The Internationalisation of higher education: a new stage of individual growth and university development

Abstract

In this article, the author deals with the internationalisation of higher education in Lithuania during the 15-year period after the regaining of independence. Among other issues, it covers the study reforms that began immediately after the collapse of the communist regime and provided by the new, freely elected university community, including the author of this article, and difficulties and obstacles that hindered the implementation of reforms. Special attention is being given to a new stage in the internationalisation of higher education after launching the Bologna process and the contribution to the internationalisation of higher engineering education carried out by the UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (UICEE).