University Statute
Approved by the decision No. XI-2149 of 28 June 2012 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania
Appendix 1 to the decision No. XI-1194 of 30 November 2010 (new edition of the decision No. XI-2149 of 28 June 2012 of the Parliament of
the Republic of Lithuania)
Kaunas University of Technology has its roots from the University of Lithuania, founded on 16 February 1922 in Kaunas, when the Higher Courses, which had been established on 27 January 1920, were rearranged. The University of Lithuania was re-named Vytautas Magnus University in 1930, Kaunas University in 1940, in summer of 1941 the name of Vytautas Magnus was returned to the university, in 1944 it was called the Vytautas Magnus National University in Kaunas, in 1946 — Kaunas National University. In 1950, after the Faculty of Medicine was separated from Kaunas National University, the university was reorganised into Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, which became Kaunas University of Technology after the decision of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania in 31 October 1990. (Žin., 1990, No. 32-781)
The mission of Kaunas University of Technology (hereinafter — the University) is to provide tuition of international level based on scientific researches; to generate and transmit knowledge and new technologies for harmonic development of the society and spread of innovations; to form environment that would be open and inspiring for talented people and people with leadership qualities; to foster development of democracy and national culture.
Chapter I. Status of University
Chapter II. Goals and tasks of the University
Chapter III. Autonomy and responsibility of the University
Chapter IV. Academic freedom and rights of academic society
Chapter V. Teaching language
1) democratic autonomy;
2) freedom of academic studies and scientific researches;
3) academic ethics and morale;
4) honest competition;
5) studies based on scientific knowledge, researches, and practice;
6) student citizenship, national identity, patriotism and independence of students, active participation in students self-government, and encouragement of performance of scientific, public, and artistic activities and also in the sports;
7) competence, professionalism, and development and appreciation of the sense of responsibility;
8) initiative, innovations, and support of the newest work methods;
9) continuous aspiration towards education;
10) integration into the life of the State and society of Lithuania;
11) orientation towards international quality standards;
12) aspiration towards international level of cooperation;
13) respect and fostering of traditions;
14) openness and accountability towards society.
1) to offer wide choice of programmes of studies of all levels considering the development tendencies of society, science, technologies, and labour market;
2) to develop universally educated, ethically responsible, creative and enterprising person;
3) to provide circumstances for lifelong learning, improvement of the acquired qualification, and re-training;
4) to illuminate society, to develop its humanitarian, technological, and engineering culture, moral values, public spirit, and civil consciousness;
5) to guarantee equal possibilities by creating universal educational environment, in which individual qualities — sex, age, nationality, social status, disability, or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, political views — are acknowledged and valued;
6) to encourage creativity and initiative of students, so that they would educate their personality and intellect, would be able to determine, define, and solve problems, would realise professional and ethical responsibility, would be competently prepared to continuously strive for perfection and accept general challenges;
7) to encourage participation of students in the self-government of the University, in scientific, artistic, and social activities and in the sports;
8) to create effective system of internal studies, which would guarantee the quality of scientific and technological researches, to involve students in activities of all levels and in decision making process;
9) to guarantee healthy and safe work environment, to improve the development of staff, and to strive to the highest professional standards;
10) to develop cooperation relations with partners in Lithuania and abroad;
11) to foster the development of identity of the nation and the State, the Lithuanian scientific and technical terminology, humanistic traditions of Europe.
1) to relate fundamental and applied researches carried out in the University with the needs of the country economy;
2) to accede to the general space of the European scientific researches, to encourage international science integration, to develop connections with global academic society, to spread the originality of the Lithuanian culture;
3) to guarantee the unity of science and studies;
4) to publish the results of scientific researches, to prepare and publish monographs, textbooks, and other publications of science and studies;
5) to prepare creative scientists with knowledge of the newest methods of researches;
6) to create knowledge society;
7) to preserve and develop heritage of nature, science, and culture, and introduce it to society.
1) to spread the ideas of development of science, engineering, technology, and innovations, to popularise advanced technologies;
2) to develop patent and licensing activity;
3) to educate society to be open to science and knowledge, to be able to be competitive in the market of high level technologies, products, and services;
4) with the help of creative and intellectual contribution of the University, to contribute to economy and favourable social and economic development of the State, to maintain close connections with representatives of industry and business, with institutions of state government and municipality, to carry out mutual projects and provide services;
5) to accumulate funds for performance of activities of the University, realisation of strategic goals, and providing for social needs.
