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Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH) is a
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located in
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,
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. There are 10 faculties including Antanas Gustaitis Aviation Institute, Architecture, Business Management, Civil Engineering, Creative Industries, Electronics, Environmental Engineering, Fundamental Sciences, Mechanics, Transport Engineering. Scientific research and experimental development is performed by 13 institutes, 3 research centres and 23 research laboratories. VILNIUS TECH is among the top 2.1% of universities in the world and scores highest in Lithuania in the subject areas of Architecture / Built Environment (QS Top 101-150), Business & Management (QS Top 201-250) and Economics & Econometrics (QS Top 301–350) according to
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by subject.


History

VILNIUS TECH was founded on 1 September 1956, when the Vilnius Evening Division of the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (now
Kaunas University of Technology Kaunas University of Technology (abbreviated as KTU, ) is a public research university located in Kaunas, Lithuania. Established in 1922, KTU has been one of the top centers of Lithuanian science education. According to Lithuanian National Univ ...
) was established, with Jeronimas Kudaba as the first dean. In 1960, the division was reorganized into the KPI Vilnius Evening Faculty. Aleksandras Čyras was named the Dean of the Faculty, with 500 students. In 1962, the first class of graduates completed their studies. In 1964, the Faculty of Construction Economics was added, followed in 1968 by the Faculty of Urban Construction. In 1969, the division separated from the Kaunas Polytechnic institute and became the Vilnius Civil Engineering Institute (''Vilniaus inžinerinis statybos institutas''), or VISI, and Čyras was named the first
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. In 1971, the Faculty of
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was added, and in 1987 the Faculty of Municipal Economy was established. After the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania in 1990, the Supreme Council of Lithuania decided to change the VISI into the Vilnius Technical University (VTU), with Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas as rector. After the
statute A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs the legal entities of a city, state, or country by way of consent. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy. Statutes are rules made by le ...
of VTU was adopted in 1991, the Supreme Council approved it on 2 July 1992. VTU moved more toward a Western European university structure and featured faculties of architecture, construction, engineering communications, mechanics, and electronics. The following year, in 1993, VTU established the Aviation Institute and two more faculties, one in business management and one in
fundamental science Basic research, also called pure research or fundamental research, is a type of scientific research with the aim of improving scientific theories for better understanding and prediction of natural or other phenomena. In contrast, applied resear ...
s, along with the Faculty of Transport Engineering the following year. On 22 August 1996, the Lithuanian Government awarded the name of
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, a 14th-century
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, to VTU, and the university became known as Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. Romualdas Ginevičius was elected rector by the VILNIUS TECH Senate in 2002. With the 2009 Law on Higher Education and Research, the Seimas of the Lithuanian Republic ordered all state-funded universities to reorganize into
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s (''Viešosios įstaigos'') tasked with working in the public interest by 2011. VILNIUS TECH met this requirement in 2011.


Campus

The VGTU
campus A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a college campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls, student centers or dining halls, and park-like se ...
is spread across Vilnius, with the main buildings in the wooded Saulėtekis neighborhood of the
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eldership, not far from many of
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's faculties as well as
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and the
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. The future plans of the university involve expanding the Saulėtekis campus.


Saulėtekis

The Saulėtekis campus is the main university campus. It houses the university's administration offices as well as the Faculties of
Environmental Engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and a ...
, Fundamental Sciences, Civil Engineering and Business Management. The VGTU library, which has over 100,000 distinct titles, is located nearby at Saulėtekio al. 14. The two primary VGTU dormitories are also on Saulėtekio al., at numbers 39 A and 25. The Saulėtekis campus is accessible from the Vilnius city center by the 2, 10, and 14 Vilnius trolleybuses. It is also served by the 4G and 5G express buses, 18 and 38 buses, and 19 and 21 trolleybuses.


Vilnius Old Town

The Faculties of Architecture and Creative Industries are located at Pylimo g. 26/1 in
Vilnius Old Town The Old Town of Vilnius ( lt, Vilniaus senamiestis, pl, Stare Miasto w Wilnie, be, Стары горад у Вільнюсе, russian: Старый город в Вильнюсe), one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in both Norther ...
, in a complex which includes a historical manor belonging to the
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. The building is also the home of the VGTU bookstore Technika. The campus is located right in the city center, just off the Trakų stop, which connects with the Vilnius Train Station via the 1G express bus; 53 bus; and 1, 2, 7, and 20 trolleybuses.


