Vilnius University · Lithuania
Information Systems and Cyber Security
Secure information systems: programming, networks, ethical hacking, cryptography and digital crime investigation, finishing with an internship and thesis; taught in Kaunas.
- Where
- KaunasLithuania
- Degree
- Bachelor in Computing
- Length
- 3.5 years
- Taught in
- English
- Starts
- September 2027
- Apply by
- Not published yet2026: EU/EFTA apply by 1 July; non-EU by 1 May
- Admission
- SelectiveIB grades
- EU/EEA fee
- €5,000 a year
More facts
- Degree
- Bachelor in Computing
- Length
- 3.5 years
- Taught in
- English
- Starts
- September 2027
Deadlines
Not published yet2026: EU/EFTA apply by 1 July; non-EU by 1 May
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1 July 2027*
Vilnius University - applications close for EU/EFTA citizensHard deadlineDetails
Vilnius University has one intake a year and splits the deadline by citizenship. For autumn 2026 the page said: "1 May for applicants from non-EU/EFTA countries" and "1 July for applicants who are citizens of EU/EFTA countries and for non-EU/EFTA applicants with a 90-day visa-free period that has not yet been exceeded". As an EU/EFTA citizen you are in the July group. For the 2027/2028 round admissions.vu.lt now reads (25 September 2026): applications open on 1 December 2026, with 1 May for applicants from non-EU/EFTA countries and 1 July for EU/EFTA citizens and non-EU/EFTA applicants whose visa-free period has not been exceeded. Two things that are not dates but behave like them: the application fee is 100 EUR, non-refundable, and "An online application will be processed only after the application fee is collected and the application is submitted with all the required documents", so an unpaid invoice on the closing day is a missed deadline; and admission can close early, because the published deadline runs only until the limit of study places is reached. EU and EFTA citizens may apply for state-funded as well as fee-paying places. Vilnius gives 1 July with no year, both on this page and on its admissions site for the 2027/2028 round (which opens on 1 December 2026), so this site assumes 2027.
Source
* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.
What it is
You learn programming, algorithms, databases and computer networks together with their security side, then operating systems, information security, ethical hacking, cryptography, digital crime investigation, virtualisation, AI fundamentals and cyber law. About half of the subjects are taught by practitioners, and you work on real information system development, testing and risk management, finishing with an internship and a thesis. Electives let you take AI and automation courses from any programme at the university. Graduates work as security specialists, analysts, architects, programmers, testers, database administrators and project managers, or in auditing and security management.
What you need
- Kaunas Faculty may interview you remotely; applicants without national university entrance exams sit an entrance exam.
Requirements in full
Every IB applicant at Vilnius University
Admitted on the grades in your IB results (upload diploma and transcript). Many programmes add a motivation letter, interview or video task; Medicine and Dentistry waive the exam with HL Biology 5 and Chemistry 5.
How places are decided
- Ranked on school grades; Kaunas Faculty may invite you to a remote interview, and pupils without national exams sit an entrance test.
Sources (2)
- Information Systems and Cyber Security at VU — checked 2026-09-30
- IB applicants at VU
Other degrees at VU