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The VU Culture Centre invites you to a special concert to promote the unity of the community and uphold the musical tradition of the classics. 

The orchestra will consist of both current members and alumni. The orchestra will perform Antonio Salieri's 'Venetian Symphony' (in Italian, La Veneziana), Franz Berwald's concert for bassoon and orchestra, and Joseph Haydn's 'Farewell Symphony' (in German, Abschieds-Symphonie), the final part of which will be a theatrical farewell to the stage.

The orchestra's artistic director is Modestas Jankūnas. The concert is organised by the VU Culture Centre. It will take place on 5 April at 18:00, in St Johns' Church (Šv. Jono g. 12). The event is free and open to everyone.

On 5 April, in celebration of the 446th birthday of Vilnius University, we invite all members of the University community, Vilnius citizens and guests to participate in an orienteering game. The game will take you on a search of places in Saulėtekis related to the oldest university in Lithuania for two hours. This is a great opportunity to get to know the history of VU while walking or running.
 
The event will start at 12:00 near the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (Saulėtekio al. 7, Vilnius). 
 
Put together a team of up to four persons and dive into the history of VU in Vilnius together! There are prizes dedicated to the participants who will discover the most places and score the most points!
 
Registration in advance is required.
 
ATTENTION! The game uses the OMaps app on your phone. We advise you to download it in advance. Further instructions will be sent to the registered participants before the event. Participants will also receive a paper map just before the actual start of the challenge.

FiDi, or Physicist's Day, is a community celebration created and organised by the students of the Faculty of Physics for the past 57 years, bringing together science, art and culture and encouraging self-expression among young people.

As every year, we invite you to visit three parts of the celebration: 5 April the amusement park Fizlandas will be set up next to the Faculty of Physics in Saulėtekis, where we will be welcoming visitors starting at 10.00.

Later, a festive procession from the Faculty of Physics to the Faculty of Philology will bustle through the streets of the city with the legendary Dinas Zauras and hundreds of students along with the other participants. The procession will start at 15.00 at LR Seimas.

Finally, in the evening, FiDi will be crowned by a spectacular concert, various artistic-scientific installations and tattoo and piercing masters waiting for the bravest. Doors open at 19:00.

For the full FiDi programme, click here: www.fidi.lt

 

On 3-5 April 2025, starting at 20:00, the Grand Courtyard of Vilnius University will host a unique art and science project—an installation-performance U. Artist Akvilė Anglickaitė, in collaboration with lighting designer Valdas Latonas, composer Ramūnas Motiekaitis, and other artists, drew inspiration from the Foucault pendulum located in the Bell Tower of VU’s St Johns’ Church. Using elements of light, sound, and street art, the installation will showcase the synergy between science and art, allowing spectators to experience the sensation of the pendulum’s motion.
 
The performance, running three times each evening from 20:00 to 22:00, will feature a choreographed skateboarding sequence on specially designed ramps, immersed in light and music. VU’s Wind Orchestra 'Oktava' will perform a piece composed specifically for the event by R. Motiekaitis. This will be not only a visually striking spectacle but also an opportunity to explore the laws of physics through the lens of art.
 
Organised by the VU Culture Centre, the event is free and open to all—whether you are a contemporary art lover, a street culture enthusiast, or a science admirer. For a limited time, VU’s courtyard will transform into an experimental space where tradition meets innovation, inviting the city’s residents and the University community to experience a new form of artistic expression and scientific thought.

On 3 April, the VU Talent Show is coming back! We invite all members of the VU community to showcase their talents: all singers, musicians, acrobats, poets, painters, dancers, and everyone else who wants their creativity and talent to be noticed are invited!
 
During the Talent Show, the participants will be judged by a competent commission.
 
All participants selected for the finals will receive souvenirs and the winner will be awarded a prize worth 250 Euros.
 
The event will take place on 3 April, at 18:00, in the VU Theater Hall (Universiteto g. 3).
 
Register here.

The 52nd Vilnius University storytelling evening will take place on Wednesday, 2 April, at 19:00, in the VU Aula Parva Café (Universiteto g. 3). This time, we will listen to and share stories from university life, as the salon's theme is 'Per Aspera ad Astra'.
 
To ensure we have enough chairs and cups of tea for everyone, registration will be required for both listeners and storytellers. Stay tuned for updates on the VU Culture Centre Facebook page.
 