1) to choose the directions and forms of studies and personality development, scientific researches and experimental (social, cultural) development, professional artistic activity, cultural and scientific knowledge spread;
2) according to the procedure determined by this Statute, to establish self-government institutions;
3) to determine the order and forms of studies;
4) to determine the price of studies based on the Law on Science and Studies;
5) to prepare and confirm requirements determined by the laws in accordance with the programmes of studies;
6) to administer qualification degrees and professional qualifications, cientific degrees, pedagogical and honorary names;
7) to provide other education, qualification, refresher course, expert services;
8) to publish literature of tuition and science;
9) to admit and dismiss students and audit students;
10) to provide scholarships for students from their own means or sponsors;
11) pursuant to laws and other legal acts, to determine the structure, internal work schedule, quantity, rights, duties, conditions of remuneration, and duty requirements of the staff, the order of organisation of competitions, and the usage of other funds of the University;
12) to determine the procedure of assigning allocations of national budget and the usage of other funds, and the costs for works performed and services provided;
13) to develop and realise development plans of the University;
14) to organise scientific and other events;
15) to determine forms of cooperation with natural and legal persons of the Republic of Lithuania and abroad;
16) to manage and use assets and dispose of them according to the procedure established by legal acts;
17) to establish legal persons of limited liability and to invest in them according to the procedure established by legal acts;
18) to participate in economic commercial activity, which abides with the laws and which is inseparably connected with the goals of the activities of the University;
19) to establish scientific or tuition institutions and other associations according to the procedure established by legal acts;
20) to preserve in its archives manuscripts of scientists and representatives of literature, culture, and art, legally inherited assets of Kaunas National University, and also preserve archive documents of the University and other materials that are of value for scientific and cultural history;
21) to use the right of immunity of the territory and buildings of the University: with the approval of the Council of the University (hereinafter — the Council), the University has right to change the limits of the territories which were handed to the University by the State or the dependence of buildings has only the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter — the Government). If the Council does not approve, the territorial limits and dependence of buildings can be changed only by the Parliament;
22) to use other rights according to the procedure established by legal acts.
1) guarantee academic freedom to the members of academic society;
2) inform the founder and the society about the means of guaranteeing the quality of studies and scientific activity, about financial, economic, and scientific activity of the University, and the usage of funds, about the results of external evaluation of quality of study programmes and accreditation until 31 March of the next year;
3) duly provide such official information (statistical data and objective information) to accredited institutions of the State which is needed for government and observance of the system of science and studies:
4) advise studying persons on career issues;
5) perform other duties established by legal acts.
1) freedom of thought, word, world-view, and faith;
2) freedom of choice of methods of and approaches to, which corresponds with acknowledged ethical principles, science (art) and pedagogical activity;
3) equal rights to participate in competitions for the performance of duties of lecturers and science workers, the right to participate in study competitions, disregarding their sex, race, political and religious beliefs, nationality, and citizenship;
4) security from restrictions of and sanctions for the publication of their research results and beliefs, with exception of cases when the published information is a national secret and/or when the published information violates the laws of the Republic of Lithuania, or can do damage to society.
1) copyrights of creative and intellectual work, determined by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania and by international contracts;
2) equal rights to participate in competitions of the University, Lithuanian, and international level, in order to perform scientific programmes and to receive support for study funds;
3) impartial and public reviewing of scientific works;
4) right for lecturers, science workers, and students to participate in the self-government of the University according to the procedure established in this Statute;
5) right to participate in preparing and accepting documents that regulate the activity of the University and its departments, and its development plans, taking into consideration the activity of the University and its departments;
6) right to participate in the activities of public political organisations and associations, legally working in Lithuania and abroad;
7) right to work independently or to join creative groups, associations, societies and clubs, to establish non-political public organisations of the University;
8) right to independently announce the results of one’s intellectual (scientific) activity according to the procedure established by laws or contracts;
9) right to improve and develop professional skills.
