Vilnius Gediminas Technical University - History

History

  • September 1, 1956. Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (KPI) founded Vilnius Evening Division of the Evening Faculty. This is considered to be the establishment date of a higher technical school in Vilnius. A specialist in chemistry Assoc. Prof. Jeronimas Kudaba became a Dean of this division. 75 students began studies.
  • July 1, 1960. The KPI Vilnius Evening Faculty was restructured into KPI Vilnius Evening Faculty. A. Cyras was appointed a Dean of the Faculty, which consisted of Departments of Civil Engineering, Electrotechnics and Applied Mechanics. There were 514 students studying in the Faculty.
  • July 6, 1961. The KPI Vilnius Evening Faculty was restructured into KPI Vilnius Branch with two divisions: the day-time and evening studies. A. Cyras was appointed Vice-Rector of the KPI Vilnius Branch. Two faculties were founded in the Branch: for studies of manufacturing production instruments and for training mechanical technology engineers.
  • September 1, 1964. The Faculty of Building Economy of the KPI Vilnius Branch started its activities.
  • September 1, 1968. The Town Building Faculty of the KPI Vilnius Branch was established.
  • September 1, 1969. The KPI Vilnius Branch was restructured into the Vilnius Civil Engineering Institute (VISI). At that time, there were 4 faculties and 26 departments with 290 teachers in total, whereas the number of students amounted to 3 451.
  • October 31, 1990. By the decision of the Lithuanian Supreme Council, the Vilnius Civil Engineering Institute became the Vilnius Technical University (VTU).
  • August 22, 1996. Lithuanian Government adopted a resolution on awarding the Vilnius Technical University the name of an ancient Grand Duke Gediminas and naming it the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.
  • October, 1997. VGTU was accepted into the World Association of Universities.
  • 2000 is the date of the founding of The Senate of VGTU.
  • February 4, 2004. The Club of VGTU Alumni and Fellows was established.
  • 2006 marks the 50th anniversary of the existence of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.

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