Studies

About the programme

The study programme is coordinated by the  Institute of Language, Literature and Translation Studies

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

The aim of the MA study programme English Linguistics is to prepare specialists who have vast knowledge of linguistic theories and research methodologies, are able to approach them critically and apply in their individual linguistic research.

Peculiarities of the study process

MA students of English Linguistics have an ample opportunity for their scientific activities by writing articles on their own or in collaboration with the professors, organising and participating in scientific conferences. The final semester is dedicated to academic research and writing of the MA thesis. No internship is planned in the programme.

Competences to be developed

After completing the programme, graduates will:

• possess knowledge in the fields of General Linguistics, Typology of Languages, Evolution of Germanic Languages and Germanic Linguistics;
• be able to analyse and interpret linguistic phenomena from interdisciplinary perspective;
• be able to apply specific theories, methods and research technologies in the field of philology;
• recognise the specificity of intercultural communication in solving the related issues;
• gain competence in performing individual research by developing a creative approach to contemporary methods of analysis by recognising their horizons and possible limitations;
• be able to assess the research results and determine their reliability;
• be able to work independently and in a team;
• develop demand for new knowledge and skills in the process of life-long learning.

About the programme

The study programme is coordinated by The Institute of Economics, Finance and Management

Study area: Social Sciences

Study field: Business

Qualification awarded: Master of Business

Duration: 2 years

The programme prepares managers of high qualification and diversified expertise competence to work in small and medium-size companies. Such companies comprise absolute majority of companies in Lithuania. They occupy the largest part of the workforce, including the managerial staff. A manager with multidisciplinary profile is one of the most demanded specialisations within market economics conditions.

The aim of the study programme:

The aim of the study programme is to prepare highly qualified managers who are able to evaluate the potential of their organisation in a competitive fight, to make grounded management solutions, form development strategies of a company and implement them.

Learning outcomes

The graduate can analyze, critically evaluate processes of business organization activities and create scenarios for their change, to choose suitable assessment methods and forecasting models; to apply innovations and creativity in business environment, connecting economical, and managerial elements with integral ties; to employ strategic analysis and seek for integration of actions in an organization or in a separate department; to make innovative business solutions evaluating their ethics and possible effect on society and environment (taking into consideration principles of sustainable development); integrate principles of sustainable development in an individual professional activities; to use methods of external and internal business environment analysis; analyze business environment, to choose resources, business area, market, critically evaluate received information, apply methods and tools of business analysis for the preparation and introduction of management innovation; manage human resources of an organization; to understand ethical dimensions of business development and the paradigm of corporate responsibility and to apply it in an organization; to choose research design, methods, methodology and to carry out research; to carry out research individually, to evaluate situation in local and global areas.

Distinctive features of the study programme

The programme unites business environment research relevant to contemporary business and integrated aspects of leadership, innovation management, firm internationalization, strategic business sustainability, sustainable development. Having acquired results of such research, students have the opportunity to form a systematic attitude towards business administration. The study programme is sufficiently flexible and allows students to choose courses related to the aspects of international and sustainable development business.

Visits by business representatives

• Jurgita Vitkauskaitė-Urbonavičienė (CSC Baltic, Project manager)
• Jūratė Dobrovolskytė (CSC Baltic, Personnel specialist)
• Žydrūnė Jakubauskienė (Swedbank, Personnel consultant),  Jurgita Ovčiarova (Swedbank, Recruitment specialist)
• Asta Aukščiūnienė (Ekloga, IT personnel recruitment consultant, expert)
• Neringa Žemaitytė (Ekloga, IT personnel recruitment consultant)
• Alvyda Jasilionytė (Business image consultant)
• Birgitte Rode (Soundbranding, CEO, Denmark)
• Rasa Vileikytė (Head of  “Molas”)
• Mantas Jaruševičius (UAB 011, Director)
• Michele Orzan (General manager, Alenis Hungary Kft., Hungary)
• Guntars Agate Paeglis (RPIVA, Trainer, Latvia)
• Živilė Vaitkūnienė (Head of personnel, Mondelēz International)
• Regina Navickienė (Director of tourism agency “Mūsų odisėja”, owner of a hotel “Apple Economy Hotel”)