1) the content of the study programme is related with the other language;
2) the teaching and other academic occupations are run by foreign lecturers;
3) the tuition is carried out according to joint study programmes, or study programmes and double-qualification degree are granted after their completion and part of these programmes is carried in independent high schools in other countries, in which the teaching language is not in Lithuanian or corresponds with the cases mentioned in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article;
4) tuition is carried out according to tuition programmes meant for foreigners or in the case of study exchange.
Chapter I. The Council
Chapter II. The Senate
Chapter III. The Rector
Chapter IV. Student Council
Chapter I. The Council
1) after evaluating the proposals of the Senate, the Council confirms the vision and mission of the University, and the plan of strategic activity, proposed by the Rector;
2) after evaluating the proposals of the Senate, the Council proposes to the Senate changes to the Statute;
3) discusses and confirms structural re-arranging plans of the niversity proposed by the Rector;
4) after evaluating the proposals of the Senate, the Council assigns the funds of the University (also the funds meant for the remuneration of the employees of administration and other) and also the procedure of control, usage, and disposal of assets, which is governed by the property rights;
5) after evaluating the proposals of the Senate, the Council confirms the procedure of the elections of the Rector of the University in the way of public competition. The Council elects, appoints, and dismisses the Rector. Taking into consideration the proposals of Rector, the Council appoints vicechancellors. Vice-chancellors, which carry out the functions of organising science and study programmes are chosen from the scientists;
6) determines the principles of selection and evaluation of the employees of the University administration and other;
7) confirms the rules of internal order in the University;
8) after evaluating the proposals of the Rector, the Council determines the amount of costs of studies and payments, which are not directly connected with the realisation of the study programme;
9) after evaluating the proposals of the Senate, the Council confirms the general number of study places, taking into consideration the possibilities to guarantee the quality of studies and science, and artistic activity;
10) within a period of one month, the Council confirms the annual estimates of revenue and costs of the University proposed by the rector, as well as report on the performance of this revenue; the Council may initiate economic and financial audits of the University;
11) within a period of one month approves the annual report of the activities of the University prepared by the Rector, evaluates the conformity of the activity to the strategic action plan of the University, the achieved results and their implications;
12) guarantees the accountability of the University and communication with the public and founder, and each year in the publications and on the website of the University, the Council informs the public about the results of the implementation of the strategic action plan of the University until 31 March of the next year;
13) along with the Senate and the administration, the Council takes care of support of the University and ensures its operational funding;
14) after evaluating the proposals of the Senate, the Council approves the plans for reorganisation or liquidation of the University and submits them to the Parliament;
15) prepares an annual report on the activities of the Council every year until 1 April, and announces it publicly on the website of the University;
16) carries out other functions determined in this Statute and in other legal acts.
1) one member of the Council is appointed by the Student Council according to the procedure determined in the Statute. If there is no Student Council, the member of the Council is appointed in the general student meeting (conference);
2) five members of the Council are appointed from the teachers and research workers whose main place of work is the University and who holds the office based on competition. They are elected by teachers and research workers whose main place of work is the University and who hold office based on competition at the meeting of more than half of the votes of the participating representatives of the majority. The representatives are elected at the University departments in accordance with the principle of proportional representation, where one representative is elected out of ten professors and research workers who hold the main office at the University;
3) five members are elected, appointed, and recalled by the Senate in a pre-determined procedure from the individuals not belonging to the staff and students of the University; one member of these five is elected by the Student Council according to its procedures. These five members are selected through open competition and are appointed after assessing the evaluation carried out by the Higher Education Council;
4) the Election Committee formed with the order of the Rector informs the University community of the meetings (conferences) (time, location, agenda, nomination procedure) on the Internet no later than within a period of 20 calendar days;
5) the candidates with the majority of votes will be considered elected to the Council. If several candidates receiving the majority of votes receive the same number of votes, and there should be less elected members, repeated voting is arranged and only the candidates who received the same number of votes are included in the ballots. During the repeated voting, the elected candidates are considered those who have received the most votes;
6) a person may be elected a member of the Council if it complies with the requirements of the Law on Science and Studies.
