Šiauliai University

Infobox_University
name=Šiauliai University
native_name=Šiaulių Universitetas


established=1997
type=Public
campus=Urban
staff=
rector=Prof Vidas Lauruška
city=Šiauliai
country = Lithuania (EU)
students= 12,000
website=http://www.su.lt/en

Šiauliai University, established in 1997, is located in Šiauliai, Lithuania.

History

Šiauliai University was founded by a merger of the Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute and the Šiauliai Polytechnical Faculty of the Kaunas University of Technology. The latter had been a branch of the former Kaunas Polytechnical Institute branch since 1959.

Structure

The University has eight faculties: education, natural sciences, humanities, mathematics and informatics, arts, social sciences, social welfare and disability studies, and technology. There are two autonomous institutes, the Continuing Studies Institute and the Gender Studies Institute, in addition to the European Studies Institute, which is part of the Faculty of Humanities. It is governed by a senate.

As of 2007, the University was attended by over 12,000 students [cite web|title=Lithuania in brief|publisher=Šiauliai University|url=http://www.su.lt/filemanager/download/3388/Siauliai%20University%20presentation.ppt|date=2007|accessdate=2008-05-02] . Bachelor's degrees and master's degrees are awarded, and doctoral studies programs are offered.

The University conducts research in the humanities, physics, biomedical technology and social sciences, and issues periodicals, including "Archivum Lithuanicum", "Economics and Management: Topicalities and Prospects", "Inter-studia Humanitatis", "Young Researches' Works", "Kurybos erdves", "Social Researches", and "Special Education". Students, researchers and staff participate in international projects, including the Socrates programme.

Rectors

As of 2008, its rector is Vidas Lauruška.

References

External links

* [http://www.su.lt/en Official website]