Mykolas Romeris University

Mykolas Romeris University, usually shortened to MRU, is a public specialised university of social sciences in Lithuania, with campuses in Vilnius, Kaunas and Marijampole.米科拉斯·罗梅里斯大学简称 MRU，是立陶宛一所公立社会科学专门大学，在维尔纽斯、考纳斯与马里扬泊列设有校区。

It was established on 1 September 1990 as the Lithuanian Police Academy, the first higher education institution founded after Lithuania restored independence in March 1990, and took its present name in 2004 to honour the constitutional lawyer Mykolas Romeris.该校于 1990 年 9 月 1 日以立陶宛警察学院之名成立，是 1990 年 3 月立陶宛恢复独立后创办的首所高等院校，并于 2004 年改称现名，以纪念宪法学家米科拉斯·罗梅里斯。

It teaches some 6,500 students, is the country's largest specialised social science university and its only one devoted solely to that field, is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, and recorded 5,145 works with 64,056 citations in OpenAlex.该校在读学生约 6500 人，是立陶宛规模最大的社会科学专门大学，也是该国唯一只专注这一领域的大学，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中列第 1001-1200 位，据 OpenAlex 记载有 5145 篇文献与 64056 次被引。

History

• The university began as the Lithuanian Police Academy, established by the parliament on the basis of three law-enforcement training facilities located in Vilnius and Kaunas.该校最初为立陶宛警察学院，由议会以维尔纽斯与考纳斯三所执法培训机构为基础设立。

• Its statute was approved by a resolution of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania, signed by Vytautas Landsbergis, making it the first higher education institution established after the restoration of independence on 11 March 1990.其章程由立陶宛共和国最高委员会决议批准、由维陶塔斯·兰茨贝吉斯签署，成为 1990 年 3 月 11 日恢复独立后设立的首所高等院校。

• The academy began its activities on 1 September 1990 and from the outset sought to integrate the best practices of German, Danish, Swedish and Dutch police training.该学院于 1990 年 9 月 1 日开始运作，自始便致力于吸收德国、丹麦、瑞典与荷兰的警官培养经验。

• As the legal system was reformed there was a shortage of qualified public management and legal specialists, so in 1997 the government delegated the preparation of legal and management study programmes to the Police Academy and granted it a new name, the Law Academy of Lithuania, a rename that marked its shift from police training towards broader legal education.随着法律体系改革推进，合格公共管理与法律人才出现短缺，政府遂于 1997 年把法律与管理类课程的设置权交给警察学院，并授予新名「立陶宛法律学院」，这次更名标志着它从警官培养转向更广泛的法律教育。

• In 2000 the institution was renamed the Lithuanian Law University, a title it held until 2004, the third name change in a decade of rapid growth.2000 年该校更名为立陶宛法律大学，此名沿用至 2004 年，这是其快速发展的十年间第三次更名。

• In 2004 the university was named after professor Mykolas Romeris, the pioneer of Lithuanian constitutional law.2004 年该校以宪法学家米科拉斯·罗梅里斯教授命名。

• Mykolas Romeris, who lived from 1880 to 1945, was the first in Lithuania to lecture students on constitutional law and wrote a fundamental work on the subject.米科拉斯·罗梅里斯生于 1880 年、卒于 1945 年，是立陶宛首位为学生讲授宪法学的人，并撰有该领域的基础著作。

• The founder of the university is the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, and its management bodies are the University Council, the University Senate and the Rector.该校的创办方为立陶宛共和国议会，其治理机构为大学理事会、大学评议会与校长。

• On 1 September 2020 the university marked its 30th anniversary together with the start of the academic year, an event attended by the university's academic community.2020 年 9 月 1 日，该校在新学年开始之际庆祝建校 30 周年，全校学术共同体出席。

• In April 2013 the university established its Asian Centre, which focuses on cooperation with Japan, South Korea, China and India.该校于 2013 年 4 月设立亚洲中心，重点开展与日本、韩国、中国、印度四国的合作。

