Klaipeda State College

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Klaipeda State College is the third-largest university of applied sciences in Lithuania with a strong academic reputation. The initial target of KVK is ensuring of high quality of academic teaching and research facilities. KVK focuses on study programs that lead to a profession. The graduates of KVK gain a professional Bachelor's degree. The studies are practice-orientated students who can apply their knowledge in a real working environment successfully.
The institution consists of three faculties: Business, Technologies, and Health Sciences. A variety of scientific research, as well as different projects and consulting activities, are executed here. Also, plenty of contracted research on a ground of technologies, biomedicine, physical, social, humanitarian, arts is administrated.
Business Faculty offers study programs in Tourism Administration, Business Management, Finance, Accounting, Administration of Institutions, logistics Management, Wellness Service Management, and Pre-primary and Pre-school Pedagogy. Eight hundred ninety-nine students are studying there.
Technologies Faculty provides programs in different technical professions such as Informatics, Informatics Engineering, Food Technology, Geodesy, Electrical, Automatic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction, Transport Logistics Engineering, and Automobile Transport Engineering. There are 1042 students on this Faculty.
Students can choose General Practice Nursing, Physiotherapy, Dental Hygiene, Dental Assisting, Dietetics, Beauty Therapy, and Social Work for their studies in the Health Sciences Faculty. There are 1055 students here.
On 1 September 2016, Rietavas Study Centre was established. Study programs of social and technical sciences are provided: electrical and automatic engineering, technical maintenance of automobile, geodesy, agribusiness technologies, informatics engineering, ornamental greenery, accounting, and business management. There are 194 students here.
There are four business practical learning enterprises (BPLE) in KVK, where a Business Company's activity can be simulated. There are four typical departments: personnel, purchase, sales and marketing, finance, and accounting in a BPLE. Everything is "real" in a BPLE (financial documents, agreements, tax tariffs, applying legal acts, currency exchange rates, etc.). KVK is equipped with modern laboratories, libraries, and other fitments.
Institution collaborates with about 200 educational institutions in different countries. It has an Erasmus University Charter and is an active participant in the ERASMUS+.
Auditoriums and laboratories are equipped with modern computers, multimedia. All students can use libraries that are in every Faculty. They can also use individual rooms, e. g., for project writings. From 2003 library system ALEPH 500 was implemented, and there is an electronic library catalog as well as Science publications in the College's database.
There is a virtual learning environment Moodle. Klaipeda State University of Applied Sciences is the 3rd College in Lithuania and the largest modern state higher educational institution. College graduates are granted with Degree of Professional Bachelor Qualification and Diploma of Higher Education. College cooperates with Lithuanian and foreign education and science institutions, including organizations representing employers. Klaipeda State University of Applied Sciences participates in international projects to benefit from the development, exchange, and transfer of knowledge with institutions from all over Europe. College commits itself to the Life Long Learning support, as staff and student exchange with our partner education institutions contribute to the exchange of international experience and expertise for Lithuanian and international students and staff.

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