Lithuanian Sports University

Lithuanian Sports University (LSU), founded in 1934, is a specialised public higher education institution that has developed its unique traditions in sport, leisure, and health sciences. LSU offers academic programmes in sport and health-related areas of all three study cycles (Bachelor, Master and PhD) in which education, research and practice are closely interconnected. Lithuanian Sports University offers 5 study programmes in English leading to a master’s degree: Tourism and Sports Management, Physical Activity and Public Health, Physiotherapy, Sports Physiology and Genetics, Adapted Physical Activity and 2 joint study programmes in English leading to a master’s degree: International Basketball Coaching and Management and International Master in Performance Analysis of Sport. Doctoral studies are offered in two research areas. LSU is a leading University in the area of sports science in the Baltic States. Research activities are performed in different areas of social and biomedical sciences, such as muscle and motor control, rehabilitation, sports coaching, physiology and genetics, public health, physical activity, social empowerment of the disabled and sports management. From the very beginning of its participation in the European and transnational mobility and cooperation programmes, LSU has created a network of partnerships with over 80 universities and higher education institutions within and outside Europe. The University offers a wide range of sports activities and annual events (competitions, tournaments, sports festivals) for its students and staff. Students can take part in most of the Olympic sports while the most popular sports disciplines are basketball, football, handball, athletics, swimming, and sports aerobics. With more than eight student sports clubs, students can readily find friends who share their interests, whether academic, environmental, multicultural, social, or athletic.