List of universities and colleges in Lithuania

List of universities and colleges in Lithuania is a listing of higher education (third level education) institutions in Lithuania.

Universities

There are 17 universities in Lithuania:

#	Name		Type	Est.	Primary campus	Staff 2025–26			Students 2025–26 [1]		Enrolment			National financing (2024) [2]
	English	Lithuanian				Total	Academic [3]			National, 2025–26 [4]	National, 2023–24 [5]	National, 2022–23 [6]	Total, 2022–23
							Prs	(P)
1	European Humanities University	Europos Humanitarinis Universitetas (EHU)	Private not-for-profit institution	2006	Vilnius	0,118	90	(60.8)	1,600	—	3 (0.2%)	6 (0.4%)		–
2	Faculty of Economics and Informatics of the University of Bialystok	Balstogės universiteto filialas "Ekonomikos-informatikos fakultetas"	Branch	2007	Vilnius	0,029	12	(10.1)	352	—	0 (0%)	11
3	General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania	Lietuvos karo akademija (LKA)	Government institution	1992	Vilnius	0,277	59	(41)	447	143	78 (18.8%)	76 (21.8%)
4	ISM University of Management and Economics	ISM Vadybos ir ekonomikos universitetas	For-profit	1999	Vilnius	0,169	78	(57)	2,226	399	301 (13.7%)	131 (7.1%)
5	Kaunas University of Technology	Kauno technologijos universitetas (KTU)	Public institution	1922	Kaunas	1,964	950	(687.6)	7,921	1,470	1,365 (18.4%)	1,228 (11.7%)		€62.90 mln
6	Kazimieras Simonavičius University	Kazimiero Simonavičiaus universitetas	For-profit	2004	Vilnius	0,037	44	(10.5)	1,076	41	13 (2.8%)	9 (1.4%)		–
7	Klaipėda University	Klaipėdos universitetas (KU)	Public institution	1991	Klaipėda	0,880	904	(411.5)	3,058	432	286 (12.5%)	271 (5.6%)		€15.47 mln
8	LCC International University	LCC tarptautinis universitetas	Private not-for-profit institution	1991	Klaipėda	0,185	63	(46.2)	468	0	2 (0.3%)	0	159 (32.1%) [7]	–
9	Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre	Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademija	Public institution	1919	Vilnius	0,655	445	(231)	1,082	192	186 (17.7%)	203 (23.4%)		€15.73 mln
10	Lithuanian Sports University	Lietuvos sporto universitetas (LSU)	Public institution	1934	Kaunas	0,263	146	(110.8)	1,794	282	248 (18.1%)	202 (10.1%)		€7.43 mln
11	Lithuanian University of Health Sciences	Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas	Public institution	1922	Kaunas	2,801	1,926	(1,011.2)	8,293	1,001	918 (11.7%)	886 (11.6%)		€56.29 mln
12	Mykolas Romeris University	Mykolo Romerio universitetas	Public institution	1990	Vilnius	0,836	512	(295.6)	6,020	527	537 (9.6%)	566 (4.3%)		€12.60 mln
13	Vilnius Academy of Arts	Vilniaus dailės akademija (VDA)	Public institution	1940	Vilnius	0,670	425	(318.5)	1,824	345	351 (20.2%)	341 (19.6%)		€16.02 mln
14	Vilnius Gediminas Technical University	Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas (VGTU)	Public institution	1956	Vilnius	1,726	1,501	(800.8)	9,082	1,428	1,305 (16.7%)	1,204 (11.7%)		€47.79 mln
15	Vilnius St. Joseph Seminary	Vilniaus šv. Juozapo kunigų seminarija	Religious institution	1582	Vilnius	0,024	32	(11.5)	27	—	–	0 (0%)		€0.12 mln
16	Vilnius University	Vilniaus universitetas (VU)	Public institution	1579	Vilnius	5,648	5,178	(2,532)	24,889	4,374	4,226 (17.9%)	4,126 (21.6%)		€157.33 mln
17	Vytautas Magnus University	Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas (VDU)	Public institution	1922	Kaunas	2,087	1,125	(576.8)	9,144	1,512	1,366 (16.3%)	1,282 (15.8%)		€47.77 mln

Colleges

There are 19 colleges in Lithuania. "University of Applied Sciences", sometimes shortened as UAS, is a revamped term denoting such institutions.

