www.vgtu.lt

The contribution of VGTU to RESINT project

Sigitas Jablonskis

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU)

• Vilnius Gediminas Technical university is state university founded in 1956

• Located in the capital city – Vilnius • 7 venues with the main campus in

Sauletekio alley

• 10752 students (as of 2015 March)• Number of teaching staff - 940 (as of

2015 march) including 148 Professors, 420 Associate Professors, and 255 Lecturers and 117 Assistants (477 of them with PhD degree)

VGTU Faculties

• Architecture • Business Management,• Civil Engineering• Creative Industries• Electronics • Environmental Engineering • Fundamental Sciences • Mechanics• Transport Engineering • Institute of Aviation

Studies at VGTU: general facts

• Two cycle (4+2) studies introduced in 1992 • All study programs are accredited by the Ministry of Education and

Science of the Republic of Lithuania• 49 programs for Bachelor’s degree with 8 744 students (4 years), • 59 programs for Master’s degree with 1 675 students (up to 2 years)

• 10 programs for Doctor’s degree with 189 students (full time studies -

4 years, part-time studies – 6 years).• Long standing tradition of teaching in English (since 1994): 30 Study

programs in English (over 300 courses in total)• Teaching staff-student ratio 1:11

Studies in English

Bachelor degree programs, 240 ECTS (12):• Architecture• Computer Engineering • Telecommunications Engineering• Building Energetics• Mechatronics and Robotics• Information Systems Engineering • Mechanics Engineering • Civil Engineering • Economics Engineering • Finance Engineering • Business Management• Engineering Informatics

Integrated Studies, 300 ECTS (2):• Aircraft Piloting• Air Traffic Control

Master degree programs (16)• Marketing • International Business • Corporate Financial Management • Value Engineering • Investment Management • Global Economics • Risk Engineering • Architecture • Environmental Management and

Clean Production• Electronics Engineering • Electrical Energetics Systems

Engineering • Innovative Road and Bridge

Engineering • Mechatronics• Mechatronics Systems • Industrial Engineering and Innovation

Management • Structural Engineering

• Sustainable Building• Environmental & Energy

Technologies• Sustainable Transport• Mechatronics• Information and Communication

Technologies• Fundamental Research of

Materials and Processes• Technology Management and

Economics

Priority Areas of Research

Sustainable Building and Built Environment

Faculties:• Civil Engineering• Architecture• Environmental Engineering

Research centers and institutes:• Civil Engineering Research Center• Thermal Insulation institute• Architecture institute• Territorial Planning institute• Roads research Institute

Topics: • Innovative Building Materials, Structures and

Techniques• Energy Efficient Thermal Insulation Materials

and Structures• Architecture, Urban Planning, Landscape

Architecture and Regional Planning• Sustainable Lifecycle of the Buildings

External funding sources:• National integrated program ”Development of Civil Engineering Sector and Transport”• EUREKA, COST, Baltic Sea Region programs, EU Framework 7

Environmental & Energy Technologies

Faculties:• Environmental Engineering• Civil Engineering Research centers and institutes:• Civil Engineering Research Center• Environment Protection Institute• Thermal Insulation Institute• Geodesy Institute• Territorial Planning Institute• Roads research InstituteTopics:

• Efficient Use of Resources, Energy Systems and Technologies

• Environmental Systems and Environment Protection Technologies

• Building of Energy Supply, it’s Application Methods, Systems and Processes

• Safe Anthropogenic Environment

External funding sources:• National integrated program ”Sustainable Use of Nature Environment”• IEE, EUREKA, COST, Baltic Sea Region programs, EU Framework 7

Sustainable TransportFaculties:• Transport, • Mechanics, • Environmental Engineering, • Civil Engineering. Research centers and institutes:• Transport Institute• Aviation Institute• Roads Institute• Territorial Planning institute• Competence Centre of Intermodal Transport and

Logistics• Civil Engineering Research CenterTopics: • Energy Saving and Environment-friendly Transport

Means • Transport Systems and Traffic Modeling,

Optimization, Safety and Management• Transport and Logistics Technology, Interaction of

