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Universities in Lithuania

Lithuania has 20 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 1579. 2 were founded before 1600. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.

UNIVERSITIES20

OLDEST1579

FOUNDED 1900+17

By founding era

Before 12000 · 0%

1200–15992 · 10%

1600–18991 · 5%

1900 or later17 · 85%

Date unknown0 · 0%

Oldest universities in Lithuania

The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.

1579Vilnius University

1582Vilnius St. Joseph Seminary

1864Kaunas Priest Seminary

1919Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

1924Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy

1927Telšiai Bishop Vincentas Borisevičius Priest Seminary

1935Klaipėda Pedagogical Institute

1935Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences

1945Lithuanian Sports University

1950Kaunas University of Technology

1956Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

1978Mykolas Romeris University

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