Programme overview
From climate-conscious cities to human-centred public spaces, architecture shapes how people live, move, work, and connect. The Architecture study programme at KTU prepares you to design buildings, urban spaces, and landscapes by combining creativity with engineering, sustainability, cultural awareness, and digital technologies. You will gain hands-on experience through practical design projects, collaboration with civil engineering students, and learning in close connection with industry needs. The KTU Diploma in Architecture is recognised across the European Union, allowing graduates to practise as architects throughout the EU. Graduates build careers in architectural design, urban planning, landscape architecture, or continue their academic journey in advanced architecture and spatial design studies.
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Programme Structure
The Architecture programme combines creative design, technical knowledge, and urban thinking with project-based learning. This programme equips students with:
- Creative thinking, visual communication, teamwork, and project management skills
- Knowledge of architectural design, urban planning, sustainability, heritage, and building structures
- Skills in computer-aided design, BIM, digital modelling, visualisation, GIS, and virtual reality tools
- Hands-on experience through joint projects and a professional internship in design companies
Students can shape their path through electives in areas such as parametric architecture, heritage management, urban data analytics, modular construction, and virtual reality.
Admission requirements
Funding opportunities
All international students automatically become candidates to receive the Scholarship for International Students, which is assigned for first-year Bachelor or Master students with strong academic records and motivation.
The residents of European Union countries and the global citizens of Lithuanian origin can apply for state-funded study places. This means that all the applicants, who fall into one of the aforementioned categories, will participate in the general admission’s competition for state-funded study places and get the chance to study free of charge, depending on their admission score.
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Campus life
The main KTU Campus is within walking distance from the city centre. In the campus, university sports halls and courts, dormitories, shops and recreational areas are all nearby. KTU boasts the active student community, with 6 art societies and over 20 students’ organisations. Our students can choose from 100 weekly sports classes, and join one of 20 sports teams. All of this is free of charge.
Over 40 thousand students study in Kaunas, and of these, around 10% are international students. Lush parks, lively squares, cosy cafes and buzzing cultural life make Kaunas attractive not only as a travel destination but also as a place to live.
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Autumn Intake Deadline
2026-06-01