Chapter II. The Senate
1) chooses, appoints, and dismisses members of the Council, as provided for in the Statute;
2) approves the programmes of study, scientific research and experimental (social, cultural) development, art and submits proposals to the rector for financing of these programmes and restructuring the University, necessary for the implementation of those programmes, evaluates the results of the researches carried out and the quality and level of all academic and artistic activities of the University;
3) determines the procedure of studies;
4) approves the Academic Regulation and regulations for the firstlevel academic units;
5) composes permanent and temporary commissions and committees of the Senate;
6) approves the internal education quality assurance system and controls its implementation;
7) evaluates and presents conclusions to the Council about the compliance of pedagogical and research activities of the candidates for Rector office with the requirements of the University;
8) with a simple majority of votes in a secret voting chaired by the ector, approves, and revokes faculty deans, and other managers and heads of departments of the first-level academic units. If the Senate does not approve the submitted nominations, Rector provides another candidate;
9) in accordance with the principles of personnel selection and evaluation determined by the Council of the University, determines the qualification requirements of lecturers and research workers, determines procedure of certification of lecturers and research workers and procedure of competitions for holding office;
10) grants the status of Associate Scientist for a scientist who has worked at the University and who is in scientific relations with the University, but only temporarily (no longer than until the end of the term) is employed elsewhere;
11) convenes the meetings (conferences) of the academic community of the University in order to discuss important questions of the activities of the University. Informs the academic community of the decision to convene such a meeting (conference) on the website of the University within a period no later than 7 calendar days before such meeting (conference);
12) after the proposal of the Academic Council, after taking into account the results of pedagogical and (or) any other activity of a person significant for the public and University, grants titles of University Honour, Professor Emeritus, pedagogical Professor, dean, and other titles;
13) provides an opinion to the Council regarding the strategic action plan of the University which is provided by the Rector, restructuring plans of the University, and reports of the activities of the University;
14) proposes to the Council amendments to the Statute and provides an opinion of the amendments to the Statute which the Council provides to the Parliament, also the plans reorganization or liquidation of the University;
15) considers and submits proposals to the Council for the vision, mission, and strategic activity plan of the University;
16) discusses and submits proposals to the Council on the funds of the University (including funds for the remuneration of the employees of administration and other) and on management, usage, and disposal procedures of the property owned by ownership;
17) considers and submits proposals to the Council concerning general determination of the number of study places, concerning the possibilities to ensure the quality for study and research, artistic activity;
18) performs other functions determined in legal acts and the Statute of the University.
1) the Senate Electoral Committee and its Chair by the provision of the Chair of the Senate are approved by the Senate no later than 2 months before the end of the term of the Senate. Senate Election Committee appoints the Senate election date, place, and time, approves the lists of voters, and announces the composition of the Senate. Senate election must take place no later than 10 days before the end of the term of the Senate;
2) in the Senate, every scholar and recognised artist, holding the main office at the University and who works at least part-time, has the right to vote and the right to be elected for a membership to the Senate;
3) members of the Council or staff of faculties and other academic departments of the University have the right to nominate candidates for the membership to the Senate . The person who has nominated himself can be included by the Senate Electoral Committee into the list of candidates only when a person collects at least 10 supporting signatures from the researchers or acknowledged artists of the University with the right to Senate election;
4) the scientists and acknowledged artists of the first level of academic departments who are the representatives in the Senate are elected on a parity basis by the scientists meetings of these divisions. Meetings are convened by the rector;
5) the members of the Senate are elected by a secret vote. Elections are considered to be valid if more than half of the voters take part in it. The candidates are considered elected if they receive the majority, but no less than half of votes. If some candidates who won the majority of votes receive the same number of votes, a repeated voting is organised and only the candidates who had received the same number of votes are recorded in the ballots. During the repeated voting, those candidates who received the majority votes, are considered elected;
6) if the number of elected representatives of respective departments is less than specified in Article 39 of this Statute, repeated voting is organised. During the repeated voting, the candidate (candidates), who collected the majority of votes, is (are) considered elected;
7) when the elected member of the Senate cannot be a member of the Senate or becomes a member of the office he is holding, an election is organised to elect a new member of the Senate, if no less than one year remains until the end of the term of the Senate;
8) the mandate of the member of the Senate expires at the end of his term, or if he resigns from the Senate, or in other cases determined by the law.
1) it has to be determined whether the person elected or approved by the Senate may continue to hold office;
2) the titles of professor or dean are granted, as well as the names of the Honour of the University and Professor Emeritus.
