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2013-08-07

Azerbaijani student shares her experience in Lithuania

We are posting an article written by Aysel Sultan, a former student at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania. If you are an international student studying in Lithuania, do not hesitate to email us your reflections! For many reasons, living in Lithuania and studying at the Vytautas Magnus University is one of the greatest experiences of my life. Primarily, because of the completely new style of living – independent and with more responsibility. But, it wouldn’t be possible to enjoy it, if the conditions, atmosphere and people around were not suitable for turning the experience into enjoyable and colorful years. […]

2013-09-23

Lithuanian Universities seek partners in international fairs

New season of international fairs began this September. Every year Lithuanian higher education institutions take part in various events targeted both at potential students and education professionals from other universities and organizations. This year, Lithuanian Higher education is being presented with a brand new look, which fits in with studyinlithuania.lt design and will make our presence stand out even more. The first time new designs were used during the EAIE (European Association for International Education) conference in Istambul, 10-13 of September. 16 Universities and Colleges together with Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science took part, and our stand was also […]

2013-09-24

Award for Study in Lithuania image film

Image film presenting Lithuania and inviting to consider it as a destination for studies has won an award in Digital Communications Awards 2013. More than 600 European companies and organisations submitted their digital communication campaigns, out of which 150 were nominated in 38 categories (full list). Lithuanian clip, which won in the „Best Image Film“ category, was created by Education Exchanges Support Foundation and advertising agency Leo Burnett Vilnius. The clip was first created as a way to promote a new national portal for studies in Lithuania www.studyinlithuania.lt, however soon it became very popular – it is being used by […]

2013-10-10

Lithuanian – a popular destination for students from Azerbaijan

7th annual international Education and Carreer fair was held in Azerbaijan on 4-6 of October, where Lithuanian delegation presented our higher education system. The delegation consited of the Vice-minister of Education and Science ministry Rimantas Vaitkus, representatives of Education Exchanges Support Foundation and 22 Universities and Colleges of Lithuania. Lithuanian stand, same as last year, was the biggest one in the fair and was also nominated for being the most popular among more than a hundred countries and Universities that were represented on the floor. Our stand was also visited by the minister of Education of Azerbaijan Mr. Mikayil […]

2013-10-20

3 tips for successful career planning

A professor from ISM University of Management and Economics Dr. Pierre Jean Everaert shares tips how to build a successful career. Have a look!

2013-11-21

Awards for Lithuanian Scientists

Lithuanian scientist, distinguished for progress in various fields of scientific research, were honoured with awards for their accomplishements in event hosted by the ministry of Education and Sciences earlier this week. The ceremony took place for the seventh time, and this year was meant to recognize the achievements of biomedical scientist Feliksas Bukauskas, NASA astrophysisist Jonas Zmuidzinas, scientist of linguistics Jolanda Gelumbeckaite and doctor of technological sciences Vida Maliene, who has been recently working in the United Kingdom. These awards are given to Lithuanian scientist who are promoting Lithuanian name abroad and contributing to various scientific research. These and other, […]

2013-11-26

Vote for Study in Lithuania as example of effective communication!

Already awarded with European Digital Communciation Awards for the image film about higher education in Lithuania, project “Study in Lithuania”, administered by Education Exchanges Support Foundation, is nominated again. This time it is the “Europos Bures” (“European Sails”) award given to best projects in Lithuania funded by European Structural Funds. This award is given every year and “Study in Lithuania” is nominated in the most effective communication category. During those four years that “Study in Lithuania” is evolving Lithuania has seen a steady year-to-year increase of foreign students in our Universities and Colleges. During the project a national portal for […]

2013-12-05

Lithuanians – most educated nation in Europe!

Another reason why Lithuania is among top destinations for quality studies in Europe is that our population is amongst top educated in Europe. We were showed to be among the best educated nations in Europe once more by the European Commision’s Eurostat website, which compared all European countries against the same criteria. 93.3% of 25-64 year olds in Lithuania have upper secondary education (followed by 92.5% in Czech Republic, 91.7% in Slovakia and 89.8% in Estonia), while Malta (38.1%), Portugal (37.6%) and Turkey (30.9%) are forming the bottom of the table (original source here). And it is not just about […]

2013-12-16

Record-breaking year of admissions

1628 students from all around the world started their degree programmes in Lithuanian Universities and Colleges this academic year. All together there are 4284 international students studying in Lithuania – an increase of 12% from last year‘s 3798. This data was gathered by the Ministry of Education and Science of Lithuania, and represents those students who have enrolled in full time degree programmes, excluding students who came to Lithuania for a term or two during an exchange programs, like Erasmus, for example. The most popular university among foreigners remains the European Humanities University, which, after being shut down in Belarus, […]

2013-12-18

International students star in MRU video

Mykolas Romeris University presented new video promoting studies in Lithuania. Chris Bustamante from Mexico, Fidan Mamadova from Azerbaijan and Abiodun Wasiu Oyekanmi from Nigeria share their experience about life on MRU campus and Vilnius. So if you ever considered MRU as a destination for your studies abroad, maybe this will tip the scale!

2013-12-22

Happy holidays!

With Christmas and New Years closing in, we, Education Exchanges Support Foundation, would like to wish everyone a very warm and cozy holidays! By the way – have you heard that Lithuania has the best Christmas tree in the world this year? That is according to CNN.

2013-12-26

Take photos during your holidays and win a prize

Are you an exchange student or a foreigner studying full course in Lithuania? Have you spent your Christmas in Lithuania? What have you been up to? Study in Lithuania together with ESN Lithuania (Erasmus Students Network) invites you to share magic moments of your Lithuanian holidays! Few simple steps that will land you a brand new Swatch watch! Take a photo during your Lithuanian holidays; Send them to pr@esnlithuania.org with a description until 4th of January, 2014; On 6th of January ESN Lithuania Facebook page will announce the best photos, and then you will have a week to collect “likes“; If […]