Šiauliai regional department of Lithuanian Cultural Fund (LCF)
Activity of the Šiauliai regional department of Lithuanian Cultural Fund is to actively popularise artistic activity, organise gatherings, book presentations, charity concerts and conferences, meant for cultural promotion and support. The Šiauliai regional department of Lithuanian Cultural Fund successfully realized one of its ideas, i.e. awarding of premiums of the Queen Morta and Stasys Šalkauskas for the most gifted children and prominent persons of the Republic of Lithuania. Under the initiative of the Šiauliai region of LCF, the publishing house “Saulės delta” was established, which, while implementing important international projects, has already published books, chronicles and albums, significant for the culture of the region.

Šiauliai women’s association
Aims of the organisation:
To unite women non-governmental organisations on the basis of cooperation, striving to increase a woman’s influence in society as well as to improve the quality of life.
To represent women’s community interests in cooperation with the government institutions and other organisations.
To encourage civil activeness of women’s community, to strengthen its organisation and influence in the society.

Šiauliai University scientific center for art studies
Šiauliai University scientific center for art studies (SCAS) under the faculty of Arts was established on 19 December 2001. Members of SCAS are art critics working in Šiauliai University, which performs a variety of scientific research in musicology and art study and who accomplished significant work in pedagogies, ethnomusicology, instrumentology, art study, etc. Associate professor of the Faculty of Arts Dr. Rytis Urniežius is the initiator for the center establishment and its current director - musicologist. Professor. Dr. Vytenis Rimkus and Prof. Dr. Eduardas Balčytis, famous Lithuanian scientists, took part in the establishment of the center as well as agreed to participate in its work. Art criticist, Gedutė Grigaliūnaitė, maintaining her doctor’s thesis and musicologists Gvidas Vilys and Romanas Andriuškevičius participate in the center activities.
A research area of SCAS that takes priority, is to collect, accumulate, systematize, analyse and generalise the material about artistic life of Šiauliai city and region of Northern Lithuania as well as to publish the research results in the media.
SCAS has already made contacts with the Institute of Musicology at Klaipėda University. It is planned to start cooperation with the Lithuanian Academy of Music, Academy of Art and foreign institutions.

Šiauliai University French cultural center
Employees of the center: associate professor, Dr. Vytautas Bikulčius, Jovana Daužvardienė (head).
Main trends of the scientific research:
Annually organised competitions of French dictation, European French language, traditional competition for school students of 10 - 12 grades “Do you know France?” and organised French language course.

Šiauliai University Russian cultural center
Director of the center: associate professor Dr. Valentina Šimkuvienė
The center was established in 1991
Employees of the center: associate professor Dr. Valentina Šimkuvienė
The center was established in order to popularise and promote the Russian culture, traditions, and customs and to celebrate anniversaries of the most famous Russian cultural workers. The center collects material about Russian and Lithuanian cultural relations, Russians living in Lithuania and their contribution to Lithuanian culture, cultural heritage of Orthodox and old believers in the Šiauliai region. The center closely co-operates with associations of national minorities living in Lithuania, Russian cultural centers in other Lithuanian cities, the Department of national minorities and emigrants under LRV.

Šiauliai University cultural anthropology center
The center was established on 30 April 1998.
Employees of the center
Senior scientific staff: associate professor Dr. Adolfas Juodraitis, Prof. Dr. Vytenis Rimkus, Dr. Stasys Šimaitis. Assistants: graduate student Gerardas Jankauskas, Vytautas Kaškelis and Rūta Stankuvienė.
Scientific research
Cultural research on social religious groups
Events of the center
Two public lectures were organised together with the Šiauliai Buddhist school “Karma Kagyu”, namely; “Modern Buddhism”, Buddhism religion philosophy by Karol Sleczek (Lama Ole Nydahl’s student, Poland); “Mahamudra presumptions” by Marek Witek Sleczek (Lama Ole Nydahl’s student, Poland).
The lecture, concert and art exhibition “Fluxus gimtadienis” were organised together with the band “Šalikapalikau” in May, 1998.
The Halloween exhibition, lecture and carnival/ festival were organised together with the Foreign relations department and foreign lecturers and teachers of Šiauliai University.
Two exhibitions were organised with 3rd year students of the Faculty of Arts at Šiauliai University:”KAC lubos” (“KAC ceiling”) (10 December 1998) and “Renesanso meno filosofijos interpretacijos” (“Renaissance art philosophy interpretations” (22 December 1998).
The event “Iš praktikų sugrįžus” (“After coming back from practice”) was organised on 24 September 1998. Summer works were discussed and summarized (camps, complex expeditions).
The conference “Mokyklinės kraštotyros uždaviniai ir metodika” (“School ethnography tasks and methods”) was organised on 04 November together with the regional ethnography board. The paper “Kraštotyra humanitarinio ugdymo procese” (“Ethnography in process of humanitarian education”) was presented in the conference.

Šiauliai University Swedish cultural center
Director: associate professor Dr. Gintautas Saulis
The center was established in 1995
Aim of the center is to popularise the Swedish language and culture at the University and in Šiauliai city. To collect and supply those interested in Sweden, with information in order to assist them in finding business partners. To assist in finding cooperation partners in Sweden as well as to organise cooperation projects for different institutions and organisations of Šiauliai city and region (pre-school institutions, schools, treatment institutions, etc.). While working together with the Swedish and Lithuanian association, Kristianstad branch, to assist in making contacts between families, to organise educational visits to Sweden, to provide assistance to Swedish tourists, wishing to familiarize themselves with our region.

Šiauliai University Swiss cultural center
Director of the Swiss cultural center, graduate student in Philology, Aina BŪDVYTYTĖ
THE SWISS CULTURAL CENTER was established on 08 October 2000 in the Faculty of Humanities at Šiauliai University. The initiator for the establishment of Swiss cultural centre is Dr. Max Schweizer, representative of the private fund “GEBERT RUEF” for the Baltic States. The fund is the main sponsor of the center. The publishing house “Pro Helvetia” also takes part in the project.
The main function of the Swiss cultural center is a reading-room. It has approximately 800 books: belles-lettres by Swiss writers, publications on history, political science, architecture as well as art in German and French.
The reading-room provides information regarding studies, conferences and work on probation as well as funding possibilities in Switzerland.

American center of studies (ACS)
ACS was established on 08 April 2000. This is a subdivision of the Faculty of Humanities. Director of the center: Dr. Laimutė Stankevičienė.
ACS provides the students and lectures of the University with the opportunity to familiarize with the American culture, art, political and economical life, and it maintains contacts with the US Embassy, American center associated with the US Embassy in Vilnius, different cultural and scientific institutions and organisations in Lithuania and the USA.
The American center of studies invites lecturers from the USA to give lectures on American civilization, American literature, etc. to philology students.
The library of ACS has several hundreds of books, visual material and maps. The library's accumulation of books and the possibility to use them for the University community is one of the ACS activities. The books were presented to the library by the American center associated with the US Embassy in Vilnius and Creighton University (USA). Lectures have taken part on the Fulbright projects.

Šiauliai University, Northern Lithuania history center

Public organisation “Baltų centras” (“The Balts’ center”)