Europe

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens ranks 6th in the European Union and 1st in Eastern Europe

November 5, 2025

Athens, November 5, 2025 – The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) has achieved exceptional international recognition this year. According to the latest Transparent Ranking of Universities by Citations [..]

Estonia

University of Tartu, Cybernetica to train knowledge transfer doctoral students

September 9, 2024

The University of Tartu and Estonian IT company Cybernetica have signed an agreement to train knowledge transfer doctoral students, aiming to find research-based solutions for IT development challenges. This fall, [..]

Latvia

436 foreign students from 43 countries to start studies at Riga Stradins University this year

August 22, 2024

This year, 436 young people from 43 countries will start studies at Riga Stradins University (RSU), which is 72 foreign students fewer than last year, the university informed LETA. The [..]

Latvia

Almost 40% of young people do not continue their studies after secondary school

August 7, 2024

Last year 36.9 percent of secondary school graduates did not continue their studies, according to data from the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB). The majority, or 60 percent, of secondary school [..]

Latvia

Employers value computer science, business and economics-related study programs – survey

July 12, 2024

Study programs related to computer science, entrepreneurship and economics are rated as the most useful by employers, according to the ranking of study programs and educational institutions by the career [..]

Lithuania

Three Lithuanian universities rise in global rankings

June 5, 2024

Vilnius University (VU) has climbed 34 positions to rank 439th in QS World University Rankings 2025, and Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) and Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) have also improved [..]

Estonia

Benelux, Baltic countries to recognize each other’s higher education degrees

May 2, 2024

On Wednesday, an agreement on the automatic recognition of higher education degrees between the Benelux and the Baltic states came into effect. The Dutch parliament was the last of the [..]

Estonia

Estonian Academy of Arts sees major leap in list of world’s top universities

April 11, 2024

The Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) is among the world’s 150 most respected higher education institutions in the field of art and design based on the QS evaluation system. Having [..]

Latvia

Rector faces no-confidence motion amid allegations of sexual harassment at Latvian Academy of Music

March 12, 2024

The Council of the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music (JVLMA) has decided to express no-confidence in the academy’s rector Guntars Pranis and is calling for him to resign amid [..]

Estonia

ISS suspects University of Tartu professor of action against Estonia

January 16, 2024

Kristiina Tõnisson, head of the University of Tartu Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, wrote in a letter to alumni that the Estonian Internal Security Service (ISS) has launched an [..]

Interviews

Vilnius cardiologist: Doctoral Studies are About Learning How to Learn

September 28, 2023

Dr. Rokas Šerpytis is a cardiologist at Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, who successfully defended his dissertation Microcirculation Measurements in Critical and Non-critical Myocardial Ischemia for his PhD in Medicine. [..]