuanian Maritime Academy Lietuvos aukštoji jūreivystės mokykla Public Klaipėda 1218
10 Marijampolė College Marijampolės kolegija Public Marijampolė 1539
11 North Lithuania College Šiaurės Lietuvos kolegija Private Šiauliai
12 Panevėžys College Panevėžio kolegija Public Panevėžys / Rokiškis 2266
13 Social Sciences College* Socialinių mokslų kolegija Private Klaipėda / Telšiai / Vilnius 1880
14 St. Ignatius of Loyola College** Šv. Ignaco Lojolos kolegija Private Garliava (Kaunas district)
15 Šiauliai State College Šiaulių valstybinė kolegija Public Šiauliai 2684
16 Utena College Utenos kolegija Public Utena 2437
17 Vilnius Business College Vilniaus verslo kolegija Private Vilnius
18 Vilnius College Vilniaus kolegija Public Vilnius 8207
19 Vilnius College of Design Vilniaus dizaino kolegija Private Vilnius
20 Vilnius College of Technologies and Design Vilniaus technologijų ir dizaino kolegija Public Vilnius 3327
21 Vilnius Co-operative College Vilniaus kooperacijos kolegija Private Vilnius / Kaunas 1504
22 V. A. Graičiūnas Higher School of Management V. A. Graičiūno aukštoji vadybos mokykla Private Kaunas
23 West Lithuania Business College Vakarų Lietuvos verslo kolegija Private Klaipėda / Šiauliai
24 Žemaitija College Žemaitijos kolegija Public Rietavas / Telšiai / Mažeikiai 1561

* - study languages: english and lithuanian;
** - study languages: english, lithuanian, russian and german.

Other providers of higher education institutions

Branches of foreign higher education institutions, established in Lithuania:[1]

# English name Lithuanian name Type Established Location Students
As of Oct 1, 2010
1 The Branch of the University of Bialystok "Faculty of Economics and Informatics" * Balstogės universiteto filialas "Ekonomikos-informatikos fakultetas" Branch of the Foreign Enteprise 2007 Vilnius

* - study language: polish.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Other providers of higher education institutions". http://www.aikos.smm.lt/aikos/institutions.htm?a=find&abbr=S. Retrieved 9 July 2011. 
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