About the EHU

‘The EHU is characterized by openness, independence, critical thinking and analysis, and the students are highly motivated and ready to make choices. I feel freer here. Here, I am independent.’
- Anastasiya, 22, EHU student

‘They have courage and devotion to do something different. They are ready to meet challenges and solve problems that do not make their lives easier. For this they need support.’
- Anatoli Mikhailov, EHU Rector on students and teachers

EHU was founded in Minsk in 1992 and closed by authorities in 2004. It re-launched activities in Vilnius in 2005 and was granted the status of a Lithuanian university in 2006.

Currently, EHU is the only Belarusian university committed to integrating into European higher education space on BA and MA levels. The University offers quality education and research in the humanities and social sciences. Students can choose face-to-face or low residence study. About 1,000 students study face-to-face in Vilnius, and hundreds participate in distance-learning programs.

Being the only Belarusian university that offers Belarusian students an education based on the principles of academic freedom, the EHU has unique symbolic value. EHU is the only private university in the history of higher education in Belarus which retained real university autonomy, despite pressure from authorities.

Thanks to international cooperation, the University has created study programs and research projects through which Belarusian students and teachers can pursue knowledge, think critically and develop skills otherwise less accessible in Belarus itself.

EHU’s strong reputation has rapidly brought it into cooperation with well-known European and American universities, which is due both to the quality of its educational programs and the structure of its academic life.

Read more about the University at the EHU website.