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'''List of universities and colleges in Lithuania''' is a listing of [[higher education]] (third level education) institutions in [[Lithuania]].

==Universities==
There are 17 [[universities]] in Lithuania:

{| class="sortable wikitable"
! rowspan="3" |#
! colspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="3" |Type
! rowspan="3" |{{Abbr|Est.|Established}}
! rowspan="3" |Primary campus
! colspan="3" |Staff 2025–26
! rowspan="3" |Students<br>{{nowrap|2025–26}}<ref name="SVIS">{{cite web |title=Studentų skaičius |url=https://rsvis3.emokykla.lt/cognos/bi/?pathRef=.public_folders%2FStudijos%2FStudent%25C5%25B3%2Bskai%25C4%258Dius%2B%2528visos%2Bpakopos%2529 |publisher=Švietimo valdymo informacinė sistema |access-date=1 December 2023 |language=lt}}</ref><!--<ref name=aikos>{{cite web|url=https://www.aikos.smm.lt/Registrai/Svietimo-ir-mokslo-institucijos/SitePages/Pagrindinis.aspx |title= Švietimo ir mokslo institucijos |language=lt |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=Aikos |publisher= Lietuvos Respublikos švietimo, mokslo ir sporto ministerija}}</ref>-->
!
! colspan="3" |Enrolment
! rowspan="3" |National<br>financing<br>(2024)<ref>{{cite web | title=XIV-2297 Lietuvos Respublikos 2024 metų valstybės biudžeto ir savivaldybių biudžetų finansinių rodiklių patvirtinimo įstatymas | website=e-seimas.lrs.lt | date=5 December 2023 | url=https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/2c0ab1d094f911eea70ce7cabd08f150 | language=lt | access-date=6 January 2024}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" | English !! rowspan="2" | Lithuanian 
! rowspan="2" |Total!! colspan="2" | Academic<ref>{{cite web |title=AUKŠTŲJŲ MOKYKLŲ PEDAGOGAI SPALIO 1 D. |url=https://rsvis3.emokykla.lt/cognos/bi/?perspective=classicviewer&pathRef=.public_folders%2FStudijos%2FPedagogai |website=rsvis3.emokykla.lt |publisher=a |access-date=6 December 2023 |date=1 October 2023}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" |{{Tooltip|National|National enrolment via LAMA BPO system excludes students signed directly by the institution}},<br> {{nowrap|2025–26}}<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://lamabpo.lt/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-metu-bendrojo-priemimo-rezultatu-apzvalga-2025-09-10.pdf |language=lt}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" | {{Tooltip|National|National enrolment via LAMA BPO system excludes students signed directly by the institution}},<br>{{nowrap|2023–24}}<ref name="erl23">{{cite web |title=Stojantieji į aukštąsias mokyklas šiemet sudarė 20,6 tūkst. studijų sutarčių |url=https://lamabpo.lt/stojantieji-i-aukstasias-mokyklas-siemet-sudare-206-tukst-studiju-sutarciu/ |publisher=LAMA BPO |access-date=4 September 2023 |language=lt |date=31 August 2023}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" | {{Tooltip|National|National enrolment via LAMA BPO system excludes students signed directly by the institution}},<br>{{nowrap|2022–23}}<ref name="eroll">{{cite web |title=Studentų, priimtų per bendrąjį priėmimą į pirmosios pakopos ir vientisųjų studijų pirmą kursą, skaičius ir finansavimo pobūdis 2022-2023 m. m. (duomenys preliminarūs) |url=https://smsm.lrv.lt/uploads/smsm/documents/files/studijos/priemimas/2022/informacija%20%C4%AF%20tinklap%C4%AF.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Education, Science and Sport |access-date=30 July 2023 |language=lt |date=2022}}</ref> !! rowspan="2" | Total,<br>{{nowrap|2022–23}} 
|-
!{{Abbr|Prs|Persons}}
!{{Abbr|(P)|Posts}}
|-
|1|| [[European Humanities University]]|| Europos Humanitarinis Universitetas (EHU) || Private not-for-profit institution || 2006 || [[Vilnius]]
|{{0|0,}}118|| 90
|(60.8)|| {{increase|1600}} 1,600 
|{{n/a}} || {{decrease|1}} {{number and percent|3|1516|1}} ||{{number and percent|6|1344|1}} ||
