Vytautas Magnus University devotes special attention to international activities. Their beginnings are traced back to the time when the members of the Lithuanian Diaspora, nurturing thoughts of intellectual and cultural rebirth, started coming to give lectures in the university. Today VMU is collaborating with many universities and scientists around the world, carrying out projects, student and worker exchange, constantly improving the system of studying and research.
VMU works with many universities and scientists around the globe, implementing projects, student and employee exchanges, and improving our study and research system. It is an international and multilingual institution that continuously develops international networks and intercultural dialogues, participates in international scientific, academic and social projects, encourages lecturer and student mobility, and promotes dialogue and tolerance. VMU avoids restrictions posed by political, ideological and economic interests, treating everyone with respect and appreciation and providing the opportunity to attend courses of 30 modern and classic languages.
Development of Internationality at VMU
Bringing the Community and the World Together
Keeping Internationality Strong with Language Learning
The development of internationality at VMU is inseparable from language learning, improvement of plurilingual competence and the university community’s linguistic preparation to participate in international study, science, business, culture or personal projects.
In the VMU strategic plan for 2021-2027, linguistic preparation of the students is declared to be one of the most important values of the university, along with academic freedom, autonomy, liberal study system, university culture, wide-ranging humanitarian and social education of the students and balance between studies, science and administration. In light of this fact, the university is undertaking the task to create an optimal system of foreign language learning by matching the students’ expectations and potential, requirements of professional practice and international communication.
Institute of Foreign Languages is an integral part of open, modern university that is the front-runner in the area of language teaching. Its purposeful, determined, intense activities contribute to the development of international dimension with the realization of multilingual politics and interculturalism.