Master students’ participation in (the Department’s) scientific research and conferences:

• Master students participate in the annual Prof. Dr. V. Gronskasyoung researchers scientific conference “Development of Economy: Theory and Practice”; also, they take part in conferences and seminars organised by other universities where they can introduce and discuss the insights of their scientific research and share ideas with other young scientists and lecturers.
• Master students may also develop their competences in conferences “Actualities of Human Resource Management” and “Sustainable Development: Theory and Practical Implementation” and seminars organized by the Department of Business Economics and Management.
• Master level students are involved in the Department’s scientific research together with their scientific advisers by preparing and writing their MA theses: they analyse separate aspects of scientific research carried out in the Department.

About the subjects

The study programme is coordinated by The Institute of Economics, Finance and Management

 Study area: Social Sciences

Study field: Marketing

Qualification awarded: Master of Marketing

Duration: 2 years

Tuition fee

• for EU students: 2600* EUR/per year (*to be confirmed)
• for Non-EU students 3600 EUR/per year

This study programme was prepared with the focus on the growing demand for specialists in marketing and trade management who possess theoretical as well as practical skills. Market research carried out in the country revealed what competences of graduates of marketing and trade management are most required by the managers of Lithuanian companies, the opinion of graduates as well as students who are about to begin their studies in this study programme. This programme was prepared on the basis of objective demand of the market as well as theoretical and methodological requirements for this kind of programmes.

The aim of the study programme:

To prepare high-profile specialists in marketing and trade management with the ability to perceive the organisation of marketing, trade and logistics processes; prepare actual projects and programmes, analytically and critically asses market changes; integrate knowledge of various scientific fields with the focus on solving the problems of organizations marketing and trade management within the framework of international management.

Learning outcomes

A graduate of the study programme “Marketing and Trade Management” has skills in organizing marketing, trade and market research processes as well as ability to prepare actual projects and programmes either individually or in a team. He is able to analytically and critically assess market changes, can determine the market, customer needs knows how the company should work so that it would meet these needs in an ever-changing external as well as internal environment, can creatively interpret received results and use different theoretical paradigms and internet marketing technologies by making strategic and tactical solutions in different spheres of marketing and trade management, is able to communicate either in written or in verbal form within the cross-cultural environment.

Distinctive features of the study programme

The study programme is oriented towards interdisciplinary subjects and unites interrelated studies of marketing, trade and management, which are relevant to business. Students of the programme are provided with the systematic approach towards the coordination and management of marketing, trade and management activities in an organization seeking to create added value for an organization. The study programme is considerably flexible and allows students to choose alternative courses to some extent and pursue studies of marketing, trade, management more intensively, to further deepen their understanding of  intercultural differences and international similarities, especially related to differences on value system, perception and behaviour speaking about race, ethnicity, religion, gender, taking into consideration social variety.

Master students’ participation in (the Department’s) scientific research and conferences:

Master students participate in the annual Prof. Dr. V. Gronskas scientific conference for master and PhD students “Development of Economy: Theory and Practice”; also, they take part in conferences and seminars organised by other universities where they can introduce and discuss the insights of their scientific research and share ideas with other young scientists and lecturers.

Master students are involved in the Department’s scientific research together with their scientific advisers by preparing and writing their MA theses: they analyse separate aspects of scientific research carried out in the Department.

Domas Vyšniauskas, founder of Digital Academy Baltic, on the study programme:

Thanks to internet marketing training and certification centre “Digital Academy” and its certified Google lecturers (the only ones in Lithuania), students of this study programme learn current internet marketing, compete with foreign students in teams in an international digital marketing competition “GOMC” (Google online marketing challenge), can apply for Google AdWords” and “Google Analytics” certificates free of charge. Students of Marketing and Trade Management acquire theoretical and practical skills from lecturer Prof. Dr. Dalia Krikščiūnienė, who attends “Digital Academy” courses “Google Certified Trainer for EDU”.