THE MAIN HISTORICAL FACTS
• 1819 Department of Agriculture • 1964 Academy moved to campus
at Vilnius University.
outside Kaunas (+ faculty of
Economics and Management).
• 1924 Academy of Agriculture
founded in Dotnuva (faculties of • 1996 ACADEMY renamed to the
Agronomy and Forestry).
UNIVERSITY.
• 1945 Academy moved to Kaunas • 2011 name has changed to
city (+ faculties of Agricultural
Engineering and Water and Land
Management).
Aleksandras Stulginskis
University.
FACULTIES
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Faculty of Agricultural Engineering
Faculty of Agronomy
Faculty of Economics and Management
Faculty of Forestry and Ecology
Faculty of Water and Land
Management
NUMBERS OF STUDENTS:
3600 BSc students
940 MSc students
80 PhD students
ACADEMIC STAFF:
• 53 professors
• 135 associated
professors
• 105 lecturers
• 48 assistants
• 50 research staff
ASU ACTIVE CONNECTIONS
FIRST CYCLE (BACHELOUR DEGREE)
STUDY PROGRAMMES 1
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
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Agricultural Technologies and Management
Agronomy
Applied Ecology
Forestry
Landscape Architecture
Plant Biology and Breeding
Quality and Safety of Food Raw Materials
Urban and Recreational Forestry
FIRST CYCLE (BACHELOUR DEGREE)
STUDY PROGRAMMES 2
SOCIAL SCIENCES
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Accounting and Finance
Administration of Rural Development
Agricultural Business Management
Agricultural Economics
Logistics and Commerce
Management of Rural Development
FIRST CYCLE (BACHELOUR DEGREE)
STUDY PROGRAMMES 3
TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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Agricultural Engineering and Management
Agricultural Mechanical Engineering
Engineering of Agroenergetics
Renewable Energy Engineering
Hydraulic Engineering
Land Management
Real Property Cadaster
Transport Engineering
Water Protection Engineering and
Management
SECOND CYCLE (MASTER DEGREE)
STUDY PROGRAMMES
• Biomedical sciences – 7 programmes
• Social Sciences – 5 programmes
• Technological sciences – 7 programmes
ASU EXPERIENCE IN EVALUATION OF
STUDY PROGRAMMES
• University is taking part in the internal and
external evaluation of study programmes
according to the official procedure since 1999.
• Each year some University programmes are
evaluated externally.
• Some University professors are included in the
international study programmes evaluation
expert groups (evaluation of study
programmes in other Lithuanian or other
European institutions of higher education).
ASU EXPERIENCE IN INSTITUTIONAL
EVALUATION
• ASU twice participated in the institutional
evaluation:
In 2008. Pilot project of institutional evaluation
was carried to test the developed institutional
assessment methodology;
In 2012. A formal institutional evaluation was
carried out by the international expert team. All
areas of University activities have been
successfully evaluated and ASU was accredited
for 6 years;
• ASU professors - experts are involved in the
institutional evaluation of colleges in Lithuania.
UNIVERSITY STUDY QUALITY
ASSUARANCE SAYSTEM
• More systematic development of it started in
2005 activelly involving academic community
in the matters of the study quality.
• The current system is based on:
- Standards and guidelines for quality
assurance in the European Higher Education
Area;
- Main provisions of European Foundation
for Quality Management Excellence Model.
THE MAIN UNIVERSITY DOCUMENTS
REGULATING THE INTERNAL STUDY
QUALITY ASSUARANCE SYSTEM
• Description of internal quality assurance
policy of University management;
• Description of University internal study
quality assurance system;
• Quality guide of University activities
STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS DESCRIBING
GOALS, TASKS AND MEASURES OF
STUDY QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
• ASU strategy 2020;
• Plan 2012 – 2014 of implementation
of ASU strategy.
ASU POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO
THE PROJECT
• Participation in development of documents
• Shearing experience in study quality
assurance
• Participation in evaluation of study
programmes
(According to the project activities)
pabaigai
Successful collaboration in
project development in
implementation !