This year in June an agreement was signed between  Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) and China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU). This university is the fifth VMU partner in China. CFAU is one of China’s higher education institutions which prepare the high-level diplomats, politicians and businessmen working in the international field. Many  graduates from this university are […]

Centre for Asian Studies (CAS) starts cooperation with K-Developedia project initiated by South Korean government. K-Developedia will help CAS staff and students focusing on Korean studies to further improve their research and expand knowledge about contemporary South Korea. At this state, CAS and K-Developedia will exchange information, but it is expected that cooperation will also […]

On December 08, the agreement was signed between Vytautas Magnus University and Showa Women’s University (SWU) in Japan . This is the thirteenth partner university of VMU in Japan. Japan Women’s School of Higher Education (日本女子高等学院, Nihon Joshi Kōtō Gakuin), the predecessor of this university, was established by poet Enkichi Hitomi (pseudonym: Tōmei Hitomi), who […]

On November 27, the agreement was signed between Vytautas Magnus University and Lingnan University in Hong Kong. This is the first partner university of VMU in Hong Kong and the fourth in China. Lingnan University (嶺南大學 Ling Nam Tai Hok) was founded as Canton Christian College in Guangzhou in 1889 and moved to Hong Kong […]

On November 03, the agreement was signed between the VMU Faculty of Humanities and the School of Philosophy of Renmin University of China (RUC). This is the second partner university of VMU in China. Renmin University is one of the most prestigious universities in China, with a distinct focus on humanities and social sciences. The […]

VMU is successfully expanding its network of partners in Asia – most of which are partnerships of the Centre for Asian Studies. On May 9, after the East Asia Day event, VMU received a delegation from the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Denmark, along with the Rector and his delegation from Bandung Institute […]

On April 5, the representatives of five institutions in the Baltic region dealing with Asian studies, signed the Baltic Alliance for Asian Studies Charter in Vilnius, at the Vilnius University. VMU Centre for Asian Studies became one of five founding institutions to establish the Baltic Alliance for Asian Studies (BAAS). At the meeting the future […]