• Since 2013 the university has run a cycle of public lectures called Research Cafe, aimed at involving society in research and bringing researchers, students and partners together.自 2013 年起，该校开办名为「研究咖啡馆」的系列公开讲座，旨在让社会参与研究并把研究者、学生与伙伴聚集起来。

• MRU takes part in national and international research programmes and projects, engages in contracted research and implements doctoral studies, disseminating results through its Research Communication Division.该校参与国家和地区性研究计划与项目，承接委托研究并实施博士培养，并通过科研传播处发布成果。

• The Vilnius King Sejong Institute at the university promotes cultural understanding between Lithuania and South Korea through courses in Korean language, culture, economics and politics.该校的维尔纽斯世宗学堂通过韩国语言、文化、经济与政治课程促进立陶宛与韩国的文化理解。

• On 1 December 2010 the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee awarded an honorary medal to Rector Prof. Dr. Alvydas Pumputis for the university's contribution to sport.2010 年 12 月 1 日，立陶宛国家奥林匹克委员会为表彰该校对体育的贡献，向校长阿尔维达斯·蓬普蒂斯教授颁发荣誉奖章。

• The university was a partner of EuroBasket 2011, hosting practices of all of the top eight teams at its sports halls.该校是 2011 年欧洲篮球锦标赛的合作伙伴，在其体育馆接待了八强球队的全部训练。

• In 2023 Mykolas Romeris University became a member of the European Reform University Alliance, a network of reform-minded European universities.2023 年该校加入欧洲改革大学联盟，这是由主张改革的欧洲高校组成的网络。

• In 2024 Marijampole College joined Mykolas Romeris University and became its fifth faculty, named the Sudovian Academy, extending the university's regional presence beyond Vilnius and Kaunas.2024 年马里扬泊列学院并入该校，成为其第五个学院并命名为苏杜瓦学院，使该校的地区布局扩展到维尔纽斯与考纳斯之外。

• By 2024 the university had 6,528 students and listeners, an increase of 12.5 per cent on the previous year, and its alumni body had reached about 50,000.到 2024 年，该校共有在读学生与旁听学员 6528 人，比上年增长 12.5%，校友总数约达 5 万人。

• The university marked its growth at the start of 2024-2025 by welcoming more than 1,700 new students from Lithuania and 20 foreign countries, plus more than 200 exchange students from 113 countries.在 2024 至 2025 学年开学之际，该校迎来来自立陶宛及 20 个国家的 1700 多名新生，以及来自 113 个国家的 200 多名交换学生。

• The law school's standing rests on that history, and the university remains closely tied to the modern history of Lithuania through professors and honorary doctors who helped prepare the independence act and the constitution.其法学院的声望奠基于这段历史，该校也因多位参与起草独立法案与宪法的教授及荣誉博士而与立陶宛现代史紧密相连。

Academics

• The university consists of 4 faculties, the Mykolas Romeris Law School, the Public Security Academy and the Sudovian Academy in Marijampole.该校由 4 个学院、米科拉斯·罗梅里斯法学院、公共安全学院以及位于马里扬泊列的苏杜瓦学院构成。

• Its faculties are the Faculty of Human and Social Studies, the Faculty of Public Governance and Business, and the two academies, with the law school operating as a separate unit.其学院为人类与社会研究学院、公共治理与商业学院以及两所学院式机构，法学院则作为独立单位运作。

• The university offers more than 90 programmes at bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels, taught in Lithuanian and in English at its Vilnius, Kaunas and Marijampole sites.该校开设 90 余个学士、硕士与博士层次的项目，在维尔纽斯、考纳斯与马里扬泊列三地以立陶宛语与英语授课。

• Social science study programmes make up 95 per cent of the university's entire academic portfolio, according to the AIKOS database.据 AIKOS 数据库，社会科学类课程占该校全部学术项目组合的 95%。

