Kaunas University of Technology

Kaunas University of Technology traces its beginning to 16 February 1922, when the University of Lithuania and its technical faculties were established. Its traditions continued at the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute from 1950 to 1990; it regained university status in 1990 and has produced more than 157,000 graduates.

Nine faculties and eight institutes, nine research centres and a publishing house make up the university in Kaunas. Design belongs to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, created in 2014 by merging the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics with the Faculty of Design and Technology, whose lineage runs back to the textile and wood technology departments of the 1940s.

Studies run from bachelor’s to doctoral level: 41 bachelor’s programmes, 26 of them in English, the integrated Architecture programme, master’s degrees including Design for Sustainable Future, and 19 doctoral programmes. Industrial Design Engineering and Fashion Engineering are taught in the design faculty, and 1,590 students entered first-cycle studies in 2025.

The university presents research, studies and innovation as one ecosystem, founded the Santaka and Nemunas valleys linking science, studies and business, runs centres for innovation and artificial intelligence, and holds agreements with more than 350 higher education institutions in 50 countries.