Chapter III. The Rector
1) to govern the University and to organise its activities, ensuring the implementation of the University’s strategic action plan;
2) to issue the orders and binding instructions to employees, students and audit students;
3) to employ and dismiss employees;
4) to admit and expel students and audit students in accordance with the Statute;
5) to encourage staff and students, to impose disciplinary sanctions;
6) after assessing the proposals of Student Council, to present to the Council for approval the tuition costs and fees that are not directly related to the implementation of the study programme;
7) to establish the beginning and the end of the academic year, semester and holiday periods;
8) to be responsible for the University’s financial activity, adequate management, use and disposal of the funds and assets. To consider and adopt decisions related to the University funds (including funds intended for the remuneration of and administrative staff and other employees) and property management, use and disposal thereof. Before creating property rights in real estate lien or transfer transactions, the Rector must receive an evaluation from the Senate and approval from the Council;
9) to determine the structure and functions of the University’s economy, finance and other administrative and service staff;
10) to approve job descriptions, the statutes or regulations of the University’s non-academic departments and organisations;
11) to submit to the Senate for consideration and to the Council for approval and to publish an annual report on the activities of the University, the annual revenue and expenditure estimates, as well as an implementation report;
12) to submit to the Senate for consideration and to the Council for approval the University’s strategic business plan and the University’s restructuring plan;
13) to submit to the Senate for approval and withdrawal of the candidacies of faculty deans, institute directors and other first-level Faculty deans and heads of other academic departments are usually selected through a selection process (among acknowledged artists);
14) to appoint faculty deans;
15) after the approval of the Senate, to appoint and dismiss the heads of academic departments;
16) to appoint and dismiss the heads of non-academic departments;
17) to conclude contracts with Lithuanian and foreign scientific and educational institutions and other organisations and businesses;
18) by issuing orders to announce the resolutions of the Senate or to return them for reconsideration by submitting a written explanation. If the Senate adopts the same decision again with a majority of votes of the members of the Senate, this decision is binding to the Rector;
19) has the right to suspend the Council resolutions of faculties and other first-level academic units and to submit questions for consideration to the Senate;
20) has the right to cancel the management regulations of the faculties and other first-level academic units;
21) has the right to delegate some of its functions for vice-chancellors to perform, and functions, which require specialised knowledge- — to the heads of the University departments. The Rector is responsible for the actions of the selected agents;
22) to convene meetings of the Rector;
23) should a student submit written requests, complaints or reports of statutory rights or legitimate interest violations, to investigate and respond in written form or to authorise another person to do it within a time period of 15 calendar days ;
24) to propose amendments to the Statute to the Senate;
25) to perform other functions provided for in legal acts and in this Statute, including those functions that are not directly attributed to the competence of the Council or the Senate.
1) to prepare a strategic business plan and restructuring plan of the University;
2) to consider education, science, economic issues;
3) to prepare the project of the University’s estimates;
4) to prepare an annual report on the activities of the University;
5) to prepare educational, scientific workload standards and other work standards;
6) to hold the projects of tuition costs and fees, which are not directly related to the tuition programme.
7) to prepare the project of the admittance rules to the University;
8) to coordinate the work of the University departments;
9) to consider the statutes or regulations of the University departments and organisations;
10) to consider and prepare drafts of internal documents;
11) to consider revenue and expense projects of faculties and other departments;
12) to consider the questions of the distribution of the University premises and territories;
13) to consider the questions of the establishment and elimination of the University departments;
14) to advise the Rector on relevant issues.
Chapter IV. Student Council
Chapter V. Procedures
Chapter I. Units
Chapter II. Faculty
1) to adopt decisions on key issues, such as faculty organisation, education and others;
2) to consider the draft of the faculty’s operational plan and to submit it to the Rector;
3) to consider the questions of the establishment, reorganisation and elimination of the faculty’s units, according to the regulations of the academic units approved by the Senate;
4) to consider the study programmes of the faculty and to submit them for approval to the Senate;
5) to consider the candidates for the granting of the titles of Professor Emeritus, Honorary Doctor, Honorary Professor, Associate Professor and Professor and submits its opinion to the Senate;
6) to submit its opinion to the Rector on its proposed candidate (candidates) to hold the Dean’s office;
7) to offer candidates to the Rector in accordance with the Dean of the Faculty, from recognised scientists and artists, to hold the offices of the department managers;
8) to hear out and to approve the annual faculty activity report submitted by the Dean each year within 2 months after the end of the financial year of the University. If it is not approved, the Faculty Council submits a proposal to the Rector for the dismissal of the Dean.
