Kazimieras Simonavičius University in partnership with Friendly Avia Support starts new season of #AviaInTheMaking this month.

On 19th 6 PM we invite you to the lecture by CEO of DOT LT Evaldas Petkus and his presentation: How to Survive in the Modern Airline Business – Niche Aviation Segments.

Short lecture plan:
1. Different kind of airline business;
2. Future perspectives in aviation worldwide and in the Baltic region;
3. Airline’s “DOT LT” experience finding own way in the aviation:
– History of the bad and good;
– Mistakes analyses;
– Enhancing the best success;
– How to find the best airline’s structure;
– Pros & cons of the model;
– Future threats.

Evaldas Petkus is the head of DOT LT since 2003. He is also a professional pilot and navigates Airbus 320 and ATR42/72 as the master of the plane and instructor as well. In 1986 he was graduated from Aktiubinsk civil aviation institute and received the licence of the pilot. In 2002 he was graduated from Kaunas technology university Bussines management master‘s degree.

KSU international students

Kyrgyzstan is a Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions. Joyously unspoilt mountains capes, stark craggy ridges, and rolling summer pastures (jailoos) are brought to life by semi-nomadic, yurt-dwelling shepherd cultures. It has the most liberal tourist visa policy in Central Asia and one of the most progressive post-Soviet governments in the region. This semester Gulzar Muratalyeva, Ernest Salizhanov and Aidai Kanatbekova from International Atatürk-Ala-too University (Kyrgyzstan) studies at Kazimieras Simonavičius University (KSU). How does it look to live in Lithuania and study at KSU from their point of view? Let‘s ask them!

How do you feel in Lithuania?

Gulzar: Studying and experiencing the new culture in Lithuania feels like “being out of a comfort zone” absolutely in a positive way to which majority of people are not used. Living here for almost 2 months broadened my horizons in all spheres of life firstly concerning about getting more matured. Moreover, Vilnius is the city of bright and fresh ideas in street art, which we can find out in each street and that gives a unique and original atmosphere of the city.

Ernest: I feel very good here because it is my first travel and everything is good.

Aidai: I feel good in Lithuania and I like Vilnius. Except very cold days before. There are a lot of beautiful places here, interesting street art.

Could you tell us a little bit about yourselves? What are your interests and hobbies? What would you like to become in the future?

Ernest: I‘m interested in technology engineering. My hobby is playing basketball and kickboxing.

Gulzar Muratalyeva

Gulzar: I am in love with art to be specific it is modern and street art especially with the works of “Aykut Aydoğdu” “Wenqing Yan” “Chiara Bautista” “Miho Hirano” and an illustrator “James Zapata”. One of the reasons why I like these unique and talented artists is that I am practicing in drawing and calligraphy. Furthermore, I give a lot of attention to painting, which I have been doing from my early ages. Like majority of youngsters, I give a great preference for listening to the music (“jazz” “country music” “pop” and “RnB”) and I am into playing volleyball, table tennis and swimming. Of course, the major part of my life is considered to the reading of many books of all genres.

If we try to look into the future after finishing my bachelor, I would like to continue studying my Master degree in Germany or in Australia. As long with it, I would like to become a professional simultaneous interpreter and a teacher at the universities.

Aidai: I am interested in psychology and I want to be a psychologist. I love to read psychological books. My favourite one is “When Nietzsche Wept” by Irvin D. Yalom. My hobby is tennis. I like everything about this sport, especially girls’ uniforms. I think tennis is a graceful game.

What do you study at your university in Kyrgyzstan?

Gulzar: I am studying at the 2^nd grade of the International Atatürk-Ala-too University in the department of Humanitarian Sciences and my faculty is Simultaneous Interpretation. This branch of studying to be concrete “simultaneous interpreting” is being taught only in our university so it can be said that it is a great opportunity for the future willing translators.

Ernest: In my country, I’m studying simultaneous interpretation.

Aidai: I study Psychology in my country at my International Atatürk-Ala-too University.

What is your impression about your studies at KSU? What do you like the most in KSU studies?

Gulzar: While studying in KSU the most important part, which I liked a lot, was about the “Education system”. To be concrete is a well-qualified professors who are always ready to pay a great attention to the any kind of ideas coming from all students. Also taking into account the interesting lectures in which the teachers are trying not only to cover their duty but also giving a useful information on how to be creative, innovative and fresh minded. What’s more, I really do like my new met intercultural friends with whom we are exchanging all our experiences, knowledge and creating unforgettably funny memories.

Ernest: First of all, attitude of the teachers and their method of teaching. I love atmosphere at KSU. The most I like here is the organization.