Naujamiestis

The Naujamiestis eldership of Vilnius, also located in the city center, houses several faculties in two buildings. The Faculties of Mechanics and Transport Engineering are established at Basanavičiaus g. 28, while the Faculty of Electronics is located at Naugarduko g. 41. The former is across the street from the Algirdo stop, which connects several crosstown trolleybus lines, including the 14, which goes all the way to the Saulėtekis campus. The latter is near the Vytenio stop, which is served by the 73 bus, connecting northwestern and southwestern Vilnius neighborhoods.


Naujininkai

The Antanas Gustaitis Aviation Institute is located near the
Vilnius International Airport Vilnius Airport ( lt, Vilniaus oro uostas) is the international airport of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. It is located south of the city. It is the largest of the three commercial airports in Lithuania by passenger traffic. With one runw ...
in the
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eldership in the southern part of Vilnius at Rodūnios kelias 30. It is near the Oro uostas stop, which is served by the 3G express bus as well as the 1, 2, and 88 buses, which connect the airport to the city center.


Academics


Antanas Gustaitis Aviation Institute

The Antanas Gustaitis Aviation Institute, named after Lithuanian aviation pioneer
Antanas Gustaitis Antanas Gustaitis (March 26, 1898 – October 16, 1941) was an officer in the Lithuanian Armed Forces who modernized the Lithuanian Air Force, which at that time was part of the Lithuanian Army. He was the architect or aeronautical engineer who ...
, was founded in 1993 and is an Approved Training Organisation. It trains pilots, air traffic controllers, aviation engineers and others involved in aviation. The Departments of Aviation Technologies, Aviation Mechanics, and
Avionics Avionics (a blend word, blend of ''aviation'' and ''electronics'') are the Electronics, electronic systems used on aircraft. Avionic systems include communications, Air navigation, navigation, the display and management of multiple systems, ...
provide theoretical training for the students, while the Flight Training Unit, Air Traffic Control Unit, and Aviation Engineering Practical Training Depot provide practical training. The integrated (five-year) program in aircraft piloting is offered completely in English.


Faculty of Environmental Engineering

The Faculty of Environmental Engineering was founded in 1968. Currently, it is made up of seven departments, two research institutes, and three laboratories. The faculty includes 149 instructors including 21 full professors. It offers nine bachelor's degree programs and 14 master's degree programs. The bachelor's program in building energetics is available completely in English, as is the master's program in environmental management and clean production.


Faculty of Architecture

The Faculty of Architecture began in Kaunas as a part of
Vytautas Magnus University Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) ( lt, Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas (VDU)) is a public university in Kaunas, Lithuania. The university was founded in 1922 during the interwar period as an alternate national university. Initially it was known ...
before becoming a part of the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute. The faculty joined what is now known as VILNIUS TECH in 1971. It is the largest school of architecture in Lithuania and has over 500 students spread across bachelor's, master's, and doctoral studies. The bachelor's program is available completely in English.


Faculty of Business and Management

Founded in 1993, the Faculty of Business and Management currently has six departments. It offers bachelor's programs in English in the fields of business management and economics engineering. English language master's degrees are available in the fields of business management, international business, real estate management, and sustainable real estate management. The last two are joint degrees with the
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and the
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, respectively.


Faculty of Civil Engineering

The Faculty of Civil Engineering began in 1920 at Vytautas Magnus University. In 1969, it moved to what is now VILNIUS TECH. The faculty is the largest body at VILNIUS TECH and is the center of the university. It has ten departments and nine other research subdivisions, including laboratories and research institutes. A civil engineering bachelor's program is available in English, as is an innovative road and bridge engineering joint master's degree offered with
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.


Faculty of Creative Industries

The Faculty of Creative Industries is the newest faculty at VILNIUS TECH. In addition to providing a lot of the general education lectures in social sciences and the humanities as well as foreign language instruction, the faculty has two bachelor's degree programs and one master's degree program. The two bachelor's degree programs are in creative industries and entertainment industries, while the master's degree is in creative communication. Currently, none of the degree programs are available entirely in English, but two semesters of the creative industries bachelor's degree is offered in English.


