Agricultural Academy of Vytautas Magnus University
| Agricultural Academy of Vytautas Magnus University | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1924 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place |
Akademija / Noreikiškės near Kaunas Lithuania
|
| Rector | Antanas Maziliauskas |
| Students | about 6000 |
| Employee | 790 (Oct. 2017) |
| Website | www.zua.vdu.lt |
The Agricultural Academy of the Vytautas Magnus University (lit. Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Žemės ūkio akademija , VDU ŽŪA) is a department of the Vytautas Magnus University , a former university near Kaunas in Lithuania . It is located on the territory of the Noreikiškės settlement on the western outskirts of the Kaunas district .
history
The facility was founded in 1924 as the Agricultural Academy in Dotnuva from the Department of Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Lithuania , relocated to Kaunas from 1945 and has been located entirely on today's campus since 1964 . In 1996 it was renamed Aleksandras Stulginskis University (lit. Aleksandro Stulginskio universitetas ). In 2002, the Kėdainiai Institute of Water Management and the Raudondvaris Agricultural Institute were attached to the university as relatively independent university institutes.
In 2018 the university was reorganized. The Agricultural Academy has been back in operation since January 1, 2019.
Library
Well-known graduates
- Vytautas Einoris (1930–2019), agronomist and politician, Minister and Deputy Minister for Agriculture
- Rimantas Karazija (1936–2012), veterinarian, veterinarian, diplomat and politician, Minister of Agriculture
- Jeronimas Kraujelis (1938–2019), agricultural manager and politician, Seimas member and Minister of Agriculture
- Kęstutis Kristinaitis (* 1961), geodesist and politician, Minister of Agriculture
- Edvardas Makelis (* 1954), agronomist and politician, Minister of Agriculture
- Sigitas Valančius (* 1956), education manager and politician, head of a university and Vice Mayor of Marijampolė
Web links
- Website
- Institute for Water Management ( Memento from January 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Institute for Agriculture ( Memento from October 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
Vytautas Magnus University ( Agricultural Academy and Educational Academy ) | Kaunas University of Technology | University of Klaipėda | Vilnius Art Academy | Lithuanian Military Academy General Jonas Žemaitis | Lithuanian Music and Theater Academy | Lithuanian Sports University | ISM International School of Management and Economics | Lithuanian University of Health Sciences ( Medical Academy and Veterinary Academy ) | University of Šiauliai | Mykolas Romeris University | Vilnius University | Gediminas Technical University Vilnius | International University LCC | Kazimieras Simonavičius University | European Humanitarian University
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences | Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Sciences
Coordinates: 54 ° 54 ′ 36.6 ″ N , 23 ° 56 ′ 53.3 ″ E