• The main fields of study are business, communication, economics, educology, finance, history, management, informatics, law, philology, philosophy, political sciences, psychology, public administration, public security, social work and sociology.其主要学科领域包括商业、传播、经济学、教育学、金融、历史、管理、信息学、法律、语文学、哲学、政治学、心理学、公共行政、公共安全、社会工作与社会学。

• Studies are carried out in compliance with the main principles of the Bologna process, and a Lithuanian degree diploma is recognised in the countries that have signed the Lisbon Convention.其教学遵循博洛尼亚进程的主要原则，立陶宛学位文凭在签署里斯本公约的国家获得承认。

• MRU research and innovation is carried out under the interdisciplinary priority area Social Innovations for Global Growth and five research programmes.该校的科研与创新在「全球增长的社会创新」这一跨学科优先领域下、通过五个研究项目开展。

• Those programmes cover justice, security and human rights, social technologies, sustainable growth in the context of globalization, quality of life and employment, and continuity and change of values in global society.这些项目分别涉及司法、安全与人权，社会技术，全球化背景下的可持续增长，生活质量与就业机会，以及全球社会中价值观的延续与变迁。

• The university runs a Social Innovations Doctoral School and supports research through its Research and Innovation Support Centre and Knowledge and Technologies Transfer Office.该校设有社会创新博士学院，并通过研究与创新支持中心以及知识与技术转移办公室支持科研。

• International joint study programmes leading to double diplomas are offered in cooperation with universities in France, Austria, Finland and South Korea.该校与法国、奥地利、芬兰、韩国的高校合作开设可获双学位的国际联合培养项目。

• About 500 university students each year take part in international exchange through Erasmus, Nordplus and other programmes.该校每年约有 500 名学生通过 Erasmus、Nordplus 等计划参加国际交流。

• The university organises more than 100 academic events a year, including conferences, seminars, workshops and trainings.该校每年举办 100 多场学术活动，包括会议、研讨会、工作坊与培训。

• Its administrative units include the Academic Affairs Centre, the Career Centre, the International Office and the Library.其行政单位包括教务中心、就业中心、国际办公室与图书馆。

• The Asian Centre offers Korean, Chinese and Japanese language courses free of charge and maintains cooperation with institutions in those four countries.亚洲中心免费开设韩语、汉语与日语课程，并与这四个国家的机构保持合作。

• The Francophone Studies Centre and the Vilnius King Sejong Institute add French and Korean provision to the university's language teaching.法语研究中心与维尔纽斯世宗学堂为该校的语言教学增添了法语与韩语内容。

• The university counts 6,528 students and listeners in 2024, of whom international degree-seeking students made up 13.34 per cent of the student body.该校 2024 年共有学生与旁听学员 6528 人，其中攻读学位的国际学生占学生总数的 13.34%。

• Doctoral studies are organised across the faculties and the law school, with the number of foreign doctoral students growing by 16.9 per cent in 2024.博士阶段的学习由各学院与法学院组织，2024 年外国博士生人数增长 16.9%。

Campus

• The central campus lies in the northern part of Vilnius at Ateities street 20, surrounded by a park and made up of five corpus buildings sharing the same address, numbered I to V.主校区位于维尔纽斯北部、阿泰蒂斯街 20 号，四周为公园环绕，由共用同一地址、编号一至五的五栋楼群构成。

• It takes approximately 25 minutes to reach the city centre by bus from the campus, which sits away from the historic centre.从该校到市中心乘公交约需 25 分钟，校园与历史城区保持一定距离。

• The Student House offers accommodation to all international students in triple or double rooms, at about 85 to 100 euros per month, with rooms reserved through the university portal.学生之家向所有国际学生提供三人间或双人间住宿，月租约 85 至 100 欧元，房间经学校门户系统预订。

• A dining hall and cafeterias on campus serve breakfast, lunch and dinner at modest prices, and the university library and lecture halls stand only a five-minute walk from the Student House.校园内的餐厅与咖啡馆以低廉价格供应早、午、晚餐，大学图书馆与讲堂距学生之家仅五分钟步行路程。

