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Graduates of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics at Vilnius University (VU MIF) received their diplomas during the winter graduation ceremony held in St. John's Church on February 3.

After the long holidays, the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of VU was filled not only with local students, but also with foreign students – 35 students from Azerbaijan, Greece, Spain, Italy, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Latvia, Portugal, France, Singapore, Taiwan, Spain, Turkey and South Korea came to VU MIF. They include 8 Masters students and one PhD student. Some of the students came under contracts from other VU faculties, but has chosen at least one field of study in MIF – it is students from Japan, Ukraine, Norway, Hong Kong, Colombia. The students came under the Erasmus+ exchange program, a bilateral agreement between universities, as well as for Lithuanian language courses.

The Lithuanian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LT VCA), together with Vilnius University (VU), is organizing the course “Breaking into the Finance World: Private Equity and Venture Capital” for the third consecutive year. The course is open to VU students, alumni, and all players in the ecosystem.

Are you an exchange student, maybe just dealing with your travel arrangements or already enjoying your stay abroad? Share the highs, challenges and surprises of your international mobility experience.

We invite graduates to a graduation ceremony on 3 February at 11:00 am at St. St. John's Church! The ceremony will include the awarding of diplomas to MIF graduates, congratulatory speeches and a musical performance. The ceremony will end at 2 pm. If you are not planning to attend the award ceremony, please inform the MIF Studies Department by 27 January (studijos@mif.vu.lt). Graduates who will not attend the ceremony will be able to pick up their diploma from the MIF Study Office from 5 February by prior arrangement. Diplomas will be kept at the Faculty for one year.

A device used to speed the discovery of vaccines and drugs after a pandemic, to make the movie "Avatar", build model cars, and predict the weather. Eduardas Kutka, a lecturer at Vilnius universiy, faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (VU MIF), says that the possibilities of supercomputers are extremely wide. Being much more than an ordinary computer, it can perform complex calculations and computational operations much faster and more efficiently.

The Arqus Alliance of European Universities invites its community to apply for the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP), which is based on Challenge-Based Learning (CBL). This multidisciplinary program will encompass various fields of knowledge, engaging professors, students at different academic stages (Bachelor’s and Master’s), and university staff. The programme starts at the beginning of March.