KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (KTU)


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Kaunas University of Technology
(KTU)

Rector	Prof. Dr. Habil. Kestutis Krišciunas
Address	2. K. Donelaicio g. 73 LT- 3006 Kaunas Lithuania
Tel. No.	+370-7-324044
Fax No.	+370-7-324144
E-mail address	komisija@cr.ktu.lt
Faculties	Administration Chemical Technology Electrical Engineering and Control Systems Fundamental Science Computer Science Design and Technologies Mechanical Engineering Telecomunications and Radioelectronics Civil Engineering and Architecture Management Division of Panevežys International Studies Centre
Centres	Centre of Foreign Languages Centre of Professional Development Physical Education and Health Centre Computer Centre Innovation Centre Centre of Property Research and Evaluation Design Centre Packaging Research Centre Research Centre "Vibrotechnika" Construction Reliability Centre
Institutes	Institute of Environmental Engineering Transportation Problems Institute Physical Electronics Institute Metrological Institute Institute of Humanities
Type of courses	Full time, part time and intensive studies
Length of courses	Depending from the programme from 1 to 2 semesters (from 4 to 8 months).
Date of commencement	1st of September
Class size	From 10 to 30 people
Accommodation	Available
Fees	Overseas students: 2500.00 USD per year
Financial assistance	Students grants and financial assistance only for Lithuanian students
Admission requirements	Applicants to the Kaunas University of Technology must have the sufficient command of English, French, German or Russian to follow lectures, take notes, do assignments, and participate in laboratories and tutorials. Applicants should fill out the Application Form. It is available at the KTU Admission Office and may also be downloaded from http://www.ktu.lt . The completed application form and the supporting documents must be received at the KTU Admission Office by 1 August.
Student profile	National/Overseas students: 13825 national students and 39 overseas students Men/Women: 53.5 % men, 46.5 % women Age range: From 18 to ~ 40 years old
Contact for application	Admission Office Kaunas University of Technology Donelaicio 73 LT- 3006, Kaunas Lithuania Tel.: (+370- 7) 300044 Fax.: (+370- 7) 324144 E-mai: komisija@cr.ktu.lt

About the University

The University originated in the School of Higher Studies established in 1920 in Kaunas. In 1922, the Lithuanian government decided to establish a university, the first independent institution of higher education in Lithuania.

In 1930, the university was given the name of Vytautas the Great (Vytautas Magnus). It consisted of 6 faculties: Theology-Philosophy, Law, Humanities, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Technology, and Medicine with almost four thousands students in total. In 1940, when the Soviet Army occupied our country, Vytautas Magnus University was renamed the University of Kaunas and many things underwent changes at the university.

In 1950, the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (KPI) emerged as a successor of the State University of Kaunas.

In 1990, KPI changed its name to Kaunas University of Technology, regained its university status and began intensive reforms. The reforms in Lithuanian higher education were inspired by the political and economical changes of the country as well as by the changing mission of the universities in the world. Our goal for the university is to fulfill the requirements of Great European University Charter, UNESCO and EU regulations, and coordinate its work with other European and Lithuanian universities.

Mission of KTU

to become a centre of science, education, and engineering by developing the technical culture of society;

to meet the regulations of the Great European Universities Charter and the European Union;

to create favorable conditions for the academic, cultural, and emotional well-being of students and staff by applying principles of academic freedom and democracy;

to strengthen the autonomy of the University by becoming open-minded both within and outside of the University's boundaries and harmonizing public relations with institutions of economics, science, and education, as well as the Lithuanian community abroad;

to internationalize academic life by adapting the University's standards to those of European universities, and by expanding relations and general activities with foreign economic, scientific, and academic institutions.

Facilities

The University Library (more than 2 million volumes, 6 branch libraries, access to the Internet, a collection of compact discs (CD-ROM), interlibrary loan service (ILL).

Computer Centre (8 classes using two IBM 4381 main-frame computers, 17 PC classes using more than 200 IBM PC compatible computers, LITNET Operating Centre, special library of computerized teaching materials).

Student Leasure and Recreational facilities (students' clubs such as the young politicians, businessmen, LEDI, RAFES, and INFO, sports, arts and dancing. The Student Association, the Art and Culture Centre).

Academic study structure

Degrees awarded
The University awards Bachelor's, Master's and Doctor's degrees as well as professional qualifications (Dip.Eng.). A higher scientific status of Habilitated Doctor can also be obtained.

First stage:

Bachelor is the first qualification degree. Bachelor's studies last 4 years and comprise 160 credits. Undergraduate studies lead to a Bachelor of Science degree (B.Sc.). Only applicants with secondary and advanced secondary education are admitted to this stage of studies.

The Engineer Diploma (Dip.Eng.) professional qualification is conferred after a further year (40 credits) provided that the candidate has successfully defended his or her diploma project and demonstrated the ability to put theory into practice. Graduates with B.Sc. are admitted to this stage of study.

