Editing Klaipėda (section)

===Tertiary education===
[[File:Academic campus of Klaipėda University in Klaipėda, Lithuania in 2022.jpg|thumb|Academic campus of [[Klaipėda University]]]]
[[File:Main campus of LCC International University in Klaipėda, Lithuania.jpg|thumb|LCC International University]]
Initially, Klaipėda had no university, therefore many Klaipėdians and prominent Lithuanians from Lithuania Minor and [[Lithuania proper]] studied and lectured at the [[University of Königsberg]] which was established in 1544 with a permission of [[Sigismund I the Old]] and had equal status to the [[Jagiellonian University|University of Kraków]].<ref name="MLietuvaMle"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Matulevičius |first1=Algirdas |last2=Vitkevičius |first2=Povilas |title=Karaliaučiaus universitetas |url=https://www.mle.lt/straipsniai/karaliauciaus-universitetas |website=Mažosios Lietuvos enciklopedija |access-date=30 June 2023 |language=lt}}</ref> Since 1718 the University of Königsberg had the Lithuanian language seminar which was the first independent discipline of Lithuanian language in higher education.<ref>{{cite web |title=Karaliaučiaus universiteto Lietuvių kalbos seminaras |url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/karaliauciaus-universiteto-lietuviu-kalbos-seminaras/ |website=Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija |access-date=30 June 2023 |language=lt}}</ref>

In the interwar period three high schools were established in Klaipėda.<ref name="KlaipedosMokyklos"/> The Klaipėda Trade Institute (est. in 1934) which had three departments: banking, commercial, and consular (since 1937: banking–commercial and consular).<ref>{{cite web |title=Prekybos institutas |url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/prekybos-institutas/ |website=Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija |language=lt |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> The Klaipėda Pedagogical Institute (est. in 1935) which prepared higher qualification teachers for primary schools.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Juška |first1=Albertas |last2=Pupšys |first2=Vladas |title=Klaipėdos pedagoginis institutas |url=https://www.mle.lt/straipsniai/klaipedos-pedagoginis-institutas |website=Mažosios Lietuvos enciklopedija |language=lt |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> The Klaipėda Regional Pedagogical Institute (est. in 1935) which prepared higher qualification teachers for regional German schools.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Juška |first1=Albertas |title=Klaipėdos krašto pedagoginis institutas |url=https://www.mle.lt/straipsniai/klaipedos-krasto-pedagoginis-institutas |website=Mažosios Lietuvos enciklopedija |language=lt |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> There also were proposals to establish a university in Klaipėda, however [[1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania|German annexation of the Klaipėda Region in 1939]] and subsequently occurred [[Sovietization of the Baltic states|sovietization of Lithuania]] prevented it from being realized.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jokubauskas |first1=Vytautas |title=Klaipėdos universitetas geopolitiniame kontekste |url=https://sc.bns.lt/view/item/237597 |website=[[Baltic News Service]] |access-date=30 June 2023 |language=lt}}</ref><ref name="KUMle">{{cite web |last1=Žalys |first1=Aleksandras |title=Klaipėdos universitetas |url=https://www.mle.lt/straipsniai/klaipedos-universitetas |website=Mažosios Lietuvos enciklopedija |language=lt |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>

In the [[Lithuanian SSR|Soviet period]] branches of the [[Kaunas Polytechnic Institute]] (1959) and [[Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute]] (1971), as well as Faculty of Preschool Education of the Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute (1975), and the Klaipėda Ecology Centre of the [[Lithuanian Academy of Sciences]] were established in Klaipėda.<ref name="KUMle"/> In 1990, following the [[Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania|re-establishment of the State of Lithuania]], they were merged to establish [[Klaipėda University]].<ref name="KUMle"/> The Klaipėda University has three faculties (Marine Technology and Natural Sciences, of Social Sciences and Humanities, and of Health Sciences) and two institutes (Marine Research Institute and Institute of Baltic Region History and Archaeology).<ref>{{cite web |title=Departments |url=https://www.ku.lt/en/university/structure-1-1 |website=Klaipėda University |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> In 2019, Klaipėda University joined the EU-CONEXUS which is an international alliance of coastal cities universities aiming to enhance cooperation between them.<ref name="AboutKU">{{cite web |title=About University |url=https://www.ku.lt/en/university/about-university-1 |website=Klaipėda University |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> Every year over 3,000 students study at Klaipėda University, while nearly 40,000 are [[alumni]].<ref name="AboutKU"/>

Another university operating in Klaipėda is the [[LCC International University]] which is an [[Ecumenism|ecumenical]] Christian university providing [[liberal arts education]] of social sciences and humanities.<ref name="LCC">{{cite web |title=About LCC |url=https://lcc.lt/about-lcc |website=LCC.lt |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> The majority of its students are internationals from tens of countries worldwide.<ref name="LCC"/>

Four colleges operate in Klaipėda: [[Klaipėda University of Applied Sciences]], [[Lithuania Business College]], SMK High School, and Lithuanian Maritime Academy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Klaipėda University of Applied Sciences|url=https://www.kvk.lt/en/ |website=Kvk.lt |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lithuania Business College |url=https://ltvk.lt/en/home-page/ |website=Ltvk.lt |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SMK High School |url=https://www.smk.lt/en/study-here/ |website=Smk.lt |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Short LMA History |url=https://www.lajm.lt/en/about-lajm/hist.html |website=Lajm.lt |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> Moreover, [[Vilnius Academy of Arts]] and [[Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre]] also has [[Faculty (division)|faculties]] in Klaipėda.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Klaipėda |url=https://www.vda.lt/en/faculty-of-klaipeda |website=Vda.lt |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Klaipėda Faculty |url=https://lmta.lt/en/fakultetas/klaipedos-fakultetas/ |website=LMTA.lt |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
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