Programme overview
About the program
- Exploring cultural environment and design projects in Vilnius, Florence, St. Petersburg, Athens;
- Unique curriculum and individual trajectories;
- Project-based approach to training, preparation of personal annual projects and assembling an outstanding creative portfolio;
- Practical experience in animation studios and design agencies in Lithuania and other EU countries;
- Workshops led by professionals from Estonia, France, Portugal, Russia, Lithuania.
Potential career
- Designer, web-designer, TV-designer;
- Illustrator of electronic and paper media;
- 2D and 3D animation artist, 3D artist;
- Interface and mobile application designer;
- Concept artist;
- Art Director;
- MA student at universities in Europe and the USA.
Languages of instruction
- Russian and English
Programme structure
- Total number of ECTS credits: 240;
Study plan of the program (full-time)
I Semester:
- Language and Thinking (6 ECTS)
- First Year Seminar (6 ECTS)
- English (6 ECTS)
- Artifacts of Visual Design: Vilnius (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Drawing and Composition I (6 ECTS)
II Semester:
- First Year Seminar (6 ECTS)
- English (6 ECTS)
- History of Design (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Drawing and Composition II (6 ECTS)
- Project of the First Year (6 ECTS)
III Semester:
- Second Year Seminar (6 ECTS)
- Artifacts of Visual Design: Saint Petersburg (6 ECTS)
- Media Psychology (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Drawing and Composition III (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Fundamentals of Photography (6 ECTS)
IV Semester:
- Second Year Seminar (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Animation Basics I (6 ECTS)
- Color Theory and Application (6 ECTS)
- Project of the Second Year (6 ECTS)
- Creative Workshop: Practical Training I (6 ECTS)
V Semester:
- Third Year Seminar: Hermeneutic Seminar “Understanding and Creation” (6 ECTS)
- Artifacts of Visual Design: Florence (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: 2D Projecting (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Fundamentals of Calligraphy and Typography (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Animation Basics II (6 ECTS)
VI Semester:
- Visual Expression: 3D Projecting (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Animation Basics III (6 ECTS)
- Animation Techniques (6 ECTS)
- Yearly Project III: Interdisciplinary Project (6 ECTS)
- Creative Workshop: Practical Training II (6 ECTS)
VII Semester:
- Third Year Seminar: Hermeneutic Seminar “Understanding and Creation” (6 ECTS)
- Artifacts of Visual Design: Athens (6 ECTS)
- Fundamentals of Management (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Digital and Printing Technologies (6 ECTS)
- Іntercultural Communication or Management of Cultural and Art Projects
(selective) (6 ECTS)
VIII Semester:
- Lithuanian or Lithuanian Ethnoculture (selective) (6 ECTS)
- Creative Workshop: Practical Training III (6 ECTS)
- Final Project (18 ECTS)
Study plan of the program (part-time)
I Semester:
- Language and Thinking (6 ECTS)
- First Year Seminar (6 ECTS)
- English (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Drawing and Composition I (6 ECTS)
II Semester:
- First Year Seminar (6 ECTS)
- English (6 ECTS)
- Artifacts of Visual Design: Vilnius (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Drawing and Composition II (6 ECTS)
III Semester:
- Second Year Seminar (6 ECTS)
- Artifacts of Visual Design: Saint Petersburg (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Drawing and Composition III (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Animation Basics I (6 ECTS)
IV Semester:
- Second Year Seminar (6 ECTS)
- History of Design (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Fundamentals of Photography (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Fundamentals of Photography (6 ECTS)
V Semester:
- Artifacts of Visual Design: Florence (6 ECTS)
- Media Psychology (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Animation Basics II (6 ECTS)
- Color Theory and Application (6 ECTS)
VI Semester:
- Third Year Seminar: Hermeneutic Seminar “Understanding and Creation” (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Fundamentals of Calligraphy and Typography (6 ECTS)
- Project of the Second Year (6 ECTS)
- Creative Workshop: Practical Training I (6 ECTS)
VII Semester:
- Visual Expression: 3D Projecting (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: 2D Projecting (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Animation Basics III (6 ECTS)
- Animation Techniques (6 ECTS)
VIII Semester:
- Yearly Project III: Interdisciplinary Project (6 ECTS)
- Visual Expression: Digital and Printing Technologies (6 ECTS)
- Artifacts of Visual Design: Athens (6 ECTS)
- Creative Workshop: Practical Training II (6 ECTS)
IX Semester:
- Creative Workshop: Practical Training III (6 ECTS)
- Іntercultural Communication or Management of Cultural and Art Projects
(selective) (6 ECTS) - Third Year Seminar: Hermeneutic Seminar “Understanding and Creation” (6 ECTS)
- Fundamentals of Management (6 ECTS)
X Semester:
- Lithuanian or Lithuanian Ethnoculture (selective) (6 ECTS)
- Final Project (18 ECTS)
Admission Requirements
- Applicants with a secondary or specialized secondary education are allowed to participate in the competition, with an average score of a certificate or diploma of secondary specialized education of at least 7.0.;
- Applicants of this program must pass an Сomposition Exam (the requirements for the exam are available here (in Russian);
- Applicants for Bachelor programs must prove their English proficiency at the A2 level or higher. This can be done in one of the following ways:
1. Provide an Advanced Speech Test certificate. The test can be taken during the Open Doors Days at EHU or at the Propilei center in Minsk. The due dates are published here (in Russian);
2. Provide TOEFL / IELTS / Cambridge English certificates. The points of the certificate are credited by EHU on a 10-point system based on the following scale.
3. Provide a higher education diploma issued by a linguistic university or department of translations studies; an academic transcript issued by a linguistic university or department of translations studies; a diploma from a linguistic college, an academic transcript from a linguistic college, a certificate from the Unified State Exam in English and its equivalents.
4. If the applicant does not have documents confirming his proficiency in English at a level not lower than A2, upon signing a contract with EHU, the applicant undertakes responsibility to additionally study English at a level not lower than A2 before the start of the 3rd semester of studies. The university in this case offers English language courses (12 ECTS credits).
- Collect all necessary documents: national passport, Composition Exam certificate; document proving English proficiency at the A2 level or higher; certificate or diploma of secondary or specialized secondary education;
- Fill in the online application form;
- Pass the online interview.
Important! If you received your education not in Lithuania, then you must go through the education recognition procedure at the Lithuanian Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC). The recognition procedure is compulsory and free of charge.
Autumn Intake Deadline
2022-07-10