page_title: Vilnius University Faculty of Communication
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Vilnius University Faculty of Communication / History
caption_attribution_description: Lietuvių: Saulėtekio al 9
context_page_description: The Vilnius University Faculty of Communication is one of the faculties of Vilnius University. It provides education and training for communication and information specialists and organizes research in these scientific domains. Prof. dr. Rimvydas Laužikas became the dean of faculty in 2017.
context_section_description: The Vilnius University Faculty of Communication was established on 18 June 1991, in response to the rapid development of information services and the increasing need for cohesive research in communication technology. The Vilnius University Council passed a resolution to establish the Faculty of Communication on the recommendation of the former Departments of Library Science, Information Systems, Book Science and Bibliography, Radio and Television Journalism and Print Journalism. This reorganization was initiated as part of the granting of legal status to the university by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania in 1990, shortly after the nation's restoration as an independent state.
  In 1992, an Informatics study programme opened development opportunities for other specialities, such as business information management (1997) and publishing (2005). The winning of the TEMPUS project encouraged the creation of two Master's programmes. In 1993, PhD programs opened. More than ten years later, Professors E. Macevičiūtė, A. Glosienė and O. Janonis joined the faculty after the successful completion of the habilitation procedure in 2004.
  The Faculty further enlarged and changed its organizational forms: during 2000-2001, several Departments became Institutes. In 2003, a separate International Centre of Knowledge Economy and Management was allowed to teach certain Master's programmes and conduct the habilitation procedure. In 2007, the Centre's study programmes were restored to the Faculty of Communication. In 2009, these Master's programmes were updated and reintroduced.
  Starting from 2010–2011, the Faculty introduced study programmes on international communication taught entirely in English and based on the ERASMUS Project European Master's Studies in Professional Communication.
caption: Faculty of Communication
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