about university

About University

Alytus University of Applied Sciences is a state university providing nationally and internationally accredited higher education study programs, offering Professional Bachelor’s degrees. Its teaching and research activities are focused on business studies, social sciences, engineering, and technology.  2000 students are enrolled in 11 study programs with excellent standards of study.

The University offers a wide range of internationally recognized programs in a number of subjects including multimedia and visual communication, nursing, business management, and transport and logistics to name a few. 

The learning environment has been developed in close cooperation with regional business society therefore the skills acquired by students correspond to the modern labor market needs. Alytus University of Applied Sciences plays a major role in research and development fostering the community skills of working under conditions of rapid change of technologies. Implementation of international projects under educational EU programs provides additional strength to the institution through integration into the development of European higher education. Close cooperation and networking with universities/higher education institutions, industries, companies, and other organizations in the public sector have a positive impact on science application in the study areas of social sciences, technological sciences, humanities, and physical sciences fostering curriculum development, adult education, and distance learning.

Faculties

• Administration
• Engineering
• Finance and Banking
• Management
• Nursing
• Technology

Accommodation 

On-campus accommodation is available at the University. The hostel of Alytus University of Applied Sciences is situated next to the faculties. The hostel is comfortable for living and studying.

The Centre of the town is about 1.5 km. from the hostel of Alytus University of Applied Sciences. Students usually go on foot, but if you return late or in the winter period, you may take a minibus. Most of the students cook at home. If you have lunch in the canteen of Alytus University of Applied Sciences, you can visit the cafeteria or pizzeria.

Modern Facilities 

There is a library, an academic bookshop, a business simulation company, centers of distance learning, publishing, competencies and applied science activities, public relations, and an incubator of ideas in Alytus University of Applied Sciences. The University has created an efficient teaching and learning system. Students can use rich funds of the ISSC (scientific literature, periodicals, video, and audio resources, teaching materials stored in CD ROMs), a modern Internet reading room, special scientific online databases (BNS, EBSCO host, etc) as well as LITLEX and teaching/learning sets of materials from the Intranet, and the opportunities provided by the distance learning. 

Students take an active part in research activities, student mobility, and other international projects, as well as in extra-curriculum activities, sports events, and performances of the student choir, and other art groups. They can use rich material facilities: sports and conference halls. The Students’ Embassy representing the students of the Alytus University of Applied Science takes an active part in organizing various activities. It organizes events, tournaments, quizzes, conferences, and seminars, and participates in national and international youth projects.