📋 Tender Overview
During the main admission higher schools invited more applicants to study this year than last year. 20517 applicants received an invitation to study at a university or college 20152 in 2021. A little more than half of them - 10892 applicants - were invited to study at universities in 2021 - 10946 and 9625 - at colleges in 2021 - 9206.This year the number of people invited to study at a state-financed place has slightly decreased. 11864 applicants in 2021 12550 were invited to study at state-funded places with study grants in universities 8220 in 2021 8411 in colleges 3644 in 2021 4139.The competition for state-funded places was smaller this year. This was also influenced by the results of the mathematics matriculation exam but it was not the decisive reason. Indeed this year is not exceptional if we compare it with 2020. or 2018 this year 62 of state-financed places meet the requirements in 2020 63 percent in 2018 - 57 percent graduates. And in 2021 were exceptional due to the effects caused by the pandemic and the measures to compensate for them.This year the share of those enrolled in STEM sciences at state-funded universities increased to 35 percent almost 10 percent. grew into informatics 7 percent. - to physical sciences.Informatics like pedagogy and nursing is this years priority study program. There is a great shortage of workers in all these fields in the labor market so the study programs that prepare them are obliged to allocate more places in order to be able to accept all applicants who meet the requirements for receiving state funding. Enrollment numbers in nursing study programs remained stable after significant growth last year this year there was only a slight increase in those who chose nursing programs in colleges 1.5 percent more.The number of people wishing to study education programs has increased. The number of students enrolled in educational science programs at universities increased by 7 percent at colleges by 17 percent. 33 chose special pedagogy. entrants are more than last year. There was also an increase in the number of people choosing pedagogy for primary education and the Lithuanian language.There are also 1223 centenarians entering Lithuanian higher education institutions of which 815 are this years graduates. This year 932 school graduates received hundreds. Thus the absolute majority of graduates who received the highest grades choose to study in Lithuania.Submission of applications for additional admission will take place on August 3-5.