1) to coordinate the activities of the faculty units, to organise the tuition process and scientific activities of the faculty, to implement the decisions adopted by the Senate and the Faculty Council, as well as the Rector’s orders;
2) to approve mandatory regulations for faculty workers, students and audit students and to provide instructions to them;
3) to represent the faculty;
4) is responsible for the order at the faculty;
5) to submit proposals to the Rector regarding the acceptance and exclusion of the students and audit students according to the procedures prescribed by the academic regulations;
6) to encourage students and to impose disciplinary penalties on them according to the procedures prescribed by the academic regulations;
7) to submit proposals to the Rector regarding the candidates to hold the office of the faculty deans. After the end of the Dean’s mandate, also the powers of pro-deans end;
8) to provide suggestions and opinions to the Faculty Council and the Rector regarding the candidates to hold the office of department managers;
9) to submit the annual report to the Faculty Council regarding the faculty activity within a period of 2 months after the end of the financial year.
1) to organise studies, workshops for students, to supervise their work, performs methodological work and research;
2) to organise and to develop study programmes, schedules of study subjects, to prepare textbooks, teaching aids, summaries, and other methodological materials necessary for studies;
3) to implement advanced study forms and methods in the study process;
4) to review doctoral dissertation manuscripts, monographs, articles, textbooks, teaching aids and other publications;
5) to examine and evaluate the quality of studies and readiness of the graduates for practical work, taking into account the comments received from the graduate recruitment institutions, to prepare proposals on the improvement of the training of specialists;
6) to assess candidates for the post of the Dean and a professor, as well as candidates for the posts of competitive offices, and to present the opinion to the Faculty Council or to the Commission of Certification and Competitions;
7) to propose candidates for the offices of lecturers and research workers who are employed via a non-public competition;
8) has the right to conclude cooperative contracts (except those that can be made only by a legal entity) with science, education and other institutions.
1) to preside over the Department, to act on behalf of it and to represent it;
2) to organize scientific and pedagogical activities for the Department staff and graduate students;
3) to coordinate research works and the activity of laboratories, as well as other units;
4) is responsible for the management and use of the assets of the Department;
5) is responsible for the execution of instructions and orders of the Rector, the Dean, as well as the University law acts;
6) to report annually to the Faculty Council and the Dean within a period of 2 months after the end of the financial year about the annual activity of the Department.
Chapter III. Research Centres and Institutes of the University
1) to carry out high-level scientific research of particular long-term direction and experimental (social, cultural) development of the commissioned works, to prepare scientists, to initiate and to implement projects, to cooperate with domestic and foreign partners in the field of science, liaises with industry, business representatives and other social partners, to provide methodological, methodical and other assistance;
2) to spread scientific knowledge to the public, to contribute to the creation of economy based on innovations and knowledge, and to the education of knowledge-responsive public;
3) to take care of the personality development of students and researchers;
4) to collect and to maintain the scientific equipment.
1) to be responsible for the activities of the Institute (Centre), its financial and asset management, and the use thereof;
2) to submit to the Institute (Centre) Council for consideration and for the approval of the Rector the main directions of the Institute’s (Centre’s) scientific activities, performance plan for the upcoming 5 years, detailed annual plan and annual performance reports, annual income and expenditure estimates, as well as their completion reports.
1) to offer the basic directions of the scientific activities of the Institute (Centre), to evaluate the progress and the results of the ongoing research programmes and projects;
2) to consider and to approve the plan for the upcoming 5 years of the Institute (Centre) submitted by the Director of the Institute (Centre), as well as to consider and to approve the detailed annual plan, revenue and expenditure estimates and their implementation reports and annual activity report;
3) to submit to the Senate the proposals for the revision of the regulations of the Institute (Centre).
Chapter IV. University Community
1) within the scope of their competence, to participate in competitions in order to ensure education programmes and to receive support for study funds;
2) to participate in competitions for internships in Lithuania and abroad;
3) to receive the necessary information for scientific works from state institutions (if such information is a state or official secret, it is provided and used according to the procedures prescribed by the legal acts);
4) to work in accordance with the institution’s Statute (statutes, regulations) and plans of action;
5) to participate in various trade unions and associations, including those that operate abroad;
6) to work on their own or to join creative groups;
7) to publish independently their research works.
