Programme overview
As the construction sector moves toward climate responsibility, energy-efficient buildings are becoming essential for sustainable cities and communities. The Sustainable and Energy Efficient Buildings study programme at KTU prepares you to design, model, and manage buildings that reduce energy use, integrate renewable energy, and create healthy indoor environments. You will explore building energy demand, intelligent engineering systems, sustainable water management, and building life-cycle solutions through practical and research-based learning. Students learn in renewed laboratories, computer classrooms, virtual reality spaces, and a living lab-type environment, with opportunities to join exchange programmes, ECIU activities, and internships abroad. Graduates are ready to pursue careers in green building design, energy performance assessment, sustainable building consulting, or continue their academic journey in civil engineering research.
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Programme Structure
The Sustainable and Energy Efficient Buildings programme combines energy modelling, sustainable design, building systems, and research-based problem-solving. This programme equips students with:
- Systems thinking, research skills, teamwork, and evidence-based decision-making
- Knowledge of building sustainability, indoor environmental quality, renewable energy, and facilities management
- Skills in energy demand modelling, digital building analysis, data science, machine learning, and intelligent HVAC systems
- Practical experience through research projects and a master’s final project
Students can shape their studies through electives in building data science, modular construction, regenerative design, waste management, and recycling technologies.
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