Transport Modes• The new Movement Technologies, Intelligent

Transport SystemsExternal funding sources:• National integrated program ” Development of Civil Engineering Sector and Transport”• Baltic Sea Region program, EU Framework 7

Mechatronics

Faculties:• Mechanics• Electronics • Transport• Fundamental SciencesResearch Centers and Institutes:• Mechanics Institute• Welding and Materials Science institute

Topics: • Smart Embedded Systems• Mechanical and Mechatronic Devices and

Processes• Innovative Constructive and Multifunctional

Materials, Nanostructures• Biomechatronic Systems• Electrical and Electronic Devices and Systems

External funding sources:• EU Framework 7, Baltic Sea Region programs• National integrated program ” Mechatronics”

Information and Communication Technologies

Faculties:• Fundamental Sciences• Electronics• Mechanics

Research Centers and Institutes:• Telecommunications Research Center• Internet and Intelligent Technologies Institute• Open Source Institute• Mechanics Institute• Geodesy Institute

Topics: • Information Technologies, Ontological and

Telematic Systems• Smart Communication Technologies• Digital Signal Processing Technologies• Geoinformation System Technologies and their

ApplicationExternal funding sources:• National integrated program ”Information Technologies Sector”• EUREKA, COST programs, EU Framework 7

Fundamental Research of Materials and Processes

Faculties:• Fundamental Sciences• Electronics• MechanicsResearch Centers and Institutes:• Mechanics Institute• Thermal Insulation InstituteLabaratories:• Parallel Computing Laboratory • Numerical Modeling Laboratory • Information Systems Research Laboratory Topics: • Mathematical Models and Methods of

Physical, Technological and Economic Processes

• Modelling of Biocatalytic Processes• Materials and Technologies of Energy

SourcesExternal funding sources:• National integrated programs ” Joint Laser, New Materials, Electronics,

Nanotechnology and Applied Physical Sciences and Technologies” and “Biotechnology and Biopharmacy”, EUREKA, COST programs, EU Framework 7

Technology Management and Economics

Faculties:• Creative Industries• Business Management • Electronics• Mechanics

Topics: • Universal Sustainability Research• High Value-added Economy• Integrated Communication Strategies and

Concepts• Creative Industries, Digital Society

Development• Innovation Management

External funding sources:• EU Framework 7• National integrated program ”Lithuanian Creative and Cultural Industries”

Research Journals Published by VGTU

18 peer-reviewed research journals published by VGTU Press, 8 out of them are indexed by Web of Science and 13 - by Scopus.12 journals are co-published with Taylor&Francis.

Internationalisation at VGTU

• 1994 - first study programs in English launched

•In 2009 the ECTS and Diploma Supplement label awarded by EC

• 2015 - 12 at BSc + 16 at MSc programs in English

• More than 300 partners for Erasmus and about 80 bilateral institutional cooperation agreements for staff and student exchanges

• Ranked 24th among European Top 100 sending HEIs for staff mobility and 69th

for student mobility (ranking of 2010-2011) within Erasmus

• Annual budget for internationalization - up to 1,2 mln. Euro (2013)

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International projects

• More than 30 international educational projects and up to 50 international research projects: Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus, Erasmus IPs, Erasmus Networks, Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, Tempus, Leonardo da Vinci, Nordplus, Framework 6-7, Eureka, Alfa III, EU-Asia-link, etc.

RESINT project

• Innovative virtual interuniversity network for resilience management educational cooperation: http://iti.vgtu.lt/resint/

• Other tools:

Disaster_IES-R Test http://iti.vgtu.lt/VGTU_Lomonosov/stresspatar.aspx?tipid=8

Stress management in real time http://iti.vgtu.lt/ilearning/stresspatar.aspx?tipid=5

Stress management during 1 month http://iti.vgtu.lt/ilearning/stresspatar.aspx?tipid=6

Stress management during 1 year http://iti.vgtu.lt/ilearning/stresspatar.aspx?tipid=7

Questionnaire http://www.publika.lt/apklausa-15-f12c62828fec80f14db70b0f3196cf0c.html

Thank you / Ačiū