#	English name	Lithuanian name	Type	Est.	Primary location	Staff	Students 2023–24 [1]	Enrolment 2022–23 [6]
1	Alytus College [a]	Alytaus kolegija	Public institution	2000	Alytus	0,114*	795	215 (26.2%)
2	International School of Law and Business	Tarptautinė teisės ir verslo aukštoji mokykla	For-profit	2001	Vilnius	0,001	134	0 (0%) [b]
3	Kaunas College	Kauno kolegija	Public institution	2000	Kaunas	0,823	4,569	1,412 (19.9%)
4	Kaunas Forestry and Environmental Engineering University of Applied Sciences [c]	Kauno miškų ir aplinkos inžinerijos kolegija	Public institution	2002	Girionys (Kaunas District)	0,080*	733	223 (19.7%)
5	Kaunas University of Applied Engineering Sciences	Kauno technikos kolegija	Public institution	2002	Kaunas	0,238	939	259 (17.7%)
6	Klaipėda State College	Klaipėdos valstybinė kolegija	Public institution	2002	Klaipėda	0,345	2,520	786 (21.2%)
7	Kolping University of Applied Sciences	Kolpingo kolegija	Private not-for-profit institution	2001	Kaunas	0,029	356	77 (20.5%)
8	Lithuania Business University of Applied Sciences	Lietuvos verslo kolegija	Private not-for-profit institution	2001	Klaipėda	0,061	983	171 (32%)
9	Lithuanian Maritime Academy [d]	Lietuvos aukštoji jūreivystės mokykla	Public institution	2001	Klaipėda	0,114*	622	127 (8.2%)
10	Marijampolė University of Applied Sciences [e]	Marijampolės kolegija	Public institution	2001	Marijampolė	0,104*	729	258 (26.2%)
11	Panevėžys College	Panevėžio kolegija	Public institution	2002	Panevėžys	0,160	1,273	251 (15.3%)
12	SMK College of Applied Sciences	SMK Aukštoji mokykla	Private not-for-profit institution	2001	Klaipėda	0,127	4,332	1,181 (47%)
13	St. Ignatius of Loyola University of Applied Sciences	Šv. Ignaco Lojolos kolegija	Private not-for-profit institution	2011	Kaunas	0,125	469	158 (52.7%)
14	Šiauliai State College	Šiaulių valstybinė kolegija	Public institution	2002	Šiauliai	0,179	1,630	464 (18.4%)
15	Utena University of Applied Sciences	Utenos kolegija	Public institution	2000	Utena	0,180	1,708	373 (19.7%)
16	Vilnius Business College	Vilniaus verslo kolegija	Private not-for-profit institution	2001	Vilnius	0,034	1,167	304 (68.3%)
17	Vilnius College	Vilniaus kolegija	Public institution	2000	Vilnius	1,030	5,340	1,688 (24.4%)
18	Vilnius College of Design	Vilniaus dizaino kolegija	Private not-for-profit institution	2005	Vilnius	0,033	342	87 (13.3%)
19	Vilnius College of Technologies and Design [f]	Vilniaus technologijų ir dizaino kolegija	Public institution	2002	Vilnius	0,328*	1,524	588 (17.7%)

See also

• Lithuania portal

• List of schools in Lithuania
• List of universities in Estonia
• List of universities in Latvia
• List of universities in Poland
• List of colleges and universities by country
• List of colleges and universities

Notes

1. To be unified with the #3 Kaunas College, starting in 2024–25 ^[8]
2. Closing down in July 2024 ^[9]
3. To be unified with the #5 Kaunas University of Applied Engineering Sciences, starting in 2024–25 ^[8]
4. To be reorganized, integrating its programs into the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, starting in 2024–25 ^[8]
5. To become a faculty of the Mykolas Romeris University, starting in 2024–25 ^[8]
6. To be unified with the #17 Vilnius College, starting in 2024–25 ^[8]

References

1. "Studentų skaičius" (in Lithuanian). Švietimo valdymo informacinė sistema. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
2. "XIV-2297 Lietuvos Respublikos 2024 metų valstybės biudžeto ir savivaldybių biudžetų finansinių rodiklių patvirtinimo įstatymas". e-seimas.lrs.lt (in Lithuanian). 5 December 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
3. "AUKŠTŲJŲ MOKYKLŲ PEDAGOGAI SPALIO 1 D." rsvis3.emokykla.lt. a. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
4. (in Lithuanian) https://lamabpo.lt/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-metu-bendrojo-priemimo-rezultatu-apzvalga-2025-09-10.pdf.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. "Stojantieji į aukštąsias mokyklas šiemet sudarė 20,6 tūkst. studijų sutarčių" (in Lithuanian). LAMA BPO. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
6. "Studentų, priimtų per bendrąjį priėmimą į pirmosios pakopos ir vientisųjų studijų pirmą kursą, skaičius ir finansavimo pobūdis 2022-2023 m. m. (duomenys preliminarūs)" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Ministry of Education, Science and Sport. 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
7. "LCC universitetas pasitiko naujus studentus". Atvira Klaipėda (in Lithuanian). 26 August 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
8. "Nuo 2024–2025 mokslo metų – sustiprėjusios koleginės studijos" (in Lithuanian). Ministry of Education, Science and Sport. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
9. "DĖL STUDIJŲ VYKDYMO TARPTAUTINĖJE TEISĖS IR VERSLO AUKŠTOJOJE MOKYKLOJE" (in Lithuanian). TTVAM. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

• Date of establishment is given according to the university's official website.