Aidai: My impressions about KSU is very good. I like polite people, especially International coordinator Vaiva. The University is very comfortable inside and its location is good. The most in KSU studies I like the teachers. They are simple, their attitude to students is simple, they understand and respect our traveling, and it means they understand when we ask to postpone some exams. Even better thing is our schedule, which lets us travel.

Does studies here and in Kyrgyzstan differ? How?

Ernest: Yes, the method of study.

Gulzar: Studies in Lithuania and Kyrgyzstan differs in some ways. We can illustrate for example the system of taking the exams. In our country, it is stricter but it helps students to study harder. In Lithuania I really like the system of having right to choose the subjects you are interested in and in which you want to major your bachelor degree. It is prevailed to provide the democracy for all the students which is not that much improved in our country. But day after day our education system is developing to catch up with the newest systems of studying which is of course really good for all the youngsters willing to study at the universities in the near future.

Aidai: The studies here is mostly the same as in my University, except the opportunity to choose the lectures. Here we can choose that lectures which we want and need. In our University we have fixed credits which we have to have.

What do you do on your free time here? Do you find any interesting activity?

Aidai Kanatbekova

Aidai: Actually, we have a lot of free time here but it passes so fast. We do a lot of activities like jogging together, visiting many new places in the city, ice skating, bowling, clubbing, doing home works together etc.

Gulzar: Each time I have a free time I love to spend it with my friends. It is one of the most interesting parts of my life nowadays because I have great friends from all over the world as France, Germany, Bosnia, Turkey, Spain, and Italy. Each time we are together, we are jogging around, going to ice-skating and at the same time exploring Vilnius and a huge amount of new information, which is extremely amazing. Also I really love reading and drawing.

Ernest: Most of free time I am walking around city.

Do you travel from Lithuania to other EU countries? How do you choose the countries where to travel?

Gulzar: Apart from Vilnius, I have already been to Poland to be specific to Krakow, Auschwitz and Warsaw. We are also planning to go travelling with all my friends to other possible European countries. We don’t choose countries by some specific criteria’s because all of them are original, have some unique charm and we just go there to enjoy and explore it.

Ernest: No, but I’m going to travel in April.

Aidai: Thanks for this opportunity coming here and travel. Traveling was one of my big purposes coming here. It is my first time being here in Europe and I have been in Germany (Berlin), Poland (Warsaw, Gdansk) and Latvia (Riga) and soon in free week studying I’m going to France (Paris). I choose cities to travel by the popular and interesting places to visit, for example in Paris of course I want to see Eiffel Tower and Disneyland!

Is there anything from Kyrgyzstan, which you miss the most while being here?

Gulzar: I really miss my own motherland. I miss the fresh air, which is so fresh every morning, the warm weather, the crystal like pure and blue sky. Furthermore, I miss my language, my cuisine that is so diverse with all its odors and spices. Mountains! Oh yes I miss it so badly because unfortunately in Vilnius I am not able to observe it. However, Lithuania has nature charms in its own unique way, which I really love too.

Ernest: I think my parents. And food.

Aidai: I miss a lot our cuisine and my mom’s meal. However, we cook here in dorm. Thanks to my mom, she taught me cooking so it is ok. Once I wanted to cook “Lagman” and looked for the vegetable green point. I searched whole day in every super market. Finally, I found it on the next day in bazaar.

Is it worth to come here to KSU and Vilnius? Would you recommend studies at KSU for your friends?

Ernest: Of course, I will recommend to my friends to study at KSU.

Gulzar: I will highly recommend for all the future university students to try their best to apply to the KSU and study in Lithuania. This is one of those universities, which are providing for all of us the useful and new facilities of knowledge as long as with giving opportunity to bring our ideas, aims to the reality.

I would also like to recommend Lithuania in general because it is one of those countries, which differs in culture, in art, in sightseeing, in travelling so much that there is only on step to fall in love with it for the whole of the life.

Aidai: I will definitely recommend my friends and students from my University to study at KSU!

Admission to Aviation Management or Entrepreneurship and Management study program >>

Global passenger traffic is growing faster than expected. It is forecast that 7.8 billion people will use air travel by 2036, almost doubling the four billion passengers that travelled last year.

In response to global trends and challenges facing the aviation industry, KSU offers an undergraduate (Bachelor’s) Aviation Management programme, which aims to develop highly-qualified professionals in the field of modern aviation management who would understand the challenges and laws of this global and competitive sector, and contribute to aviation industry development.

