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Bachelor Studies
General admission:
All international students wishing to take the Bachelor’s degree programme in Politics of Global Challenges must apply online using the University Admission website.
More information about admission procedure can be found here.
To apply for this programme, you need a school (secondary or equivalent) graduation certificate and marks sheet/list (academic transcript).
If you are currently studying in the final year of high school/secondary school and your school cannot issue a final graduation diploma before the application deadline, you should submit the recent transcript of academic records and the certificate indicating the date of receiving a final secondary school certificate.
Please contact Admission Officer (admissions@cr.vu.lt) to find out whether it is possible to submit final diploma later (each case will be considered individually).
All applicants have to fulfil general admission requirements and programme specific requirements (if applicable). Programme specific requirements are listed under each programme description.
If you have any questions about enrolling into Challenges of Global Politics Bachelor’s programme, please contact rosita.garskaite@tspmi.vu.lt
Master Studies
Eastern European and Russian Studies
Tuition Fee Waiver Offered by the Institute of International Relations and Political Science
Tuition waiver will be awarded to the most motivated and competent international non-EU/EEA student applying for the Master’s degree programme of Eastern European and Russian studies. This scholarship only covers the full cost of the tuition fee.
Eligibility:
- Candidates must be non-EU and non-European Economic Area citizens who apply for Eastern European and Russian studies master programme.
- Candidates cannot have other financial support covering tuition fee from other Lithuanian or Foreign organizations.
How to apply:
- Application deadline for a tuition fee waiver is 1st of July. Applicants must submit a written request, together with a motivational letter by e-mail vilius.mickunas@tspmi.vu.lt
- The final list of students who receive tuition waiver will be announced no later than 15th of July.
State Scholarships For Full-time Master degree studies
- A monthly scholarship and a grant covering the standard study cost is offered for the nationals of the Republic of Ukraine,the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Georgia and foreign citizens of Lithuanian origin (50 grants altogether, 40 of them – to the nationals of the Ukraine);
- A monthly scholarship is offered for the nationals of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Moldova, Japan, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, the State of Israel (10 grants altogether);
General admission:
All international students wishing to take the Master’s degree programme in Eastern European and Russian studies must apply online using the University Admission website.
More information about admission procedure can be found here.
To apply for this programme, you need a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent and English level of B2*. The selection criterion is based on the weighted average of all grades recorded in the transcript of your academic report (50%) and the evaluation of your motivation (motivational essay) (50%).
*In order to apply for Master’s degree program, you are not required to submit a certificate of English language knowledge (IELTS or TOEFL scores), nevertheless, you will need an official English language certificate to apply for state/University grants.
ARQUS Joint Master’s Programme European Studies
Link for application: https://jointdegree.biobs.com
Application deadline: May 30th, 2023 (23:59 CET)
More information: https://arqus-alliance.eu/master-european-studies/
Europe is facing significant challenges in recent years. Alongside the just-ended global pandemic and the recent biggest military conflict on the subcontinent since World War II, defining a new concept of Europe will be a significant issue.
The Joint Master’s programme in European studies provides the opportunity to find the best solutions through an interdisciplinary approach. This is a great opportunity to study Europe with lecturers from the four forefront European universities (University of Granada, University of Graz, Leipzig University and Vilnius University), and develop soft skills that will flourish in your future career.
Start this journey with the Joint Master’s program in European studies.
PhD studies
Throughout the four year period of studies, the doctoral candidates at the IIRPS VU are provided with theoretical and methodological training as well as continuous support for the implementation of their research projects. The studies are based on strategies of inclusion, feedback and attention to each doctoral student in order to achieve the best results in terms of the implementation of research, strengthening scientific competences as well as methodological and pedagogical skills. State funded positions with the scholarship (ranging from 931 Eur on the first year of studies to 1 078 Eur on the second-fourth year of studies) are available.
We invite candidates to submit research projects based on the following topics of doctoral dissertations or propose their own ideas for the research in the field of political science:
- Transformation of US and China‘s Power in the Battle for Technological Domination: The Impact of 5G and Artificial Intelligence Development on the Global Competition (consulting scientist: prof. dr. Tomas Janeliūnas)
- The Impact of the Public Space Digitalization on Foreign Policy and Diplomacy (consulting scientist: prof. dr. Tomas Janeliūnas)
- Dilemmas of Energy Security and Diplomacy: Reconciling Baltic Interests on Synchronization and the Astravyets NPP Electricity Boycott (consulting scientist: prof. dr. Tomas Janeliūnas)
- Changing nature of Lithuanian/Baltic states external interdependencies [trade, migration, cyberspace, information and others]: causes and impact on foreign policy (consulting scientist: prof. dr. Ramūnas Vilpišauskas)
- Identity in the political regimes (consulting scientist: assoc. prof. Nerija Putinaitė)
- Influence of structural transformations on labour market (consulting scientist: assoc. prof. Žilvinas Martinaitis)
- The Political Economy of FinTech (consulting scientist: assoc. prof. Vytautas Kuokštis)
- Politics of the (Post)Soviet Aesthetics: Communities, Media, and Emancipatory Strategies (consulting scientist: prof. dr. Natalija Arlauskaitė)
- The Politics, Economics and Culture of (Anti-)Corruption in Central Asia (consulting scientist: assoc. prof. Konstantinas Andrijauskas)
Selection process
Application score (up to 10 points) is calculated according to the following formula:
- Average of grades in diploma appendix – 10%
- Evaluation of prospective research project and interview – 80%
- Evaluation of research experience and activities – 10%
More information on each of the proposed topics and application process is available here. Research projects, motivational letters and all the required documents must be emailed to apply.phd@cr.vu.lt and arenida.glusinskiene@tspmi.vu.lt by June 19th.
