Central Aula of the Kaunas University of Technology

Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuanian: Kauno Technologijos Universitetas (KTU)) is the largest technical university in the Baltic States and the second largest university in Lithuania. The three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania The Baltic states refer to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ...

During the Soviet occupation (1950 - 1990) the university was called Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (Lithuanian: Kauno politechnikos institutas), from 1974 Kaunas Antanas Sniečkus Polytechnic Institute. Kaunas Polytechnic Institute together with Kaunas Medical Institute was formed from Vytautas Magnus University remains, after two major humanities faculties of it were transferred into Vilnius University 1949. Soviet redirects here. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Kaunas County Municipality Kaunas city municipality Coordinates Number of elderates 11 General Information Capital of Kaunas County Kaunas city municipality Kaunas district municipality Population 361,274 in 2005 (2nd) First mentioned 1361 Granted city rights 1408 Kaunas ( (help· info), approximate English transcription [ˈkəʊ.n... The term polytechnic, from the Greek πολύ polú meaning many and τεχνικός tekhnikós meaning arts, is commonly used in many countries to describe an institution that delivers vocational or technical education and training, other countries do not use the term and use alternative terminology. ... Antanas Sniečkus (07 January 1903 (O.S. 25 December 1902)) in Bublelai village - 22 January 1974 in Druskininkai) was First Secretary of the Lithuanian Communist Party [LKP] between 08. ... Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) (Lithuanian Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas (VDU)) is one of the biggest universities in Kaunas, Lithuania. ... The humanities are those academic disciplines which study the human condition using methods that are largely analytic, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural and social sciences. ... Vilnius University (also known as Vilnius State University, The University of Vilnius, Lithuanian: , formerly Stefan Batory University and before that Almae Academia et Universitas Vilnensis Societatis Jesu), is one of the oldest Universities in Eastern Europe and the largest University in Lithuania. ...

External links

• (English) http://www.ktu.lt/en/index1.html official website of Kaunas University of Technology.