As always, the salon is open to your stories. If you’d like not only to listen but also share a story, register via email at 
 
Come and be part of an evening filled with stories, connection, and creativity!

On the occasion of VU’s anniversary and the inauguration of VU Rector Prof. Rimvydas Petrauskas, a special discovery will be exhibited this year—the academic attire of VU’s first Rector, Petras Skarga.

Location: VU Library, P. Smuglevičius Hall (Universiteto g. 3, 1st floor).

Date and time:

• 1 April from 10:00 to 19:00

• 2 April from 9:00 to 17:00

On 1 April, Martynas Mažvydas’ 'Catechism', the first printed Lithuanian book, will be on display in P. Smuglevičius Hall of VU Library. The tradition of showing the original copy of the book every year for a day gives a perfect opportunity for the general public to get a closer look at this significant piece of our cultural heritage.
 
Published in 1547 in Königsberg, Mažvydas’ 'Catechism' is the first printed Lithuanian book, the publishing of which started a new period in the history of the Lithuanian language. Only two copies of this unique book are known to exist in the world. One copy is kept at Vilnius University Library, while the other is at Toruń University Library (Poland).
 
Location: VU Library, P. Smuglevičius Hall (Universiteto g. 3, 1st floor)
Date and time: 1 April, from 10:00 to 19:00

Vilnius University invites you to the inauguration of Professor Rimvydas Pertrauskas as the Rector.
 
During the inauguration ceremony, lectures and other activities may be cancelled.
Congratulating the Rector during the Church part of the ceremony will not be possible.
Those wishing to extend their congratulations are invited to Aula Rectoris on 2 April, from 10:00 to 12:00.
 
The ceremony is scheduled to take place on 1 April 2025, at 15:00, in St Johns‘ Church (Universiteto g. 3, Grand Courtyard).
Iškilmės vyks 2025 m. balandžio 1 d. (antradienį) 15.00 val. universiteto Šv. Jonų bažnyčioje (Universiteto g. 3, Didysis kiemas).

VU Kinetic Theatre presents an experimental performance exploring the transformation of four fundamental value categories following Lithuania’s accession to the European Union. How have the notions of love, human connection, security, and meaning shifted in the context of a new generation?
 
Has love evolved into a fragmented party experience? From attachment to dependency on commercial brands, from security rooted in the confrontation between the familiar and the foreign—meaning is now buried under the guise of artificial intelligence and human redundancy. Deus ex machina is dead, giving rise to homo ex machina, an entity that transforms into an emotionally complete user manual. Values are being replaced by a written "life" code—an administrative guide compressed into an Excel spreadsheet, trapped within the grip of mandatory productivity. A being that meets criteria rather than creates spontaneously, constrained by a new critique of sincerity, ultimately mutates into homo in Maxima.
 
The performance will take place on 29 March, at 19:00, in the VU Theatre Hall (Universiteto g. 3). The first 40 tickets are available for EUR 4.46. Tickets are sold via Kakava.lt. 

 

 

The science communication competition 'Scientific Sprint' has become an annual tradition where lecturer-student teams compete to present scientific research or a fascinating science concept in just three minutes. Join us at 'Artistai' pub (Šv. Kazimiero g. 3) with host Eglė Daugėlaitė. Doors open at 18:00, 27 March.

Gaia, the European Space Agency's space telescope that has been in space for 11 years, completes its mission. This space observatory is responsible for mapping the Milky Way galaxy with unprecedented precision and has revolutionised our understanding of our Galaxy.

Gaia is running out of nitrogen gas, which it uses to precisely control its rotational motion through space. So, in a few weeks' time, Gaia will leave its current orbit and will be propelled into its final heliocentric orbit, far from Earth's sphere of influence. Finally, on 27 March 2025. "Gaia will be completely shut down.

On 30 March, at 14:00, a public event at the VU Molėtai Astronomical Observatory will include the opening of an exhibition on the Gaia mission (in Lithuanian, Spanish or English) and a lecture on "The Gaia Revolution" (in Lithuanian), which will provide an overview of the most important achievements of the Gaia Observatory. We will invite you to a guided tour of the VU Observatory (in Lithuanian, Spanish or English).

Limited number of attendants, registration required.

The event is free of charge

 

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