Vilnius Academy of Arts

The main VAA bodies are: Senate - highest self-government body elected for 5 years; Rector - manages and represents VAA, and acts on the VAA behalf; Student Union; VAA Council - public regulatory and tutorage body. There are 5 and 23 departments. At present VAA has 499 employees. Faculty members make 52% of the employees, administration - 26,3%, property management - 22%. Students: BA – 1621 MA – 370 PhD – 32 Art Licentiate – 12 Budget average is 5,8 millions euros per year. 65% of the yearly VAA budget comes from the Lithuanian state budget subsidy, 13% is earned by the VAA for its services (tuition, etc.); 22% - from the external funds. VAA runs, initiates and administrates eight international conferences and workshops on average per year. VAA has almost 70 Erasmus partners and is a member of the several international associations and networks: CUMULUS, KUNO, CIRRUS, etc.