| rowspan="2" |{{center|–}}
|-
|2|| Faculty of Economics and Informatics of the [[University of Bialystok]]|| Balstogės universiteto filialas "Ekonomikos-informatikos fakultetas" || Branch || 2007|| [[Vilnius]]
|{{0|0,0}}29|| 12
|(10.1)|| {{increase|352}} 352 
|{{n/a}} || {{decrease|1}} {{number and percent|0|282|1}} || 11 ||
|-
|3|| [[General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania]]|| Lietuvos karo akademija (LKA) || Government institution || 1992 || [[Vilnius]]
|{{0|0,}}277|| 59
|(41)|| {{increase|447}} 447 
| {{increase|143}} 143|| {{increase|1}} {{number and percent|78|416|1}} || {{number and percent|76|348|1}} ||
|-
|4|| [[ISM University of Management and Economics]]|| ISM Vadybos ir ekonomikos universitetas || For-profit || 1999 || [[Vilnius]]
|{{0|0,}}169|| 78
|(57)|| {{Decrease|2226}} 2,226 
| {{increase|399}} 399|| {{increase|1}} {{number and percent|301|2202|1}} || {{number and percent|131|1854|1}} ||
|
|-
|5|| [[Kaunas University of Technology]]|| Kauno technologijos universitetas (KTU) || Public institution || 1922 || [[Kaunas]]
|1,964|| 950 
|(687.6)|| {{increase|7921}} 7,921 
| {{increase|1470}} 1,470|| {{increase|1}} {{number and percent|1365|7403|1}} || {{sort|b|{{number and percent|1,228|10520|1}}}}|| ||€62.90 mln
|-
|6|| [[Kazimieras Simonavičius University]]|| Kazimiero Simonavičiaus universitetas || For-profit || 2004 ||[[Vilnius]]
|{{0|0,0}}37|| 44 
|(10.5)|| {{increase|1076}} 1,076 
| {{increase|41}} 41|| {{increase|1}} {{number and percent|13|467|1}} || {{number and percent|9|641|1}} || ||{{center|–}}
|-
|7|| [[Klaipėda University]]|| Klaipėdos universitetas (KU) || Public institution || 1991 || [[Klaipėda]]
|{{0|0,}}880|| 904 
|(411.5)|| {{increase|3058}} 3,058 
| {{increase|432}} 432|| {{increase|1}} {{number and percent|286|2289|1}} || {{number and percent|271|4817|1}} || ||€15.47 mln
|-
|8|| [[LCC International University]]|| LCC tarptautinis universitetas || Private not-for-profit institution || 1991 || [[Klaipėda]]
|{{0|0,}}185|| 63 
|(46.2)|| {{Decrease|468}} 468 
| {{sort|0|{{Steady}} 0}}|| {{increase|1}} {{number and percent|2|649|1}} || 0 || {{number and percent|159|495|1}}<ref>{{cite news |title=LCC universitetas pasitiko naujus studentus |url=https://www.atviraklaipeda.lt/2022/08/26/lcc-universitetas-pasitiko-naujus-studentus/ |access-date=30 July 2023 |work=Atvira Klaipėda |date=26 August 2022 |language=lt}}</ref>||{{center|–}}
|-
|9|| [[Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre]]|| Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademija || Public institution || 1919 || [[Vilnius]]
|{{0|0,}}655|| 445 
|(231)|| {{increase|1082}} 1,082 
| {{decrease|192}} 192|| {{decrease|1}} {{number and percent|186|1053|1}} || {{number and percent|203|866|1}} || ||€15.73 mln
|-
|10|| [[Lithuanian Sports University]]|| Lietuvos sporto universitetas (LSU) || Public institution || 1934 || [[Kaunas]]
|{{0|0,}}263|| 146 
|(110.8)|| {{increase|1794}} 1,794 
| {{increase|282}} 282|| {{increase|1}} {{number and percent|248|1370|1}} || {{number and percent|202|2008|1}} || ||€7.43 mln
|-
|11|| [[Lithuanian University of Health Sciences]]|| Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas || Public institution || 1922 || [[Kaunas]]
|2,801|| 1,926 
|{{sort|(997|(1,011.2)}}|| {{increase|8293}} 8,293 
| {{increase|1001}} 1,001|| {{increase|1}} {{number and percent|918|7860|1}} || {{number and percent|886|7621|1}} || ||€56.29 mln
|-
|12|| [[Mykolas Romeris University]]|| Mykolo Romerio universitetas || Public institution || 1990 || [[Vilnius]]
|{{0|0,}}836|| 512 
|(295.6)|| {{Decrease|6020}} 6,020 
| {{increase|527}} 527|| {{decrease|1}} {{number and percent|537|5594|1}} || {{number and percent|566|13309|1}} || ||€12.60 mln
|-
|13|| [[Vilnius Academy of Arts]]|| Vilniaus dailės akademija (VDA) || Public institution || 1940 || [[Vilnius]]
