Integration of students ​

VU freshman camps ​

As every year, VU SR continues the tradition of organizing camps focused on the integration process of first-year students. In August, before starting studies at Vilnius University, 18 first-year camps of VU SR were organized, which were attended by more than 1,100 future VU students. As the epidemiological situation continued, several-day outreach camps were abandoned and replaced by shorter one-day camps in the departments and units of the Botanical Garden of Vilnius University. During the camps, the first-year students got acquainted with the University and University's culture, lecturers, alumni and departmental administrations, learned about the study process and the study environment. VU SR activities, programs, clubs and projects as well as students' opportunities at the University were also presented.

Curators program ​

The curator's program is a program implemented by VU SR since 2000, designed to effectively integrate first-year students into the University community and acquaint them with the study process. Participants in this program - tutors - are senior students who have received special training and help the students in their supervised group during the integration process. For the second year in a row, this program has expanded its field of activity and has begun to focus on first-year master's students and full-time students from abroad, who enter the community in the same way as first-year undergraduate students. They get help from mentors who have received special training. This year, the curators program attracted more than 200 curators who took care of the integration of students into the University and contributed to the implementation of the first-year students' camps and the first week of integration week.

Integration festival ​

For the second year in a row, we have been accompanied by an integration festival organized by VU SR and VU, dedicated not only to the University community, but also to the entire city of Vilnius. During it, VU SR, continuing the tradition, on 31st of August, a discussion festival "Ad astra" was organized, both in Lithuanian and English. Members of the VU community, researchers and members of the public expressed their thoughts on social, equal opportunities, scientific and study-related topics. At the end of the discussion's festival, the students got acquainted with various student organizations and opportunities for self-expression in an interactive way at the fair of programs, clubs and projects of operating organizations and VU SR. The final highlight of the event is a community concert in the Great Courtyard of Vilnius University.

Student procession of VU on September 1 ​

After a year break, the procession of Vilnius University students, employees and alumni returned to Vilnius University. On September 1st more than 3,000 members of the VU, adorned with different attributes of the VU community, wore impressive decorations and shouted traditional slogans throughout Gediminas Avenue, moved from the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania to the Great Courtyard of the VU Central Palace. Neda Žutautaitė, President of VU SR, and Rimvydas Petrauskas, Rector of VU, greeted VU SR on the occasion of the beginning of the school year when everyone gathered in the Great Yard.

Ukrainian Student Mentoring Program ​

The initiative is aimed on helping students from different levels and study programs coming from Ukraine and fleeing war. Every Ukrainian student who comes to VU is paired with the student(s) studying at the relevant faculty and study program, who greets him / them, advises him / them on studies and other relevant issues, helps to integrate into the faculty and VU community. Currently, more than 270 mentors have joined the mentoring program and 105 mentors and student pairs have been formed.