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%)

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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]