An authorization to conduct studies and activities related to studies shall be issued in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Law on Higher Education and Research and the Government. An authorization to conduct studies may be issued if there are adequit learning resources and infrastructure, qualified staff and other conditions indicated in the Law and the Description of Issuance of an Authorization to Conduct Studies and Activities Related to Studies, which are necessary to ensure the quality of planned study programmes, research and/or artistic activities, and to meet the requirements of higher education qualifications which are being awarded.

A higher education institution or a branch of a foreign higher education institution in the Republic of Lithuania which wishes to get an authorization to conduct studies and activities related to studies, shall submit to the Centre for Quality Assessment on Higher Education an application and other documents and data specified in the Description of Issuance of an Authorization to Conduct Studies and Activities Related to Studies, approved by the Government. All documents shall be submitted in Lithuanian language. Having received the documents submitted by a higher education institution or a branch of a foreign higher education institution in the Republic of Lithuania, the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education shall, within 20 calendar days, apply to the State Security Department so that the latter would present conclusions whether or not planned activities of a higher education institution or a branch of a foreign higher education institution pose a threat to national security. The Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education must, not later than within 4 months from the receipt of a certificate of the State Security Department proving that planned activities of a higher education institution or a branch of a foreign higher education institution do not pose a threat to national security, evaluate the submitted documents and present conclusions to the applicant and the Ministry of Education and Science.

The Ministry of Education and Science shall, within a month from the receipt of the conclusions of the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education, take a decision concerning the issuance (non-issuance) of an authorization to conduct studies and activities related to studies or inform the applicants about the reasons of taking a decision not to issue an authorization. The Ministry of Education and Science shall notify the Register of Legal Entities about an adopted decision to issue or to refuse the issuance of an authorization to conduct studies or activities related to studies.