• The university's new central building holds modern classrooms, libraries and student cafeterias, and its infrastructure has been recognised as the best among Lithuanian universities.该校新建的中央大楼设有现代化教室、图书馆与学生餐厅，其基础设施被评为立陶宛各大学中最佳。

• New athletic halls for gymnastics, games and table tennis have been set up to support student sport on campus.校园内新设体操、球类与乒乓球体育馆，以支持学生体育活动。

• The Public Security Academy occupies a separate campus in Kaunas, while the Sudovian Academy, created in 2024, is based in Marijampole.公共安全学院在考纳斯拥有独立校区，2024 年设立的苏杜瓦学院则位于马里扬泊列。

• The Vilnius campus is reached from the city by trolleybus and bus routes that serve the northern suburb of Ateities, where the university is the principal institution.从市区前往维尔纽斯校区可乘无轨电车与公交线路，这些线路服务阿泰蒂斯北部郊区，该校即为该区的主要机构。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Mykolas Romeris University is placed in the 1001-1200 band, the joint interval position shared by the universities in that group.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，米科拉斯·罗梅里斯大学列于第 1001-1200 位，即该组院校并列的名次区间。

• The university does not appear in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, so no 2027 THE position is recorded for it here.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，故本条目不记载其 2027 年该榜名次。

• It also does not appear in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking nor in the 2026 Shanghai Ranking of World Universities, the ARWU.该校同样未进入 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名，也未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名。

• In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 the university ranks first in Lithuania in the field of law, ahead of all other Lithuanian universities.在 2025 年 QS 世界大学学科排名中，该校在法律领域位居立陶宛第一，领先于立陶宛其他各高校。

• According to the QS subject rankings the university's Law School stands among the world's 250 best law schools, having been placed in the 200-250 band in the 2023 edition.据 QS 学科排名，该校法学院位居全球最佳法学院前 250 名之内，2023 年版列于第 200-250 区间。

• The university is recognised in the QS rankings for emerging Europe and Central Asia, and is the largest specialised university of social sciences in Lithuania.该校在 QS 新兴欧洲与中亚排名中获得认可，是立陶宛规模最大的社会科学专门大学。

• Its measurable research output as recorded by OpenAlex is 5,145 works with 64,056 citations, an average of about 12.4 citations per recorded work.据 OpenAlex 记载，其可量化科研产出为 5145 篇文献与 64056 次被引，平均每篇文献约 12.4 次被引。

• As a member of the European Reform University Alliance the university collaborates with more than 200 international partners and takes part in joint European projects on higher education reform.作为欧洲改革大学联盟成员，该校与 200 多个国际伙伴合作，并参与有关高等教育改革的欧洲联合项目。

• Its most prominent study and research areas are law, public security and public administration, which together define its academic identity as a specialised social science institution.该校最突出的教学与研究领域为法律、公共安全与公共行政，三者共同界定了其作为社会科学专门院校的学术定位。

Student life

• Accommodation on campus is offered for all international students, and the university welcomes students from more than 40 countries.该校为所有国际学生提供校内住宿，并欢迎来自 40 多个国家的学生。

• It has over 700 international students, the majority coming from Ukraine, Turkey, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.该校有 700 多名国际学生，多数来自乌克兰、土耳其、法国、德国、意大利与西班牙。

• Sport on campus is organised through the Health and Sports Centre, and the university was a partner of EuroBasket 2011, holding practices of all the top eight teams.校园体育由健康与体育中心组织，该校还是 2011 年欧洲篮球锦标赛的合作伙伴，接待八强球队的全部训练。

• The university cultivates an Olympic tradition, recognised by the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee's honorary medal to its rector in 2010.该校长期培育奥林匹克传统，2010 年立陶宛国家奥林匹克委员会向其校长颁发荣誉奖章以彰此意。

• Each year the university runs summer schools including the Transparency School with Transparency International and an International School on Human Rights with French, German, British, Polish and Italian universities.该校每年举办暑期学校，其中包括与国际透明组织合办的透明学校，以及与法国、德国、英国、波兰、意大利高校合办的国际人权学校。

