Bachelor in Business Administration
Kaunas, Lithuania
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 3,400 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
* For applicants from non-EU/EFTA Countries
Key Summary
About: The Bachelor in Business Administration at VMU combines liberal arts flexibility with practical training. You’ll study economics, management, finance, marketing, entrepreneurship, leadership, financial accounting, business law and human resource management. VMU offers English-taught courses, international faculty, exchange opportunities, 30 foreign language courses, Bloomberg Big Data access, a CMA pathway and facilities in Kaunas. The programme emphasizes strategic thinking, innovation and applied learning with meetings with business and public sector practitioners.
Career Outcomes: Graduates enter management and leadership roles, consulting, finance, marketing, human resources, operations or start their own business. Typical roles include manager, consultant, entrepreneur, financial analyst, marketing manager.
Some say entrepreneurs are born. Others say entrepreneurs are made. We say that in all cases, strong preparation is necessary, as it enables strategic thinking and effective response to the ever-changing business environment within a dynamic organisation. And that’s what our Business Administration study programme is all about. Here, you will learn to be an entrepreneurial, successful, and creative leader, management professional, consultant, and owner of your own business – a business leader who understands all the processes that take place in businesses and organisations and is capable of making bold yet informed business decisions.
During your studies, you will acquire the fundamentals of economics, management, finance, and marketing, and delve into the secrets of entrepreneurship and leadership, financial accounting, competitiveness, business law, human resource management, and other areas.
After completing the Business Administration study programme, your career opportunities are limitless: you can start your own business success story or help others write theirs.
Why study Business Administration?
• A universal specialty that allows you to quickly enter the labour market;
• Innovative study methods;
• Modern teachers and lecturing practitioners;
• Meetings with representatives of business and public sector organisations are integrated into the lectures;
• Access to Bloomberg’s valuable Big Data database is provided;
• The possibility to obtain an international CMA (Certified Management Accountant) certificate;
• E-sports laboratory operating at the faculty;
• Communal, friendly, and cooperation-promoting #VMUfem culture;
• Graduates of the faculty are highly valued in the labour market;
• Modern study environment in the very center of Kaunas.
- To identify and explain the main theoretical approaches, concepts, and factors of the internal and external business environment in different business contexts in the fields of business management and science.
- To apply the principles, methods, and tools of traditional and modern theories in the field of marketing, finance, human resources, operations, and other areas of business management, considering the modern business environment at the national and global levels.
- To choose and creatively apply appropriate methods to conduct scientific and applied research on business management problems and opportunities as well as business environment factors and trends, and to summarize, evaluate and interpret the research results, apply them to formulate business decisions and predict market trends.
- To identify and critically evaluate the economic, social and ethical challenges of businesses, after analysing the factors of the changing business environment and their possible impact on business, also taking the business mission and strategic goals into account.
- Independently analyse various business administration situations, problems, and opportunities, offer them alternatives of possible solutions and to anticipate actions and challenges for their implementation.
- Effectively communicate and work in a team and partnership with stakeholders in various organizations, discuss relevant professional issues in an interdisciplinary environment, take the initiative and leadership in creating, initiating, and implementing business management change in organizations.
- To demonstrate the core values and principles necessary for a business professional to apply a systematic approach, analytical, critical, and creative thinking in performing various business administration activities, and responsibly make ethical, innovative, and creative decisions in the field of business administration, taking responsibility for the decisions made and their impact on society and the environment, and to pursue continuous formal and non-formal learning.
Scholarships
After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in business management, it is possible to: continue studies in the master’s study programs in business administration and management; to engage in the professional activities of a manager and organizer in various business organizations; start your own business by starting an individual enterprise or participating in other forms of business. The qualification of a business management specialist is required to work in the administrative positions of any public or private production or service organization; to work as managers in the marketing, personnel, finance departments of organizations, to manage the departments of lower level organizations, etc.