Additional Admission to PhD studies 2022

The Lithuanian Energy Institute announces a competition for Additional Admission to a limited number of state-funded full-time doctoral studies in the field of Environmental Engineering.



Doctoral research topics for candidates to doctoral studies admission 2022:

Environmental Engineering (T 004)
Joint doctoral studies provided by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) and Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI)
Topic title Possible scientific managers Source of funding
Interaction between waste management and energy generation systems in terms of material properties and environmental impact Dr. Gintaras Denafas state-funded
Evaluation of ecological flow in the context of anthropogenic activity and climate change Dr. Vytautas Akstinas state-funded

Regulations for admission to doctoral studies

  • 2022 Regulations for admission to doctoral studies

    This document describes the procedure for admission to Joint Doctoral Studies: dates, list of admission documents, selection criteria for entrants, structure and calculation of the competitive score, annual cost of studies, etc.


Applicants for doctoral studies must submit the following documents:

  • Application Form*, indicating the field of science, research topic and form of funding;
  • List (full bibliographic description) and Copies of scientific publications, and in the absence of such works – a Research Paper**, the topic of which is in accordance with the topic of the dissertation specified in the application (if a candidate applies for two topics, two separate Research Papers must be submitted);
  • Official legalised Master’s diplomas or a higher education degree equivalents and academic transcripts. If said documents are issued in foreign institutions, they must be recognized in the Republic of Lithuania in accordance with the appropriate procedure (recognition of educational documents is carried out by the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education https://www.skvc.lt/). The applicant must provide a document of recognition. ;
  • Curriculum Vitae;
  • Recommendations by two academic referees or researchers from the relevant field of science. The recommendations have to be issued in the same calendar year when the candidate’s application is submitted. A recommendation has to explicitly specify the institution and the science field to which the candidate is being recommended;
  • Copy of ID card or passport;
  • Certificate of English proficiency: IELTS >=6.5, TOEFL>=90, ECFR>=C1, or equivalent
  • Other relevant documents (copies of certificates of a course completion, certificate of passing doctoral level exam, etc.).

The failure to provide on time all required documents will result in the exclusion from the competition.
Special requirements for certain programmes are indicated in the Admission Regulations.


Dates and Deadlines:

Submission of applications: 10 – 18 (till 3 p. m.) Noverber, 2022
Motivational interviews: 23-25 Noverber, 2022
Appeals: 28 Noverber, 2022, from 8 to 10 A. M.
Results of appeals: 28 Noverber, 2022, 2 P. M.
Notification of applicants about the competition results: 28 Noverber, 2022, 3 P. M.
Study agreements: 29 November, 2022 from 8 to 3 P. M.


Address to deliver documents to:
Lietuvos energetikos institutas
Breslaujos st. 3, room AK-233.
44403 Kaunas, Lithuania.

Contact person:
Jolanta Kazakevičienė
Studies Administrator
tel. +370 37 401 809
email studijos@lei.lt