Programme overview

This programme aims at training qualified, critically and creatively thinking specialists who have:

• solid ground in linguistics, literary studies, translation and intercultural communication;
• excellent knowledge of Russian culture and history, understanding of the peculiarities of social media;
• skills to create and analyse texts of various styles and to evaluate the Russian language, literature and cultural phenomena in literary, scientific, socio-cultural, geopolitical, and geo-cultural contexts of Europe and the world.

Studies with a perfect balance of language and literature also provide knowledge of other Central and Eastern European countries’ literature and culture.

The programme is flexible and open to students’ interests – it allows them to choose Minor studies in any other language and its culture, to choose various subjects from different fields, or to direct their studies towards linguistics or literature.
A universal humanities education and specific practical skills open up a wide range of employment opportunities in cultural, educational, media and other fields.

Russian studies are conducted in two tracks: one for beginners in English and another for advanced speakers in Russian.

Students from the EU/EEA, Lithuanian nationals residing abroad, and people of Lithuanian origin can apply for a state-funded study place.