Faculty of Electronics

The Faculty of Electronics traces its history to 1961, though it became a full-time department of what would become VILNIUS TECH only in 1987. It is split into five departments:
automation Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, namely by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines ...
,
electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...
,
electronic Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic co ...
systems,
computer engineering Computer engineering (CoE or CpE) is a branch of electrical engineering and computer science that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software. Computer engineers ...
, and
telecommunications engineering Telecommunications Engineering is a subfield of electrical engineering which seeks to design and devise systems of communication at a distance. The work ranges from basic circuit design to strategic mass developments. A telecommunication enginee ...
. It offers study programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels. Bachelor's programs in computer engineering and telecommunications engineering, as well as a master's program in electrical energetics systems engineering are all available in English.


Faculty of Fundamental Sciences

The Faculty of Fundamental Sciences was founded in 1993 to provide general education in
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to students in various degree programs. The faculty has expanded to ten departments:
information systems An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, information storage, store, and information distribution, distribute information. From a sociotechnical perspective, information systems a ...
,
information technologies Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...
, graphical systems, chemistry and
bioengineering Biological engineering or bioengineering is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically-viable products. Biological engineering employs knowledge and expertise from a number o ...
,
physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...
, engineering graphics,
mathematical modeling A mathematical model is a description of a system using mathematical concepts and language. The process of developing a mathematical model is termed mathematical modeling. Mathematical models are used in the natural sciences (such as physics, b ...
,
mathematical statistics Mathematical statistics is the application of probability theory, a branch of mathematics, to statistics, as opposed to techniques for collecting statistical data. Specific mathematical techniques which are used for this include mathematical an ...
,
strength of materials The field of strength of materials, also called mechanics of materials, typically refers to various methods of calculating the stresses and strains in structural members, such as beams, columns, and shafts. The methods employed to predict the re ...
, and
theoretical mechanics Mechanics (from Ancient Greek: μηχανική, ''mēkhanikḗ'', "of machines") is the area of mathematics and physics concerned with the relationships between force, matter, and motion among physical objects. Forces applied to objects re ...
. It offers degree programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels. Bachelor's degrees in information systems engineering and engineering informatics are offered in English.


Faculty of Mechanics

The Faculty of Mechanics is one of the oldest in the university, having been founded in 1956. It is made up of five departments, mechanical engineering, biomechanics, materials science and welding, mechatronics and robotics, and printing machines; and three research subdivisions, the Welding Research and Diagnostics Scientific Laboratory, the Research Laboratory of Vibroacoustics and Diagnostics, and the Institute of Mechanical Science. Study programs in English include the bachelor's programs in mechanics engineering and in mechatronics and robotics. The faculty also offers a joint master's degree program in mechatronics with the
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.


Faculty of Transport Engineering

The Faculty of Transport Engineering was founded in 1994. It is made up of four departments and three research subunits. It publishes the scholarly journal ''Transport''.


Other Research Bodies

VILNIUS TECH has two
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s, the university-wide, interdisciplinary Civil Engineering Research Center, and the Competence Center of Intermodal Transport and Logistics, attached to the Faculty of Transport Engineering. The university also boasts 14
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. The interdisciplinary Scientific Institute of
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investigates means of creating building materials that insulate both heat and sound. At the faculty level, the Research Institutes of Smart Building Technologies, the Research Institute of Building Structures, and the Research Institute of Building Materials and Products all belong to the Faculty of Civil Engineering. The Research Institutes of Environmental Protection, the Road Research Institute, the Research Institute of Territorial Planning, and the Research Institute of
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belong to the Faculty of Environmental Engineering. The Transport Research Institute belongs to the Faculty of Transport Engineering. The Institute of Applied Computer Science belongs to the Faculty of Fundamental Sciences. The Institute of Mechanical Science belongs to the Faculty of Mechanics. The Institute of Architecture belongs to the Faculty of Architecture. Finally, the Research Institute for
Telecommunications Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...
and the Institute of High Magnetic Fields belong to the Faculty of Electronics. At the university level, VILNIUS TECH has 12
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. Four are related to the Scientific Institute of Thermal Insulation, and 8 belong to the Civil Engineering Research Center. Scattered throughout the rest of the university are 21 other research laboratories at both the faculty and department levels.


