Draft:Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University

= Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University = The Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University "VU MF" is one of the fifteen faculties of Vilnius University. It is located in the Naujamiestis district of Vilnius. Before the official establishment of the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty was based on an institution founded in 1579 by the Jesuit College of Medicine, which was founded in 1570. The Faculty was established in its present form on 24 November 1781.

History
Before the formal establishment of the Faculty of Medicine, the faculty was based on an institution founded in 1579 by the Jesuit College of 1570. The Faculty was established in its present form on 24 November 1781, when the Rector of the School of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (then officially known as the University), M. Počobutas, announced the establishment of a medical faculty in a speech at the beginning of the academic year. This decision was inspired by the abolition of the Jesuit order in 1773. The university was placed under the Education Commission and partially turned secular. At that time, significant progress was made in the fields of medicine and natural sciences.

M. Renjė, J. Briotė, Ž. E. Žiliberas, SL Bizijas, LH Bojanus, JA Lobenveinas, JP and J. Franks et al. They developed clinical medicine, introduced practical reforms, laid the foundations for social medicine, regional health statistics and hygiene, and reformed the procedure and methods of training doctors. Foreigners trained local professors and promoted the reputation of the medical faculty on a European scale.

With Lithuania's declaration of independence on 16 February 1918, the first real steps were taken towards self-government of the university. On 5 December 1918, the State Council approved the University's Statute, but its implementation was blocked by the Bolshevik invasion and the Polish occupation of the Vilnius region. Between the wars, Vilnius was home to the Polish Steponas Bator University, which did not serve Lithuanian culture, but some of the merits of the then medical faculty are still important to us today. In 1934, a new anatomy department was built in Vilnius, where medical education is still taught today.

On 10 October 1939, after Lithuania regained its historic capital, the University of Vilnius was also revived. In 1940, on 31 July, the Senate of Vilnius University ordered Prof. V. Kuzma to form a commission to revive the Faculty of Medicine. The Senate approved the opinion of the commission that a Department of Medicine and Pharmacy would be established initially within the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. 174 students were admitted to the Faculty of Medicine and 99 to the Faculty of Pharmacy. In 1942, the Department of Dentistry was established.

After the restoration of Lithuanian independence on 11 March 1990, the Faculty was modified in line with the pre-war tradition of independent Lithuania and the experience of Western European countries, mainly Scandinavia, and the United States. In 1990, a residency was established, and in the same year, the Faculty of Medicine and doctoral training were merged. A major turning point took place in 2002, during the first half of the year, a radical restructuring of the departments was carried out, allowing creative potential to be used more effectively, maintaining a spirit of competitiveness. The Faculty of Medicine, like Vilnius University as a whole, experienced ups and downs throughout its history, but remained a prestigious and respected wreath of the luminaries of Lithuanian medicine.

Structure
The Faculty of Medicine is managed by the Dean's Office and the Council of the Faculty of Medicine. The faculty is further divided into numerous other deparments and clinics.

Current status
Today, the Vilnius Medical Faculty is one of the largest and most influential faculties at Vilnius University. The Faculty of Medicine has four departments, which bring together many smaller departments, clinics, centres and laboratories in a structured way. The faculty has computer labs, a library and a museum.

Students and specialised doctors and doctoral students work on Vilnius University campuses, in research institutes and in public and private health institutes.

Training bases
The main training bases are:


 * Vilnius University Santariškės Hospital Campus and its branches:
 * Children's Hospital
 * State Pathology Centre
 * Žalgiris Clinic (Dentistry) of Vilnius University Hospital
 * Vilnius Republic University Hospital
 * Vilnius City Clinical Hospital
 * Vilnius City Centre Polyclinic and other public health institutions

Staff
The Faculty of Medicine at Vilnius University employs around 800 pedagogical, research and support staff. Of these, 72 are professors, 97 associate professors, 67 researchers, and more than 470 academic staff.

Between 1965 and 2019, more than 90 staff members have been honoured with Lithuanian Science Awards and other prizes.

Students
The total number of students in the Faculty of Medicine is 4248, of which 647 are international students pursuing an integrated degree.

In the Faculty of Medicine works the student union VU SA MF which is sub-division of VU SA.

Studying possibilities
The Faculty of teaching in Lithuanian and English.

Bachelor's degrees
Lithuanian-language teached programs: 5

Master's degrees
Lithuanian-language teached programs: 6

English-language teached programs: 1

Integrated degrees
Integrated degrees are degrees which combine bachelor's and master's degree.


 * Medicine, 6 years, 360 ECTS, language of instruction: english
 * Medicine, 6 years, 360 ECTS, language of instruction: Lithuanian
 * Pharmacy, 5 years, 300 ECTS, language of instruction: Lithuanian
 * Dentistry, 5 years, 300 ECTS, language of instruction: English
 * Dentistry, 5 years, 300 ECTS, language of instruction: Lithuanian

== Internationality == The Faculty of Medicine at Vilnius University has students from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North and South America, Africa and Australia and Oceania. The English-language degree programme in medicine has students from all over the world, with the largest number of students from Germany, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Israel. The Faculty of Medicine fosters internationality and globality.

International advisors
The Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University has an International Development Council, which includes a group of distinguished and award-winning international researchers. The Council enables the quality of teaching, the creation of research directions and the growth of international recognition. The members of the Council are Prof. Lina Basel from Israel, Prof. Makoto Asashima, PhD from Japan, Prof. Makoto Suematsu, MD, PhD from Japan

Part of associations

 * EUA - European University Association


 * EAIE - European Association for International Education
 * IAU - International Association of Universities

Networks

 * ARQUS European University Alliance
 * Utrecht Network
 * Utrecht Australian / European Network
 * Utrecht-MAUI Network
 * Utrecht-REARI Network
 * COIMBRA Group
 * UNICA Network
 * BCI Network
 * Scholars at Risk
 * CASE - The Council for Advancement and Support of Education

Separate programs

 * ISEP - International Student Exchange Program
 * Baltic University Programme