Vytautas Magnus University: Statistics

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#1775 of 14,131 In the World
#608 of 2,785 In Europe
#4 of 39 In Lithuania
#2 of 11 In Kaunas
#542 of 1,031 For Agricultural Engineering
Top50% For 53 other topics
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Quick Review

Religion
Christian
Acceptance rate
8%
Enrollment
10,000
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private
partnership
Highest Degree
Doctorate
Website
vdu.lt
Languages
Lithuanian;English

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Acceptance Rate8%
Admissions RequirementsSecondary school certificate (Brandos Atestatas)
Academic CalendarSeptember to June (September - December; February-June)
Enrollment10,000
Full time employee550
Student:staff ratio18:1

We've calculated the 8% acceptance rate for Vytautas Magnus University based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.

Research profile

Vytautas Magnus University has published 5,373 scientific papers with 45,634 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Environmental Science, Biology, Philosophy, Engineering, Political Science, Computer Science, Physics, Law, and Sociology.

Publications
5,373
Citations
45,634

Vytautas Magnus University majors

by publication & citation count

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
3,618 / 27,401
Environmental Science
2,822 / 24,944
Biology
2,691 / 26,280
Philosophy
2,133 / 10,198
Engineering
2,081 / 22,895
Political Science
2,056 / 13,036
Computer Science
1,947 / 21,853
Physics
1,887 / 21,448
Law
1,873 / 12,728
Sociology
1,855 / 11,684
Chemistry
1,741 / 19,888
Geography and Cartography
1,678 / 12,452
Medicine
1,662 / 18,027
Psychology
1,573 / 11,612
Ecology
1,565 / 17,051
Business
1,346 / 7,173
Linguistics
1,318 / 6,328
Geology
1,315 / 12,084
Mathematics
1,240 / 16,216
History
1,235 / 5,717
Quantum and Particle physics
1,202 / 15,022
Economics
1,153 / 7,015
Archaeology
1,106 / 5,599
Organic Chemistry
983 / 12,511
Biochemistry
960 / 12,679
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
872 / 7,246
Statistics
864 / 10,518
Genetics
842 / 12,793
Botany
812 / 9,395
Paleontology
796 / 6,049
Materials Science
766 / 8,157
Social Psychology
764 / 4,498
Art & Design
734 / 3,423
Agricultural Science
624 / 5,030
Management
598 / 3,078
Pathology
582 / 8,052
Development Studies
548 / 3,263
Public Health
548 / 9,012
Machine Learning
539 / 7,840
Demography
499 / 7,377

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1991 1 1
1992 1 1
1993 3 3
1994 1 3
1995 1 2
1996 13 3
1997 30 7
1998 25 10
1999 23 24
2000 30 39
2001 24 59
2002 43 112
2003 42 131
2004 58 167
2005 60 265
2006 54 383
2007 64 492
2008 70 565
2009 121 629
2010 102 774
2011 91 815
2012 154 926
2013 175 1118
2014 241 1399
2015 226 1428
2016 228 1582
2017 242 1804
2018 251 2174
2019 453 2735
2020 625 4095
2021 661 6282
2022 615 7711
2023 595 8869
Academic rankings

Programs and Degrees

The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by Vytautas Magnus University.

Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.

Programs Bachelor Master Doctoral
Art & Design Yes Yes Yes
Biology Yes Yes Yes
Business Yes Yes Yes
Chemistry Yes Yes Yes
Computer Science Yes Yes Yes
Economics Yes Yes Yes
Engineering No No No
Environmental Science Yes Yes Yes
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Yes Yes Yes
Mathematics Yes Yes Yes
Medicine No No No
Physics Yes Yes Yes
Psychology Yes Yes Yes
Bakalauro diplomas Art Criticism, Baltic Languages, Biology, Business Administration, Catholic Theology, Computer Science, English, Environmental Studies, Ethnology, French, German, History, Management, Mathematics, Pedagogy, Philology, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Public Administration, Social Work, Sociology
Magistro diplomas Art Criticism, Baltic Languages, Biology, Business Administration, Chemistry, Communication Arts, Computer Science, Economics, English, Environmental Studies, Ethnology, German, History, Information Sciences, Law, Management, Mathematics, Pedagogy, Philology, Philosophy, Psychology, Public Administration, Social Work, Sociology, Theology
Daktaro diplomas Art Criticism, Arts and Humanities, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Ecology, Education, Environmental Studies, Ethnology, History, Law, Management, Philology, Philosophy, Physics, Political Sciences, Psychology, Social Sciences, Sociology, Theology

Vytautas Magnus University alumni

  1. Marija Gimbutas

    Marija Gimbutas
    Born in
    Lithuania Flag Lithuania
    Years
    1921-1994 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    prehistoriananthropologistuniversity teacherarchaeologist
    Biography

    Marija Gimbutas was a Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of "Old Europe" and for her Kurgan hypothesis, which located the Proto-Indo-European homeland in the Pontic Steppe.

  2. Leah Goldberg

    Leah Goldberg
    Years
    1911-1970 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    literary criticpoettranslatorplaywrightwriter
    Biography

    Leah Goldberg or Lea Goldberg was a prolific Hebrew-language poet, author, playwright, literary translator, illustrater and painter, and comparative literary researcher.

  3. Rūta Meilutytė

    Rūta Meilutytė
    Born in
    Lithuania Flag Lithuania
    Years
    1997-.. (age 27)
    Occupations
    swimmer
    Biography

    Rūta Meilutytė is a Lithuanian swimmer. An Olympic gold medalist, she is a world record holder in the short course 50 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke and long course 50 metre breaststroke. She is a former world record holder in the long course 100 metre breaststroke.

  4. Algirdas Julien Greimas

    Algirdas Julien Greimas
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1917-1992 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    semiologistuniversity teacherlinguistphilosopher
    Biography

    Algirdas Julien Greimas was a Lithuanian literary scientist who wrote most of his body of work in French while living in France. Greimas is known among other things for the Greimas Square (le carré sémiotique). He is, along with Roland Barthes, considered the most prominent of the French semioticians. With his training in structural linguistics, he added to the theory of signification, plastic semiotics, and laid the foundations for the Parisian school of semiotics. Among Greimas's major contributions to semiotics are the concepts of isotopy, the actantial model, the narrative program, and the semiotics of the natural world. He also researched Lithuanian mythology and Proto-Indo-European religion, and was influential in semiotic literary criticism.

All 34 notable alumni

Vytautas Magnus University faculties and divisions

Academy : Music Music
Faculty : Arts Art Criticism, Art History, Fine Arts, Theatre
Faculty : Catholic Theology Canon Law, Christian Religious Studies, Theology
Faculty : Economics and Management Economics, Finance, Management
Faculty : Humanities English, Ethnology, Folklore, French, German, History, Literature, Native Language, Philology, Philosophy
Faculty : Informatics Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics
Faculty : Law Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Law, Law
Faculty : Natural Sciences Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Studies, Physics
Faculty : Political Science and Diplomacy International Relations and Diplomacy, Political Sciences
Faculty : Social Sciences Education, Psychology, Social Welfare, Sociology

General information

Alternative names VDU
Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas
Founded 1922
Accreditation Ministry of Education and Science (Švietimo ir mokslo ministerija)

Location and contacts

Address K. Donelaičio street 58
Kaunas, 44248
Lithuania
City population 305,000

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