|{{0|0,}}670|| 425 
|(318.5)|| {{increase|1824}} 1,824 
| {{decrease|345}} 345|| {{increase|1}} {{number and percent|351|1734|1}} || {{number and percent|341|1744|1}} || ||€16.02 mln
|-
|14|| [[Vilnius Gediminas Technical University]]|| Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas (VGTU) || Public institution || 1956 || [[Vilnius]]
|1,726|| 1,501 
|(800.8)|| {{increase|9082}} 9,082 
| {{increase|1428}} 1,428|| {{increase|1}} {{number and percent|1305|7836|1}} ||{{sort|a|{{number and percent|1,204|10262|1}}}} || ||€47.79 mln
|-
|15|| [[Vilnius St. Joseph Seminary]]|| Vilniaus šv. Juozapo kunigų seminarija || Religious institution || 1582 || [[Vilnius]]
|{{0|0,0}}24|| 32 
|(11.5)|| {{Decrease|27}} 27 
|{{n/a}} || – || {{number and percent|0|23|1}} || ||€0.12 mln
|-
|16|| [[Vilnius University]]|| Vilniaus universitetas (VU) || Public institution || 1579 || [[Vilnius]]
|5,648|| 5,178 
|{{sort|(999|(2,532)}}|| {{increase|24899}} 24,889 
| {{increase|4374}} 4,374|| {{increase|1}} {{number and percent|4226|23606|1}} || {{sort|d|{{number and percent|4,126|19084|1}}}} || || €157.33 mln
|-
|17|| [[Vytautas Magnus University]] || Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas (VDU) || Public institution || 1922 || [[Kaunas]] 
|2,087|| 1,125 
|(576.8)|| {{increase|9144}} 9,144 
| {{increase|1512}} 1,512|| {{increase|1}} {{number and percent|1366|8365|1}} || {{sort|c|{{number and percent|1,282|8117|1}}}} || ||€47.77 mln
|}

==Colleges==
{{update|section|inaccurate=yes|date=November 2025}}
There are 19 [[college]]s in Lithuania. "University of Applied Sciences", sometimes shortened as UAS, is a revamped term denoting such institutions.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! # !! English name !! Lithuanian name !! Type !! {{Abbr|Est.|Established}} !! Primary location 
!Staff!! Students<br>{{nowrap|2023–24}}<ref name=SVIS /> !! Enrolment<br>{{nowrap|2022–23}}<ref name="eroll"/>
|-
|1|| [[Alytus College]]{{efn|group="24"|1=To be unified with the [[#3]] Kaunas College, starting in 2024–25<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Nuo 2024–2025 mokslo metų – sustiprėjusios koleginės studijos |url=https://smsm.lrv.lt/lt/naujienos/nuo-2024-2025-mokslo-metu-sustiprejusios-kolegines-studijos |publisher=Ministry of Education, Science and Sport |access-date=1 August 2023 |language=lt |date=12 July 2023}}</ref>}} || Alytaus kolegija || {{nowrap|Public institution}} ||  2000 || [[Alytus]] 
|{{0|0,}}114*|| {{sort|l|{{rise|1}} 795}} || {{number and percent|215|821|1}}
|-
||2|| [[International School of Law and Business]] || Tarptautinė teisės ir verslo aukštoji mokykla || For-profit ||  2001|| [[Vilnius]] 
|{{0|0,00}}1|| {{sort|s|{{fall|1}} 134}} || {{number and percent|0|1372|1}}{{efn|1=Closing down in July 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=DĖL STUDIJŲ VYKDYMO TARPTAUTINĖJE TEISĖS IR VERSLO AUKŠTOJOJE MOKYKLOJE |url=https://www.ttvam.lt/l/del-studiju-vykdymo-tarptautineje-teises-ir-verslo-aukstojoje-mokykloje/ |publisher=TTVAM |access-date=30 July 2023 |language=lt |date=18 October 2022}}</ref>}}
|-
|3|| [[Kaunas College]] || Kauno kolegija || Public institution ||  2000|| [[Kaunas]] 
|{{0|0,}}823|| {{sort|b|{{fall|1}} 4,569}} || {{sort|b|{{number and percent|1,412|7107|1}}}}
|-
|4|| [[Kaunas Forestry and Environmental Engineering University of Applied Sciences]]{{efn|group="24"|1=To be unified with the [[#5]] Kaunas University of Applied Engineering Sciences, starting in 2024–25<ref name=":0"/>}} || Kauno miškų ir aplinkos inžinerijos kolegija || Public institution ||  2002|| [[Girionys]] ([[Kaunas District]]) 
|{{0|0,0}}80*|| {{sort|m|{{fall|1}} 733}} || {{number and percent|223|1130|1}}
|-
|5|| [[Kaunas University of Applied Engineering Sciences]] || Kauno technikos kolegija || Public institution ||  2002|| [[Kaunas]] 
