This is achieved through both continuous distance learning and residential events, which take place three times a year and include both subject-specific lectures and cross-disciplinary personal development sessions.
The Academy is run by a group of dedicated volunteers who take care of matters such as finance, organisation of the educational and personal development programme, information technology, international collaboration and sponsorship.
NMA comprises nine subject divisions: biochemistry, chemistry, economics, physics and astronomy, Lithuanian philology, computer science, history, mathematics and music.
They consist of a range of events: subject lectures by invited specialists, personal development sessions involving art, dance, singing and sports, meetings with prominent academics, artists and public figures, intellectual games, film nights and so on.
The closing evening of both winter and summer sessions usually features a concert by the music students for other participants, guests of the Academy and the local public.