• The Research Cafe public lecture series, running since 2013, brings researchers, students, partners and other stakeholders together, with sessions such as Management of Renewable Energy Resources.自 2013 年起开办的「研究咖啡馆」公开讲座把研究者、学生、伙伴与相关方聚集起来，其中设有「可再生能源资源管理」等场次。

• The Asian Centre offers Korean, Chinese and Japanese language courses free of charge, and the Vilnius King Sejong Institute teaches Korean language and culture to foreigners.亚洲中心免费开设韩语、汉语与日语课程，维尔纽斯世宗学堂则向外国人教授韩国语言与文化。

• Educational events for the wider public include Test the Profession, Become a Student for One Day and ten MRU academies aimed at high school students.面向社会公众的教育活动包括「职业体验」「一日大学生」以及面向高中生的十个 MRU 学院项目。

• Public engagement also runs through open days, Saturday schools such as the Mediation School, and science communication events aimed at the wider society.其公共参与还包括开放日、调解学校等周六学堂，以及面向更广泛社会的科学传播活动。

Notable people

• Mykolas Romeris, who lived from 1880 to 1945, is the scholar after whom the university is named and is recognised as the father of Lithuanian constitutional law.生于 1880 年、卒于 1945 年的米科拉斯·罗梅里斯是该校的命名学者，被视为立陶宛宪法学之父。

• Vytautas Landsbergis, head of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania, signed the 1990 resolution that approved the statute establishing the Lithuanian Police Academy.时任立陶宛共和国最高委员会首脑的维陶塔斯·兰茨贝吉斯签署了 1990 年批准设立立陶宛警察学院章程的决议。

• Prof. Inga Zalėnienė serves as Rector of the university and has led it as Lithuania's only university specialising in social sciences.英加·扎莱尼耶内教授现任该校校长，带领其成为立陶宛唯一专注于社会科学的大学。

• Prof. Dr. Alvydas Pumputis, a former rector, received an honorary medal from the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee on 1 December 2010 for the university's contribution to sport.前校长阿尔维达斯·蓬普蒂斯教授于 2010 年 12 月 1 日因该校对体育的贡献获立陶宛国家奥林匹克委员会荣誉奖章。

• Laura Asadauskaitė-Zadneprovskienė, a graduate, won the gold medal in modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.该校毕业生劳拉·阿萨道斯凯特-扎德内普罗夫斯凯内于 2012 年伦敦奥运会现代五项比赛中夺得金牌。

• Mindaugas Griškonis and Saulius Ritter, both students of the university, won silver in the men's double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.该校学生明道加斯·格里什科尼斯与绍柳斯·里特尔于 2016 年里约奥运会男子双人双桨项目中摘银。

• Andrejus Zadneprovskis won a silver medal in pentathlon at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and a bronze at the 2008 Games in Beijing.安德烈尤斯·扎德内普罗夫斯基斯在 2004 年雅典奥运会现代五项中夺得银牌，并于 2008 年北京奥运会获得铜牌。

• Jevgenij Šuklin, a student, took silver in the men's canoe single 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.该校学生叶夫根尼·舒克林在 2012 年伦敦奥运会男子 200 米单人划艇项目中获得银牌。

• Giedrius Titenis, a two-time Olympic swimmer and student of the university, won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.两度参加奥运会的游泳选手、该校学生格德留斯·蒂特尼斯在 2009 年世界游泳锦标赛上获得铜牌。

• Ewelina Dobrowolska, a graduate, became Minister of Justice of Lithuania, one of the university's most prominent alumni in public life.该校毕业生埃韦利娜·多布罗沃尔斯卡出任立陶宛司法部长，是该校在公共领域最知名的校友之一。

• No Nobel, Turing or Fields laureate is recorded among its alumni or faculty, and the firmest honours on its books are the Olympic medals won by its students and graduates.其校友或教师中未见诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主，其名录上最确凿的荣誉是学生与校友赢得的奥运奖牌。