Established in 1922, KTU has been seen as one of Lithuania's top science education centers.
[1] The origins of the KTU go back to the University of Lithuania, which was established on 16 February 1922.
The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences was transferred to the University of Vilnius in the autumn of 1940.
Throughout the Soviet era, the KPI resisted Russification and kept teaching in the Lithuanian language.
[2] Under the influence of Perestroika, the Lithuanian SSR reinstated the School's "University" status.