Second stage:

The Master of Science degree (M.Sc.) is conferred on those with B.Sc.'s and other qualifications of higher education after a minimum of a further two years' study. The 80 credits must be acquired and proficiency in carrying out independent research must be demonstrated in the theses presented.

Third stage:

The Doctor of Science degree (D.Sc.), which equates with a Ph.D. or with a somewhat higher degree elsewhere, takes a further four years. This stage comprises theoretical studies, research and doctoral dissertation. Only graduates with Ms. are admitted to the doctoral studies.

Study Programmes

Technological Sciences:

Environmental Engineering (B.Sc.*, M.Sc.**)
Environmental Technology (Dipl.Eng.***)
Chemical Engineering (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
Food Technology (B.Sc., Dipl.Eng.)
Biotechnology (M.Sc.)
Food Chemistry and Technology (M.Sc.)
Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials (Dipl.Eng.)
Chemical Technology of Organic Materials (Dipl.Eng.)
Electronics Engineering (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
Electronics Engineering and Management (B.Sc.)
Radio Engineering (M.Sc.)
Ultrasonic Technology (M.Sc.)
Metrology and Measurements (M.Sc.)
Telecommunications (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
Radio Engineering (Dipl.Eng.)
Telecommunication Systems (Dipl.Eng.)
Applied Metrology (Dipl.Eng)
Electrical Engineering (B.Sc., Dipl.Eng.)
Automatics and Control (B.Sc.)
Electrical Power Technologies (B.Sc.)
Electromechanics (M.Sc.)
Process and Systems Control (M.Sc.)
Applied Electronic (M.Sc.)
Electrical Power Engineering (M.Sc.)
Control Technologies (M.Sc.)
Illuminating Engineering (M.Sc.)
Electrical Power (Dipl.Eng.)
Electrical Machines and Apparatus (Dipl.Eng.)
Control Technology (Dipl.Eng.)
Process Control (Dipl.Eng.)
Engineering Electronics (Dipl.Eng.)
Electronics Engineering (Dipl.Eng.)
Informatics Technologies (B.Sc.)
Informatics (Dipl.Eng.)
Mechanical Engineering (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
Mechanical Technology Engineering (B.Sc.)
Mechatronics (B.Sc.)
Materials Engineering (M.Sc.)
Thermal Engineering (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
Machine Engineering Mechanical (Dipl.Eng.)
Engineering Precision Engineering (Dipl.Eng.)
Industrial Technological Equipment (Dipl.Eng.)
Thermal Energy (Dipl.Eng.)
Transportation Engineering (B.Sc., M.Sc., Dipl.Eng.)
Wood Products Design and Technology (B.Sc.)
Polymer Products Design and Technology (B.Sc.)
Clothing Design and Technology (B.Sc.)
Textile Design and Technology (B.Sc.)
Wood Engineering (M.Sc.)
Clothes and Polymer Products Engineering (M.Sc.)
Textile Engineering (M.Sc.)
Wood Technology (Dipl.Eng.)
Polymer Products Technology (Dipl.Eng.)
Clothing Technology (Dipl.Eng.)
Textile Technology (Dipl.Eng.) Civil Engineering (B.Sc., M.Sc., Dipl.Eng.)
Printing Technology (Dipl.Eng.)
Architecture (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
Realty Evaluation (Realty Evaluator)
Export Engineering (M.Sc.).

Physical Sciences:

Applied Chemistry (B.Sc.)
Chemistry (M.Sc.)
Applied Physics (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
Applied Mathematics (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
Informatics (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
Mathematics (Teach.Dipl.****)
Physics (Teach.Dipl.)
Informatics (Teach.Dipl.).

Humanities:

Architecture (B.Sc., M.Sc.)

Social Sciences:

Social Education (B.Sc.)
Educational Science (M.Sc)
Production Management (B.Sc., Dipl.Eng.)
Management (M.Sc.)
Business Administration (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
Public Administration (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
Sociology (M.Sc.)
European Integration Studies (M.Sc.)
Business Management (Teacher)
Education Studies (Teacher).

* Bachelor of Science degree
** Master of Science degree
*** Engineer Diploma degree (professional qualification)

Research is carried out at 6 institutes, 14 centers of science and technology, 62 training and 18 research laboratories and 58 departments of KTU. Scientists interested in a particular project naturally organize themselves into research groups. Approximately 37 research programmes were developed and about 118 research groups were registered at the university in 1997. Research in the form of teamwork enables a group to produce substantial results, to join in large-scale research programmes, and also guarantees continuity. Some research projects are designed for specific industrial or other aims. Research leads to effective professional improvement for workers, and the creation of high-quality course modules in the universities. It is especially important for graduate students, who must combine their course work with their research.

