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Vilnius University

Public research university in Vilnius, Lithuania

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About

instance of
inception
  • 1579
founder
named after
official name
  • Віленская езуіцкая акадэмія (be) · 30 October 1579–1773
  • Imperatoria Universitas Vilnensis (la) · 1803–1832
  • Віленскі ўніверсітэт (be) · 4 April 1803–28 August 1919
  • Універсітэт Стэфана Баторыя (be) · 28 August 1919–1939
  • Вільнюскі дзяржаўны ўніверсітэт (be) · 1944–1955
7 more
  • Вільнюскі дзяржаўны ўніверсітэт імя В. Капсукаса (be) · 1955–1989
  • Галоўная віленская школа (be) · 1795–4 April 1803
  • Alma Academia et Universitas Vilnensis Societatis Iesu (la) · 30 October 1579–1782
  • Vilniaus imperatoriškasis universitetas (lt) · 4 April 1803–28 August 1919
  • Vilniaus Vinco Kapsuko universitetas (lt) · 1944–1979
  • Vilniaus Darbo raudonosios vėliavos ir Tautų draugystės ordinų valstybinis Vinco Kapsuko universitetas (lt) · 1979–1990
  • Vilniaus universitetas (lt) · since 1990
native label
  • Vilniaus universitetas (lt)
short name
  • VU (lt)
motto text
  • Hinc itur ad astra (la)
language used
field of work

Location and contact

country
located in the administrative territorial entity
headquarters location
  • Vilnius · postal code: 01513 · located on street: Universiteto Street · house number: 3 · street address: 3 Universiteto St., LT-01513 Vilnius
coordinate location
  • 54.6825, 25.2872
official website
  • https://www.vu.lt/ · language of work or name: Lithuanian · language of work or name: English
phone number
  • +370 5 268 7000
email address
  • mailto:infor@cr.vu.lt

People and numbers

count of students
  • 23,517 · 2022
employees
  • 5,358 · January 2024
member count
  • 3,348 · academic staff · 2022
rector

Rankings and recognition

ranking
  • 446 · QS World University Rankings · 2026
Earlier figures (7)
  • 439 · QS World University Rankings · 2025
  • 473 · QS World University Rankings · 2024
  • 400 · QS World University Rankings · 2023
  • 400 · QS World University Rankings · 2022
  • 423 · QS World University Rankings · 2021
  • 458 · QS World University Rankings · 2020
  • 488 · QS World University Rankings · 2019
award received

Finances

endowment
  • €165,000,000 · 2021

Structure and memberships

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affiliation
member of
5 more
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social media followers
  • 4,011 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 34874101 · 4 January 2021
Earlier figures (1)
  • 3,761 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 34874101 · 24 April 2020
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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
  • 1914302 · subject named as: ВИЛЬНЮССКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ
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X (Twitter) username
  • vu_lt · number of subscribers: 3,761 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 34874101 · 24 April 2020
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  • UCsK5BhxlY80SqwsqzMixhaQ · subject named as: Vilnius University (official) · YouTube handle: vilniausuniversitetas · 3 January 2026
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