Vilnius Academy of Arts

Vilnius Academy of Arts (VDA)  is a State University of the Republic of Lithuania, that offers study programmes in all three study cycles (BA, MA and Doctoral/PhD) in the areas of art, design, architecture, and art theory and history. The Academy consists of four campuses, situated in the cities of Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and Telšiai, with a total of over 1800 students and approx. 350 academic staff members. 

The Academy is a unique institution of higher education in Lithuania, which traces its academic tradition back to 1793, the year the Department of Architecture was established at the University of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. 

The Academy has a modern infrastructure that is available to its academic community throughout their period of study, for creative work as well as artistic research. The Academy runs a museum, several galleries and exhibition spaces, Nida Art Colony, a studio in Paris, Mizarai (Alytus distr.) base for student practice, exhibition and museum spaces in Panemunė Castle, the Audiovisual Art Industry Incubator (the Academy is one of its stakeholders), as well as Telšiai Art Incubator (founded by the Academy).