From June 1, 2012, entrance procedures to Lithuanian universities have started. This year VMU offers two programs in the field of East Asian studies: MA program (in English) “East Asia Region Studies” (EARS) and BA program (in Lithuanian) “East Asian Languages and Cultures” (“Rytų Azijos šalių kalbos ir kultūros“- RASK).
East Asian Languages and Cultures program was launched from 2012 at the Faculty of Humanities. The duration of the program is 4 years, the contents of the program focus on Chinese, Japanese and Korean history, religion, art and folklore. The students will have an opportunity to analyze in deep the cultural specifics of these countries and study thousand year old traditions. The students will also be able to learn one of East Asian languages at the advanced level and to gain basic communication skills in a second language upon their choice.
As the student exchange opportunities with East Asian universities have expanded significantly, all students of the program (starting from the second study year) will be encouraged to study at least one semester in one of East Asian universities. After graduation students will acquire bachelor degree in Regional Culture Studies in the field of Humanities.
The call for entrants to MA program in East Asia Region Studies (in the field of Political Science, No. 621L20007) is announced for the seventh time. Necessary documents for the entrance should be brought to the office of the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy (Gedimino str. 44; room 102; phone: 837 206709) till June 27. Students from other universitities than VMU need to pass English language test. The date of the test is June 28, 9:00-13:00. Please register for the test at http://uki.vdu.lt. Entrance results will be announced on July 3 (Gedimino str. 44; room 202). More information you will find here