Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
The fifth famous university in Top 5 Best Universities in Lithuania that Toplist would like to introduce to you is Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. The Lithuanian University of Health Sciences is a medical school in Kaunas, Lithuania. The Lithuanian University of Health Sciences is the result of the merger of two higher education institutions, Kaunas University of Medicine and the Lithuanian Veterinary Academy. As teaching hospitals, it makes use of the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics and the Kaunas Red Cross Hospital.
It was established in 2010 through the merger of Kaunas University of Medicine and the Lithuanian Veterinary Academy. In 2013, the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences established a secondary school in Kaunas' Vilijampolė district.
The Medical Academy of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences was established in 1919, and it became a Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lithuania in 1922. It is situated in the heart of Kaunas.
After Kaunas University closed in 1950, it was reformed as a separate institution and was known as Kaunas Medical Institute until 1998. From 1998 to 2010, the university was known as Kaunas University of Medicine. The university merged with the Lithuanian Veterinary Academy in 2010, forming the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Medical faculties were centralized at the Medical Academy.
The Veterinary Academy was founded in 1922 as the Veterinary Department of Kaunas University's Faculty of Medicine. The department was forced to close in 1929 due to a lack of funds, but it was able to reopen in 1936. The LVA, along with other higher education institutions in Lithuania, was closed in the spring of 1943. During the postwar period, teaching and administrative staff faced challenges due to a shortage of experienced teachers, textbooks, and electricity. A flood in the spring of 1946 destroyed a portion of the existing laboratories, buildings, and all laboratory animals. The academy recovered; a scientific sector was established in 1974, and the number of students, teachers, and scientists increased. The Lithuanian Veterinary Institute and the Lithuanian Institute of Animal Science were merged into the Academy in 2001. The Lithuanian University of Health Sciences was formed in 2010 when the academy merged with the Kaunas University of Medicine. The academy is located in Kaunas' Vilijampolė district.
Website: www.lsmuni.lt
