VGTU was founded on 1 September 1956, when the Vilnius Evening Division of the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (now Kaunas University of Technology) was established, with Jeronimas Kudaba as the first dean.
VGTU u themelua më 1 shtator 1956, kur u themelua Divizioni Mbrëmësor Vilnius i Institutit Politeknik të Kaunasit (tani Universiteti Teknologjik i Kaunasit), me Jeronimas Kudaba si dekan.