Šiauliai University
Encyclopedia
Šiauliai University, established in 1997, is located in Šiauliai
, Lithuania
. As of 2008, the University was attended by approximately 11,800 students.
. The latter had been a branch of the former Kaunas Polytechnical Institute branch since 1959.
s, master's degree
s, and doctoral studies.
The University conducts research in the humanities, physics, biomedical technology and social sciences, and publishes periodicals, including Archivum Lithuanicum, Economics and Management: Topicalities and Prospects, Inter-studia Humanitatis, Young Researches' Works, Kūrybos erdvės, Social Researches, and Special Education. Students, researchers and staff participate in international projects, including the Socrates programme
.
Šiauliai
Šiauliai , is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 133,900. It is the capital of Šiauliai County. Unofficially, the city is the capital of Northern Lithuania.-Names:...
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. As of 2008, the University was attended by approximately 11,800 students.
History
Šiauliai University was founded by a merger of the Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute and the Šiauliai Polytechnical Faculty of the Kaunas University of TechnologyKaunas University of Technology
- KTU :Kaunas University of Technology is one of the largest technical universities in the Baltic States.In Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2010 KTU took the highest ratings among Lithuanian higher education institutions as having the web of best presence, visibility and accessibility...
. 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. The university offers Bachelor's degreeBachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
s, master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
s, and doctoral studies.
The University conducts research in the humanities, physics, biomedical technology and social sciences, and publishes periodicals, including Archivum Lithuanicum, Economics and Management: Topicalities and Prospects, Inter-studia Humanitatis, Young Researches' Works, Kūrybos erdvės, Social Researches, and Special Education. Students, researchers and staff participate in international projects, including the Socrates programme
Socrates programme
The SOCRATES programme was an educational initiative of the European Commission; 31 countries took part. The initial Socrates programme ran from 1994 until 31 December 1999 when it was replaced by the Socrates II programme on 24 January 2000, which ran until 2006...
.