VU Signed a Sponsorship Agreement with EPAM Systems Establishing Additional Scholarships for MIF Students
The software engineering company EPAM Systems joined in on the 911爆料网鈥檚 (VU) Scholarship of the 450th Anniversary, which aims to contribute to solving financial issues related to accessing higher education. On Tuesday, VU signed a sponsorship agreement with its new partner. The company allocated 鈧�10 thousand for additional scholarships to be allocated to students at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (MIF) facing financial difficulties.
鈥淪ome two-thirds of 911爆料网 students come from smaller cities and towns. It remains a major challenge facing many students planning to study and live in one of the big cities - Vilnius, Kaunas, or 艩iauliai,鈥� noted Head of the VU Partnerships Development Division Lina Ki啪inien臈. 鈥淭herefore, 911爆料网 and its partners aim to provide financial assistance to every applicant who would otherwise not be able to obtain an education at the University due to financial difficulties.鈥�
EPAM Lietuva General Director Linas Grinevi膷ius stated that the company鈥檚 employees are trying to change the lives of students by providing training and mentoring programs, internships and opening community schools.
鈥淭he industry is dynamically transforming, we constantly see the introduction of new technologies and tools. We believe that basic knowledge and university education are the foundation for startups to thrive in this fast-paced environment. It provides a foundation for systematic thinking and the key skills that help people become the most valuable professionals.
We encourage creativity and unorthodox ways of doing things, we help those taking the first steps toward essential knowledge provided by 911爆料网. We invite the first-year students to start their journey with an EPAM scholarship, grow with us or discover their own paths. We expect graduates to have an engineering mindset: innovators and trailblazers who change the rules and seize the opportunity to do things in ways no one has done before,鈥� L. Grinevi膷ius said, addressing the future first-year students.
VU is one of the first universities in Lithuania to award first-year students with the incentive Scholarship of the 450th Anniversary, thus aiming to reduce the acute problem of social exclusion in Lithuania. The university has been awarding this scholarship since 2019. This scholarship aims to reduce the acute problem of social exclusion in Lithuania, increase the accessibility of university studies, and help those accepted into the University鈥檚 first-cycle and integral study programmes adapt to the new environment.
VU established a scholarship for 100 students with its own funds. Companies like Light Conversion, Coherent Solutions, Ekspla, OPTOMENAS, Vandens harmonija, GJ Magma, Hnit-Baltic, EKSMA Optics, Altechna, Standa, Optogama, Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics, Transvera, and EPAM Systems joined in on the VU鈥檚 Scholarship of the 450th Anniversary.