Administration

Since 2021, the Rector of VILNIUS TECH is Romualdas Kliukas. He succeeded the third rector of the university, Adolfas Daniūnas, who had been rector since 2011. The first rector of the university was Aleksandras Čyras, who headed the university from its formal establishment in 1969 to 1990. He was succeeded by Edmundas Zavadskas. The Rectorate is made up of a Vice-Rector for International Relations, a Vice-Rector for Strategic Development, a Vice-Rector for Research, a Vice-Rector for Studies, and a Chancellor. The current chancellor is Vaidotas Trinkūnas.


Research Publication

The Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Press (VILNISU TECH Press) publishes around 100 publications annually. In 2010, VILNISU TECH Press was the first press in Lithuania to launch an
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s site for their publications. VILNIUS TECH Press also publishes 19 peer-reviewed research journals. Of these journals, eight are indexed on the Web of Science database, while all of the journals are indexed by
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and
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.
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publishes 10 of the academic journals. Six of VILNIUS TECH Press's journals are published
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with a
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CC BY-NC 4.0 license: ''Business: Theory and Practice'', ''Coactivity: Philosophy, Communication'', ''Coactivity: Philology, Educology'', ''Science — Future of Lithuania'', ''Business, Management and Education'', and ''Aviation technologies''.


Student Activities

VILNIUS TECH offers several extracurricular activities for its students, including the choir Gabija, the theater group Palėpė, and the Lithuanian folk dance group Vingis. The VILNIUS TECH student representatives organization features 300 volunteers who act as liaisons between the university and the student body. Similarly, the international ERASMUS students are served by the VGTU chapter of the
Erasmus Student Network Erasmus Student Network (ESN) is a Europe-wide student organisation. The organization supports and develops student exchanges, both inside the Erasmus+ programme and outside of it. The local ESN sections offer help, guidance and information to ...
.


Alumni

The Vilnius Civil Engineering Institute (VISI), as VILNIUS TECH was known until the re-establishment of the Republic of Lithuania, has produced many high-profile alumni in Lithuania. Several current politicians, for example, are VISI graduates.
Algirdas Butkevičius Algirdas Butkevičius (born 19 November 1958) is a Lithuanian politician and was Prime Minister of Lithuania, serving between 2012 and 2016. He also served as the Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2005 and the Minister of Transport and Communicati ...
, the 12th
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, completed the economics engineering program.
Rolandas Paksas Rolandas Paksas (; born 10 June 1956) is a Lithuanian politician who was the sixth President of Lithuania from 2003 to 2004. He was previously Prime Minister of Lithuania in 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001, and he also served as Mayor of Vilniu ...
, a former
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and two-time prime minister, also graduated from VISI. Former Speaker of the Seimas
Viktoras Muntianas Viktoras Muntianas (born 11 November 1951 in Marijampolė, Lithuanian SSR) is a Lithuanian politician of Moldovan descent and former Speaker of the Seimas. In 1968 he graduated from the high school in Marijampolė. In 1973 he enrolled in the Vi ...
, Member of the European Parliament Valdemar Tomaševski, and former Prime Minister and
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of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
Gediminas Vagnorius Gediminas Vagnorius (born 10 June 1957) is a Lithuanian politician and signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He served as the Prime Minister of Lithuania, heading the government between 1991 and 1992, and again f ...
are all also VISI alumni. In the creative arts, composer and rock pioneer Kęstutis Antanėlis and musician Andrius Mamontovas attended the university. In 1971, Antanėlis staged a production of ''
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'' at the Vilnius Art Academy, only the second production of the show in the world, and was expelled from VISI in response. Mamontovas, on the other hand, felt pressure from his father to study a "serious" subject, like engineering. After his time in the
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, however, Mamontovas reconsidered and left VISI to study journalism at Vilnius University.


References


External links


Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Homepage

Study programs at VGTU
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