According to the rector of the university prof. dr. Arūnas Augustinaitis, Aviation Management is the most common between international students of the university as the program as itslef is quite new. Last year diplomas were served to the first graduates of Aviation management and the first international student became Dhruv Gupta from India who is now succesfully is working in private aviation company here, in Lithuania. „I loved the multicultural atmosphere at KSU. The university provides many international internships and lectures by professors from all over the world. What I liked about the lectures most is that we had lots of practise tasks plus it was great to meet people from aviation industry in person,“ – says Dhruv Gupta.

The Aviation Management programme seeks to train specialists in the field of aviation management with a broad skill set: analytical, innovative, modern general management skills that are relevant while working in various teams and business organizations, regardless of sector and specific knowledge of the aviation sector that are needed to work in this sector.

Apply for Aviation Management here.

The traditional final ceremony for the graduates of KSU was held on Friday, 29 of June at Kazimieras Simonavičius university. 45 graduates received their diplomas this year. 29 of them graduated with bachelor’s degrees and 16 with  master’s  degrees in Law. We invite you the photo gallery of the event here.

This week our university hosts International Aviation Academy which is a part of the project “Spread your wings”. The participants of the Academy will get acquainted with the training material covering the areas of modern teaching methods, teaching in multicultural environment, employment of modern technologies for knowledge transfer, means & methods for optimal students’ involvement and experience in skills of knowledge assimilation.

The project is implemented in a partnership of three organizations: University of Information technology and Management (Poland), Institute of Transport and Telecommunication (Latvia) and Kazimieras Simonavičius University (Lithuania). The main objective of the project “Spread your wings” is to increase the quality and relevance of knowledge and skills of bachelor and master degree Aviation Management and related disciplines students’ in response to the needs of the labour market and the socio-economic environment. The project will be implemented in 2020.

Kazimieras Simonavičius University (KSU) invites everyone to participate in the KSU ceremony, which will take place on June 29, 12PM at Kazimieras Simonavičius university. Diplomas will be bestowed to the students who successfully finished KSU undergraduate and graduate programs.

All students of Aviation Management are invited to participated in the competition for participation in International Aviation School which will be organized in frames of Erasmus+ project “SPREAD YOUR WINGS”.

The main aim of this project is to increase the quality and relevance of knowledge and skills of Aviation Management students in response to the needs of the labour market and the socio-economic environment. There will be created a new course “The Development of Sustainable Aviation” which will include the topics related to a new conceptual model of responsible and conscious aviation that sees its development in line with the interests of the social and natural environment and takes into account existing ecological barriers and expectations of the society.

Project is implemented by three partners:

• University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Poland (project leader);
• Kazimieras Simonavičius University, Lithuania;
• Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Latvia. 

International Aviation School will take place in:

• Poland, Rzeszow (1-5 October 2018)
• Lithuania, Vilnius (19-23 November 2018)

Selected candidates will have to participate in both parts of the School.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

All candidates must submit the following documents:

• Application form;
• Cover Letter (up to 1 page; in English);
• Short essay about sustainable aviation (up to 1 page, in English).

The documents must be provided to the International Relations Office (room no. 201). The submitted materials will not be returned.

Jury will select 3 applications rated as the best among the submitted applications. Only these 3 applicants will participate in International Aviation School together with other 6 students from Poland and Latvia. 

DEADLINE

Documents must be submitted no later than 31.05.2018.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• The schedule of the International Aviation School will be provided to the participants at least 2 months before the activities.
• Students are expected to attend all classes during International Aviation School.
• Each participant will receive 550 EUR for living and travel costs for activities in Poland.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact by e-mail international@ksu.lt or phone +370 686 34423.

This summer from 30 July until 10 August Turiba University in Riga, Latvia will host NORDPLUS intensive course „Organisation and Individual Security”. Kazimieras Simonavičius University invites to apply students of all faculties, especially Law programme.

In recent years security issues have become important also to Baltic and Nordic countries. World is coping with such challenges as migration, conflicts based on different cultural backgrounds, cyber-attacks and other new challenges. This leads to fact that there is need for high quality training for young security specialists.

Students will gain knowledge of assessment of security tactics for guarded sites, basics of tactical planning and implementation methods for threat prevention and their legal regulation; comprehensive knowledge of facts, theory and correlations necessary for carrying out work related tasks, personal growth and development, public participation and social integration. There will be topics of Stress Management in Crisis Situations, Globalization and Intercultural communication, Team-building, Cyber-security and Data protection as well as Copyrights included in the course.

In this Course participants will be bachelor and master level students from Latvia, Lithuania and Finland. Lessons and practical seminars will be led by professors from 3 partner Universities as well as invited professionals.

