Scope of studies and length 90 ECTS credits, 1,5 years
Qualification awarded Master in Business Management
Application deadline* 1 May / 1 July
Language English
Tuition fee per year 5 980 € / 4980 € / 4 606 €*
Start of studies
1 September
City Vilnius
* The standard cost of tuition 4606 € is applied for the graduates of Vilnius University and ‘Vilnius University International Business School’ VšĮ, and the exchange students of Vilnius University. For EU/EFTA countries 4980 €; non-EU/EFTA countries 5 980 €
With the MSc Sustainable Finance & Investments programme, you will develop a range of advanced skills to help you manage challenges in the finance sector. Today, as well as in the future, managing sustainable finances is especially relevant. The finance sector needs leaders who are able to think and act in a strategic and innovative way, while applying the insights and ideas required for sustainable business development.
In this programme, students will gain valuable knowledge and skills in financing sustainable business development, business optimisation, the application of modern financial technologies such as Blockchain/Fintech, sustainable investment and risk management, sustainable financial management and decision-making in business.
At VU Business school, we take a sincere interest in your professional development and growth. This MSc degree is tailored to ensure students develop the most relevant skills and knowledge for sustainable finance and investments. You will acquire a practical, modern know-how of financial markets and investments, while increasing your employability and empowering your career!
The programme produces:
Leaders who are brave and capable of building the future, who understand the importance of sustainable business operations and sustainable finance.
Leaders who are not afraid of change.
Leaders who actively apply sustainable innovations, as well as flexible and innovative approaches in companies, institutions or their own businesses.
Graduates will know the interconnectedness among the financial, investment and sustainability goals, as well as their impact on sustainable finance and investment decisions.
Graduates will know the processes and factors which condition strategic financial management decisions, and will be able to formulate strategic sustainable financial management solutions for businesses.
Graduates will be able to conduct a complex business analysis and an assessment of sustainable finance and investments, while applying contemporary sustainable performance assessment methods, and will be able to plan and implement a business transformation in the areas of sustainable performance, sustainable finance and investment management.
Graduates will be able to prepare the business projects in the areas of finance and investments, will be able to manage them as well as the business which is grounded on the sustainable finance and investments performance, based on the available ideas and the analysis of the relevant data.
They will be well-grounded in sustainable development principles, professional ethics, citizenship and tolerance, and will be able to interact with groups of various interests, while making and implementing sustainable finance and investments management decisions, and while preparing performance reports or consulting proposals.
Improvement aligned with your job. Studying complements your work, allowing you to deepen your knowledge of possible sustainable financial and investment management solutions and the situations you actually face in your work;
Opportunity to learn from the most successful. The lecturers of the program are experienced professionals from the world of finance, who are successfully climbing the career ladder in various fields of finance;
Less talk, more work. The number of theoretical lectures in the Sustainable Finance and Investments study program is minimal.
Students apply their work experience and new knowledge by experimenting, developing projects, consulting, and sharing ideas with each other;
The program is taught by professionals from Lithuania and abroad.
Lectures is held in modules, 2-3 weekends per month.
What comes after?
Students learn the advanced knowledge needed for a career:
in large corporations; in treasury management; in corporate venturing or other finance areas; in corporate banking; venture capital, private equity, or asset management.
Graduates of this program can successfully work as leaders in finance and development departments of domestic and international companies, in management positions of financial institutions (banks, insurance, and leasing companies, pension, and investment fund management companies), or as financial business consultants in local and foreign companies, manage international projects in the public sector or build their own sustainable business Also are able to attract and successfully use the company's financial resources for transformation into sustainable business and activities by creating their own business or working in corporate finance departments.
