European Humanities University
| European Humanities University | |
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| Europos humanitarinis universitetas Еўрапейскі гуманітарны ўніверсітэт |
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 EHU 20th anniversary logo |
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| Established | 1992 |
| Type | Private, liberal arts university |
| Rector | Prof. Dr. Anatoli Mikhailov |
| Dean | Ryhor Miniankou, Alla Sokolova |
| Academic staff | ~200 |
| Admin. staff | ~50 |
| Students | ~1600 |
| Undergraduates | ~1450 |
| Postgraduates | ~150 |
| Doctoral students | 3 |
| Location | Vilnius,  Lithuania54°40′57″N 25°17′14″E / 54.6825°N 25.28722°ECoordinates: 54°40′57″N 25°17′14″E / 54.6825°N 25.28722°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | EUA, IAU, EAIE, SAR, AUF |
| Website | www.ehu.lt |
European Humanities University (Belarusian: Еўрапейскі гуманітарны ўніверсітэт (ЕГУ), Lithuanian: Europos Humanitarinis Universitetas (EHU)) is a private, non-profit liberal arts university founded in Minsk, Belarus in 1992. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2012, EHU has been headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania since authorities expelled it from Belarus in 2004. It serves nearly 1700 mostly Belarusian students, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs and promoting research in the humanities and social sciences.
From 1992 to 2004 EHU was a non-state establishment of undergraduate and post-graduate education in Belarus. In 2004, due to government opposition, EHU was forced to terminate its activities in Belarus. However, thanks to political, administrative, and financial support from the European Union, the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Government of Lithuania, other European Governments, NGOs and United States and EU foundations, EHU managed to resume its operation in Vilnius, Lithuania and open bachelor’s and master’s degree programs for Belarusian students in autumn 2005. In February 2006 the Government of Lithuania granted to the EHU the official status of a Lithuanian university. EHU maintains close ties with the Belarusian Humanities Lyceum, a non-state secondary school also banned by the Belarusian government in 2004, and from which a substantial number of the EHU's students matriculate.
After the mass protests of the Belarusian presidential election of 2010, many students and teachers of the university (for example, Alyaksandr Atroshchankau), were imprisoned by the KGB. The university said it would work with students to help them in their education despite the circumstances.[1]
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- ^ Студенты и преподаватели ЕГУ ожидают приговора Константин Амелюшкин, ru.DELFI.lt, 15 3 2011 retrieved from Delfi (web portal) on 3 16 2011, through http://translate.google.com
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