Vilnius University and Klaipėda University will undergo a repeat external evaluation of the Public Health Study Field
On 26 October 2026, at Vilnius University and 27 October 2026 at Klaipeda University the external evaluation visit of the Public Health study field will take place. The external evaluation of the study field will be carried out by an international expert panel appointed by SKVC:
- Prof. dr. Agneta Yngve (Chair of the expert panel), Professor Emeritus, Department of Nutrition, dietetics and food studies, Uppsala University. Affiliated Professor, School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, Sweden;
- Prof. Eleanor J. Hothersall-Davies (representative of the academic community), Professor of Medical Education and Assessment, at the School of Medicine, University of Dundee, and Consultant in Public Health Medicine at NHS Tayside, and Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and the UK Faculty of Public Health, United Kingdom, Scotland;
- Irena Taraškevičienė (representative of social partners), Head of the Public Health Safety Division, National Public Health Centre, Lithuania;
- Rugilė Kriaučiūnaitė (student representative), fourth-year student of the first-cycle study programme Public Health at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, President of the Student Representation of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania.
During the visits, the expert panel will meet with the university management, administration, self-evaluation report preparation group, students, graduates, social partners, employers and teaching staff. We invite you to familiarise yourselves with the visit agenda at Vilnius University and Klaipėda University.
It should be noted that this will be a repeated external evaluation of the Public Health study field, during which the progress made following the external evaluation of the study field carried out in 2023 will be assessed.
We invite students of the first-cycle study programme Public Health and the second-cycle study programme Public Health Education at Klaipėda University, as well as students of the first- and second-cycle study programmes Public Health at Vilnius University, together with representatives of student unions, to participate in meetings with the expert panel, which will take place at the times specified in the site visit agenda.
Last updated: 15-10-2026
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