How long: up to 4 years full-time or up to 6 years in extended studies. Universities run doctoral programmes on their own or together with research institutes and foreign universities.
Your status: you have student status with state guarantees and support; state-funded places come with a scholarship.
How to get in: admission is based on your results in the previous study cycle and the university's own criteria.
Where to look: doctoral positions and calls are published on the websites of universities and their doctoral schools and on EURAXESS. Programmes in Lithuania in our database: Lithuania – 141 doctoral programmes (as of November 2026) »
Sources: Eurydice – national description of third-cycle (PhD) programmes (updated 9 April 2025). As of October 2026.
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.
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