|{{0|0,}}238|| {{sort|k|{{fall|1}} 939}} || {{number and percent|259|1460|1}}
|-
|6|| [[Klaipėda State College]] || Klaipėdos valstybinė kolegija || Public institution ||  2002|| [[Klaipėda]] 
|{{0|0,}}345|| {{sort|d|{{rise|1}} 2,520}} || {{number and percent|786|3711|1}}
|-
|7|| [[Kolping University of Applied Sciences]] || Kolpingo kolegija || Private not-for-profit institution ||  2001|| [[Kaunas]] 
|{{0|0,0}}29|| {{sort|q|{{rise|1}} 356}} || {{number and percent|77|375|1}}
|-
|8|| [[Lithuania Business University of Applied Sciences]] || Lietuvos verslo kolegija || Private not-for-profit institution ||  2001|| [[Klaipėda]] 
|{{0|0,0}}61|| {{sort|j|{{fall|1}} 983}} || {{number and percent|171|534|1}}
|-
|9|| [[Lithuanian Maritime Academy]]{{efn|group="24"|1=To be reorganized, integrating its programs into the [[Vilnius Gediminas Technical University]], starting in 2024–25<ref name=":0"/>}} || Lietuvos aukštoji jūreivystės mokykla || Public institution ||  2001|| [[Klaipėda]] 
|{{0|0,}}114*|| {{sort|o|{{fall|1}} 622}} || {{number and percent|127|1542|1}}
|-
|10|| [[Marijampolė University of Applied Sciences]]{{efn|group="24"|1=To become a faculty of the [[Mykolas Romeris University]], starting in 2024–25<ref name=":0"/>}} || Marijampolės kolegija || Public institution ||  2001|| [[Marijampolė]] 
|{{0|0,}}104*|| {{sort|n|{{rise|1}} 729}} || {{number and percent|258|983|1}}
|-
|11|| [[Panevėžys College]] || Panevėžio kolegija || Public institution ||  2002|| [[Panevėžys]] 
|{{0|0,}}160|| {{sort|h|{{rise|1}} 1,273}} || {{number and percent|251|1645|1}}
|-
|12|| [[SMK College of Applied Sciences]] || SMK Aukštoji mokykla || Private not-for-profit institution ||  2001|| [[Klaipėda]] 
|{{0|0,}}127|| {{sort|c|{{rise|1}} 4,332}} ||{{sort|a|{{number and percent|1,181|2513|1}}}}
|-
|13|| [[St. Ignatius of Loyola University of Applied Sciences]] || Šv. Ignaco Lojolos kolegija || Private not-for-profit institution ||  2011|| [[Kaunas]] 
|{{0|0,}}125|| {{sort|p|{{fall|1}} 469}} || {{number and percent|158|300|1}}
|-
|14|| [[Šiauliai State College]] || Šiaulių valstybinė kolegija || Public institution || 2002 || [[Šiauliai]] 
|{{0|0,}}179|| {{sort|f|{{rise|1}} 1,630}} || {{number and percent|464|2519|1}}
|-
|15|| [[Utena University of Applied Sciences]] || Utenos kolegija || Public institution || 2000 || [[Utena, Lithuania|Utena]] 
|{{0|0,}}180|| {{sort|e|{{rise|1}} 1,708}} || {{number and percent|373|1895|1}}
|-
|16|| [[Vilnius Business College]] || Vilniaus verslo kolegija || Private not-for-profit institution ||  2001|| [[Vilnius]] 
|{{0|0,0}}34|| {{sort|i|{{rise|1}} 1,167}} || {{number and percent|304|445|1}}
|-
|17|| [[Vilnius College]] || Vilniaus kolegija || Public institution || 2000 || [[Vilnius]] 
|1,030|| {{sort|a|{{fall|1}} 5,340}} || {{sort|c|{{number and percent|1688|6907|1}}}}
|-
|18|| [[Vilnius College of Design]] || Vilniaus dizaino kolegija || Private not-for-profit institution || 2005|| [[Vilnius]] 
|{{0|0,0}}33|| {{sort|r|{{fall|1}} 342}} || {{number and percent|87|654|1}}
|-
|19|| [[Vilnius College of Technologies and Design]]{{efn|group="24"|1=To be unified with the [[#17]] Vilnius College, starting in 2024–25<ref name=":0"/>}} || Vilniaus technologijų ir dizaino kolegija || Public institution ||  2002|| [[Vilnius]] 
|{{0|0,}}328*|| {{sort|g|{{fall|1}} 1,524}} || {{number and percent|588|3328|1}}
|}

==Former==

== See also ==
{{portal|Lithuania}}
*[[List of schools in Lithuania]] 
*[[List of universities in Estonia]]
*[[List of universities in Latvia]] 
*[[List of universities in Poland]]
*[[List of colleges and universities by country]]
*[[List of colleges and universities]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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* Date of establishment is given according to the university's official website.

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