Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

Infobox_University
name=Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
native_name=Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas


established=1956
type=Public
campus=Urban
staff= 1736
rector=Prof Dr Habil Romualdas Ginevičius
city=Vilnius
country = Lithuania (EU)
students= ~13,500
website=http://www.vgtu.lt/

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University ( _lt. Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas acronym-VGTU) is one of the two technical universities in Lithuania.

History

September 1, 1956 is considered to be the date of founding a higher technical school in Vilnius, after the Vilnius Evening division of the Evening faculty of Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (KPI) was established.

6 July 1961 the KPI Vilnius Evening Faculty was restructured into KPI Vilnius Branch, with 2 divisions: the day-time and evening studies. The number of students continuously increased, new specialities appeared.

August 1, 1969. KPI Vilnius Branch was restructured into the Vilnius Building and Engineering Institute _lt. Vilniaus inžinerinis statybos instutas(VISI)). Thus an independent technical university has appeared in Vilnius.

In 1990 the Vilnius Building and Engineering Institute became Vilnius Technical University, which on August 22, 1996 was awarded the name of Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania.

Structure

VGTU has 8 faculties (Architecture, Business Management, Civil Engineering, Electronics, Environmental Engineering, Fundamental Sciences, Mechanics, Transport Engineering), Aviation Institute named after Antanas Gustaitis, International Studies Centre, Centre for Continuous Education, 10 research institutes and 19 laboratories.

On September 1, 2004 over 13 554 students came to the University's classrooms, with 8465 of them being first-year students. The university has 1736 staff members (1449 of them working full-time). Teaching staff numbers 904, including 49 Research fellows. There are also 117 Doctors Habil and Professors, 472 Doctors or Associate Professors, 67 Lectors and 238 Assistants.

The University trains Bachelors, Engineers and Masters of sciences according to 88 programmes of studies, including Humanities sciences, Physical sciences, Social sciences, Technological sciences. The university also organises Doctoral studies in 15 areas (ie Technological, Humanities, Social, and Physical sciences, etc)

All the faculties have the right for Habilitation. This certifies that the University's scope of education and research is rather versatile and of high academic level. The aim of the University is to do what is mostly helpful for the State.

External links

* [http://www.vgtu.lt/ Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Homepage]