Vilnius University: Courses, Admission, Cost

Founded in 1579 as the Jesuit Academy of Vilnius by Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, the Vilnius University is one of the oldest universities in Eastern and Central Europe. The university has witnessed almost four centuries and has played a significant part in the preservation of the cultural heritage of the Baltic States. After the third partition of Poland in the year 1795, the university was temporarily shut down until 1919.

Vilnius University specializes in undergraduate, graduate and doctoral studies and has been attracting students from all over the world. The bachelor studies course enables the students to hone their skills and mandatory learning to build a successful career. The bachelor's courses are available in disciplines such as Accounting and Audit, Dentistry, English Philology, English and another foreign language (Russian), Global Marketing, Information Systems, and Cyber Security, International Business, Light Engineering, Management, Medicine, Polish Philology, Quantitative Economics, and Russian Philology.

The master’s programs at Vilnius University aim to sharpen one's professional skills and gear them up for the career ahead. The specializations in the master’s course include Biophysics, Cartography, Biochemistry, Chemistry of Nanomaterials, Digital Marketing, Computer Modelling, Eastern European and Russian studies, English Studies (Literature, Linguistics, Culture), English Studies (Media Linguistics), Electronics and telecommunication Technologies, Finance and Banking, Financial and Actuarial Mathematics, Genetics, Financial Technology (FinTech), Geology, Informatics, International and European Union Law, Global Business and Economics,  International Business Management, International Communication, Life and Chemical Physics, International Project Management, MBA in Entrepreneurship, Materials and Technology of Optoelectronics, Marketing and Integrated Communication, Mathematics, Modelling and Data Analysis, Molecular Biotechnology, Neurobiology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Quality Management, Systems Biology, Technologies Law, Software Engineering, and Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics.

The doctoral (PhD) course is open for postgraduate students and researchers. This program is curated to train scientists and prepare them to carry out independent and scientific research to solve scientific problems. Doctoral studies are one of the most coveted programs at Vilnius University, and students need to undergo a tough competition to get through. The university ensures that students of the doctoral courses have a relatively flexible schedule and academic calendar so that they can focus on their scientific research along with the curriculum. The PhD course has a total of 29 fields under its umbrella. Vilnius University has been home to some renowned professors and notable alumni such as Nobel laureate Czes?aw Mi?osz, Professor Edvardas Gudavi?ius, historians Ludwik Chmaj and Simonas Daukantas, etc.