Academic study programmes

Number of Bachelor's degree programmes 29
Number of Master's degree programmes 39

Specialized professional studies

Engineer Diploma professional programmes 30
Teachers' professional programmes 5
Study programmes in social care 2

Staff (1999)

Academic staff 1189
Professors 124
Researchers 185
Doctoral students 380

Administrative staff 108

**** Teacher's diploma (professional qualification)

Prominent Scientific Publications Accredited to Academic Staff

1. Barauskas R., Ostaševicius V. Analysis and optimization of elastic vibro-impact systems. - K.: Technologija, 1999. - 214 p.(monografija)

2. Ultrasonic Technique for the Investigation of Structural Properties of Biological Fluids / A.Voleišis, R.J.Kažys, L.Mažeika, R.Šliteris, B.Voleišiene // Acustica-Acta Acustica. - ISSN 1436-7947. - 1999. - Vol.85, Suppl.1. - P.S443-444.

3. Kažys R.J., Mažeika L., Jasiuniene E. Application of Ultrasound Reflection Tomography for Nondestructive Evaluation of Objects with a Complex Geometry // Acustica - Acta Acustica. - ISSN 1434-7947. - 1999. - Vol.85, Suppl.1. - P.S434.

4. Mažeika L., Kažys R.J. Simulation of Ultrasonic Fields in Composite Media with Planar Boundaries // Acustica -Acta Acustica. - ISSN 1436-7947. - 1999. - Vol.85, Suppl.1. - P.S127.

5. Kažys R.J., Mažeika L., Jasiuniene E. Application of Ultrasound Reflection Tomography for Nondestructive Evaluation of Objects with a Complex Geometry // Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1999. - Vol.105, No.2, Pt.2. - P.1360.

6. Mažeika L., Kažys R.J. Simulation of Ultrasonic Fields in Composite Media with Planar Boundaries // Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1999. - Vol.105, No.2, Pt.2. - p.1053.

7. Voleišiene B., Migliniene G., Voleišis A. Ultrasonic Study of Ionic Association in Aqueous Solutions of Lanthanide Salts // Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. - Berlin, 1999. - Vol.105, No.2, Pt.2. - P.962.

8. Ultrasonic Technique for the Investigation of Structural Properties of Biological Fluids / A.Voleišis, R.J.Kažys, L.Mažeika, R.Šliteris, B.Voleišiene// Acustica-Acta Acustica. - ISSN 1436-7947. - 1999. - Vol.85, Suppl.1. - P.S443-444.

9. Voleišiene B., Migliniene G., Voleišis A. Ultrasonic Study of Ionic Association in Aquerous Solutions of Lanthanide Salts // Acustica - Acta Acustica. - ISSN 1436-7947. - 1999. - Vol.85, Suppl.1. - P.S36.

10. Galdikas A. Surface Topography Development and Ion Mixing in the Study of Depth Profiling of Multilayered Structures // Vacuum. - ISSN 0042-207X. - 1999. - Vol.55. - P.51-58.

11. Galdikas A., Grigonis A., Šilinskas M. The Oxidation of Surface Layers During Reactive Ion Etching of GaAs in CF2Cl2+O2 and O2 Plasmas // Applied Surface Science. - ISSN 0169-4332. - 1999. - Vol.138-139. - P.581-586.

12. Tijuneliene L., Strazdiene E., Gutauskas M.V. The Behaviour of Polyethylene Membrane Due to Punch Deformation Process // Polymer Testing. - Netherland: Elsevier Science, 1999. - No.18. - P.635-640.

13. Krikštolaityte S., Martynaitis V., Šackus A. Annelation of Lactam Rings to 2,3,4,4a-Tetrahydro-1H-Carbazole Derivatives // Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedineniya. - Riga, 1999. - No.5. - P.645-648.

14. Janickis V. Synthese and Crystal Structures of Phenyltrimethylammonium Salts of a Mixed Hexabromoselenate/tellurate(IV), [C6H5(CH3)3N]2[Se0.75Te0.25Br], and a Mixed catenapoly[Di-m-bromobis{tetrabromoselenate/ t // Acta Chemica Scandinavica. - ISSN 0904-213X. - 1999. - Vol.53, No.3. - P.188-193.

15. Verikas A., Gelžinis A. Training Neural Networks by Stochastic Optimisation // Neurocomputing. - North-Holland: Elsevier Science,1999. - No.30 - P.153-172.

16. Palubeckis G. Generating hard test instances with known optimal solution for the rectilinear quadratic assigment problem // Journal of Global Optimization. - 1999. Vol. 15. - 2 - P.127-156.

17. Ragauskas A., Kanapienis A.. Simultaneous invasive and noninvasive ICP waves study in animals. - Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. - 1999. - Vol. 37, S1. - P. 330-331.

18. Ragauskas A., Viržonis D.. Investigation of the Time of Flight to Intracranial Pressure Conversion Factors. - Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. - 1999. - Vol. 37, S1. - P. 328-329.

19. Ragauskas A., Petkus V., Jurkonis R.. Simulation of ultrasound pulse propagation through the human extra / intracranial media. - Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. - 1999. - Vol. 37, S1. - P.426-427.

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