Chapter V. Students and Audit Students
126 Study contracts are concluded with all of the University’s students.
128 The audit students can study at the University in accordance with informal education programmes or individual study subjects (their groups) or parts of study programmes according to the procedures prescribed by the University.
1) acquire the selected study programme;
2) study according to an individual study plan in accordance with the order determined by the University;
3) study under more than one study programme or other subjects at the University or in other educational establishment;
4) evaluate the teaching quality of the acquired subjects, and implementation of the study welfare and study programmes;
5) choose lecturers if the same topic is taught by several lecturers;
6) propose the topic of their thesis or choose from the proposed topics;
7) to account for subjects and different tasks using alternative methods if they have a disability that impedes to account in the determined order, and the alternative method of account ensures the achievement of the determined objectives of the studies;
8) apply to the University administration to include the results of the studies at the University or any other Lithuanian or foreign higher educational establishment;
9) apply for the violation of their legitimate rights and interests to the University administration, to the committee of the examination of the disputes between the students and the administration staff (hereinafter — Litigation Committee);
10) after submitting a written request to the Rector and on the basis of his order, to suspend the studies due to childcare or due to other important personal reasons, but not longer than for a period of one calendar year;
11) take an academic leave because of impaired health — according to the recommendations of the medical committee;
12) terminate the studies upon a written request;
13) freely express one’s thoughts and beliefs;
14) obtain all the information related to the studies;
15) participate in the University government bodies;
16) to elect the Student Council and to be elected to it, freedom to join other associations, join clubs, societies, public student organisations;
17) use other rights determined in laws, this Statute and other legal rights.
1) to study diligently, to comply with the requirements of study programmes and to carry out the tasks determined in the program of studies;
2) to observe the moral and ethical standards;
3) to comply with this Statute, regulations and requirements of internal order, execute the Rector’s orders and regulations and guidelines of the Dean;
4) to protect the University’s property;
5) to repay the granted loans in the cases determined by the law.
1) if the University’s internal or public order has been violated and the fact of violation is confirmed by the Dean’s or the Rector’s decision;
2) due to a failure to comply with the requirements of the study programme.
Chapter VI. Teaching Staff
Chapter VII. Research Workers
Chapter VIII. Visiting Lecturers and Research Workers
Chapter IX. Associated Persons
Chapter X. Professors Emeritus
Chapter XI. Recruitment of Teaching Staff and Research Workers
Chapter XII. University Administration
Chapter XIII. Other Staff
Chapter XIV. Academic Ethics
Chapter I. System of the Studies
1) First — Bachelor’s studies;
2) Second — Master’s studies;
3) Third — Doctoral studies.
Chapter II. Scientific Activities
Chapter I. Funds
1) State budget funds for studies;
2) funds of the State budget for the basic funding;
3) income received as payment for the studies;
4) income from the scientific and economic activities and the provided services;
5) funds from sponsors;
6) funds received as inheritance or gifts;
7) funds of public investment programmes and public investment projects;
8) funds received as a project-based competitive research funding;
9) State funds;
10) funds from international and foreign foundations and organisations;
11) income from management and the use of university property and disposing of it;
12) income obtained from the results of intellectual activity;
13) other legally obtained funds.
Chapter II. Property
1) tangible fixed assets owned by the State according to the property right transferred to the University under an agreement of property trust;
2) the University’s assets owned by the property right.
1) the assets invested by the State;
2) income received as payment for tuition, as well as income from the economic, scientific activities and the provided services;
3) funds and other assets received as aid according to the Law on Charity and Sponsorship of the Republic of Lithuania;
4) other funds, except for the State budget funds;
5) acquired assets from the State budget funds and from the funds referred to in this part, referred to in Paragraphs 2, 3, 4, with an exception of immovable property acquired within the scope of the support of the European Union, the State budget and State funds;
6) donated property;
7) inherited property;
8) property rights resulting from intellectual activity;
9) income, assets or other benefits, obtained by way of management, using the funds or other assets and utilising them as specified in Paragraphs 1-8 of this Article.
Chapter I. University Organisation
Chapter II. Attributes of the University
Chapter III. On Making and Changing of the Statute
Chapter IV. Reorganisation and Liquidation of the University