Marine Transport Logistics, LNG, Seaports Engineering & Management, Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding Education in Klaipeda, Lithuania
Established in 1991 and located in Klaipeda city, on the cost of the Baltic Sea, Klaipeda University is the only institution of a very high education and research standard in Lithuanian’s sea coast that has full infrastructure and rapidly developing community. Scientific and academic activities are interdisciplinary, open and innovative.
Klaipėda University offers three levels of studies: undergraduate, postgraduate or/and specialized professional studies, and doctoral studies. Klaipėda University offers 67 degree study programs at undergraduate (main studies) level, 48 degree study programs at postgraduate (Master’s degree) and 4 specialized professional studies level. Doctoral studies are available in Ecology and Environmental Science, History, Educology. Klaipeda University offers 16 degree programs and 12 non–degree programs and courses for international students.
Trends of scientific research, artistic and academic activity, which are not developed in other Lithuanian universities, remain dominant in Klaipeda University. Some of them are - marine environment research and engineering of marine transport; hydrology and oceanography; port technologies and engineering; and, more.
Academic Programs
Undergraduate Programs
- BSc in Marine Transport Engineering (4 years, English): Specializations - Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding, Liquefied Natural Gas Engineering and Management
- BSc in Sea Port Engineering (Specialization - Marine Transport Logistics) (4 years, English): Sea Port Engineering is a unique, promising, and popular study program. Its graduates are excellent specialists who have a good knowledge of transport and seaport engineering and are able to use the latest computerized information systems. Students are provided with advanced theoretical knowledge and practical skills; they enjoy the opportunity of becoming strategists of new technologies.
Graduate Programs
- MSc in Shipping and Port Engineering (Specializations: Seaports Management, Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding) (2 years, English): The Master’s degree program is designed to prepare highly qualified specialists and researchers able to engage in intellectual and creative activity and to create favorable conditions for individuals to acquire a university master’s degree, based on research and complying to a high technological level. It trains specialists who meet the needs of the contemporary knowledge and information-based economy and seeks to respond to the current and future labor market demands.