Lithuania

Country: Lithuania

State-funded places in Lithuania are tuition-free, and EU citizens can compete for them through the central LAMA BPO admissions; at Vilnius University, one English-taught bachelor's costs €3,950 a year for EU citizens and €4,350 for others (2026). Lithuania had 36 higher education institutions in 2022/23 and offers more than 500 English-taught programmes. See the 2026 deadlines and monthly living costs.

Studies have three cycles and use ECTS – one year of study is 60 credits:

Bachelor (bakalauras) – 180–240 ECTS, 3–4 years,
Master (magistras) – 90–120 ECTS, 1–2 years,
Doctorate – 4 years,
integrated studies (vientisosios studijos) – e.g. medicine at Vilnius University takes 6 years (360 ECTS).

At Vilnius University classes start on 1 September. Some universities also have a spring intake.

Lithuania – bachelor's programmes
Lithuania – integrated (single-cycle) programmes
Lithuania – master's programmes

Share

« back

Sources: European Commission – Study in Europe (education.ec.europa.eu/study-in-europe), Eurostat, official national study and residence portals and authorities, Eurodesk, enic-naric.net, studentnews.eu. As of September 2026.

StudentNews Group Websites for students and future students — in Poland since 2007, across Europe since 2014. Over 50 websites and millions of users a year (Google Analytics). Studies in Europe Universities in Europe Bachelor’s Master’s Doctorate MBA Study guide Work abroad Travel For partners Advertising and cooperation Reach (online report) Contact advertising@studentnews.eu © 2003–2026 Grupa StudentNews.pl sp. z o.o., Modlnica, Poland