Organisers will cover travel costs to Riga, accommodation, catering, local transports, excursions and study visits.

Language of the Course – English, participation in the Course – free of change. Applications are accepted only from full time bachelor and master level students. Students will receive 3 ECTS for the participation in the Course.

Please fill and application form  and send it to interntional@ksu.lt until 29 June. Only 10 students from KSU will get chance to participate in this course.

Video of the last year Course is available here.

This Course is implemented by Turiba University (Latvia) in a cooperation with Kazimieras Simonavičius University (Lithuania) and Turku School of Economics (Finland). Project receives financial support from NORDPLUS Higher education program.

Žilvinas Lapinskas

Kazimieras Simonavičius University in partnership with Friendly Avia Support organizes a lectures series on specialized topics in the field of Aviation. #AviationintheMaking is an informal space where aviation leaders, professionals and students meet.

On 16th of May 6 pm. we invite you to the lecture by CEO of FL Technics Žilvinas Lapinskas and his presentation: Lean: Strategy to Turn Around the Aviation MRO Business. This is the last session of the meeting series this year.

With the team of 1200 people working in hangars in Lithuania, Indonesia and within the network of 14 line stations worldwide, FL Technics has finished last year with net profit of € 5,7 Million.

FL Technics is a global provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services. Company specializes in base & line maintenance, spare parts & component support, engine, APU & LG management, full aircraft engineering, technical training.

The picture was a bit different four years ago when current CEO Zilvinas Lapinskas joined the company. In 2015 the major client at that time announced that it would cease all operations and left FL Technics with € 8 Million of unpaid bills. The company finished that year with the loss of € 11 Million.

The key to success was at that difficult time and still is now the continuous implementation of LEAN management system. In theory, LEAN is a systematic method to identifying and eliminating waste, through continuous improvement by flowing the product or service at the pull of the customer, in pursuit of perfection. It is also about principles: about building a culture of continuous improvement, about respect and involvement of all people and most important – it is about growing leaders.

In order to work more effective, FL Technics trained the mechanics, launched the FL Technics BAY system (a certain type of project management system, where dedicated team is working on one aircraft) and thus attracted 1st-tier European airlines as clients. Lufthansa group, Corendon, Luxair are maintained in FL Technics hangars. In two hangars in Lithuania FL Technics had served more than 100 aircraft from 27 airlines from 17 countries in 2017.

The lecture is free with registration on eventbrite: https://aviainthemaking6.eventbrite.com/

We kindly invite KSU students and others to open lectures at Kazimieras Simonavičius university by international lecturers.

Lecturer Aniela Staszewska from University of Finance and Management (Poland) will give lecture „The Changing Role of Money“ at Kazimieras Simonavičius University on 8 May (Tuesday). Lecture will start at 8.30 a.m. in room no. 214. The lecturer will present the history of money, form and function of money, the problems with mainstream monetary systems, alternatives to money and other issues.

Lecturer Dr. Marcin Beliacki from Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University (Poland) will give lecture „Mediation in cases of Child Abduction“ at university on 11 May (Friday). Lecture will start at 12.00 a.m. in room no. 205. The professor will present the legal framework of child abduction cases with the focus on mediation, Hague Convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction, family mediation in an international context and other issues.

Law students are especially invited to this lecture, but other students are also very welcome as the lecture is open.

Associate Professor Dr. Seda Aktaş from Nisantasy University (Turkey) will give lecture „Filmmaking“ at university on 11 May (Friday). Lecture will start at 8.30 a.m. in room no. 214.
The professor will present issues of changing economic, social and cultural practices of society in terms of new technologies and digitalization, changes in production, consumption, exhibition processes of films, the changes in films in terms of context and form, new audience patterns, collective intelligence and online communities, the engagement of online communities into filmmaking processes and other issues.

Students of Creative and Cultural Industries are especially invited to this lecture, but other students are also very welcome as the lecture is open.

An innovative course titled „Development of Sustainable Aviation” will be developed in a partnership of three organizations (from Poland, Lithuania and Latvia). The course will include topics related to a new conceptual model of responsible and conscious aviation that sees its development in line with the interests of the social and natural environment and takes into account existing ecological barriers and expectations of the society.

The main objective of the „Spread your wings” project is to increase the quality and relevance of knowledge and skills of bachelor and master degree Aviation Management and related disciplines students’ in response to the needs of the labour market and the socio-economic environment.

The project is financed by Erasmus+ programme. Project No. 2017-1-PL01-KA203-038782.