Apply Now: Erasmus+ Traineeship Competition

The first competition is open for Erasmus+ student or recent graduate traineeship grants. Application deadline is 31st of January, 2017.

The placement period is 2–4 months. Traineeship must end before 29-09-2017 (for recent graduates – a year after graduation).

Selection

All VMU fulltime degree students who have not used more than 10 months of their Erasmus mobility (study / traineeship) period are eligible for the Erasmus grant.

Selection documents

For student traineeship (traineeship during student’s year of studies)

Filled-in selection form
Confirmation by the company or organization (attached to the selection form as a .pdf document) – obligatory
Documents to be submitted online

For recent graduate traineeship (application must be submitted during the last year of studies)

Application form
Confirmation by the company or organization
Recommendation by a faculty member (obligatory)

The priority in the selection is given to

students whose placement is an obligatory part of their study programme;
students who have never been Erasmus traineeship students before.

Selection criteria

student’s motivation
good knowledge of the language which will be used during the traineeship
student’s work, study, traineeship, participation in the international / academic projects, social activities experience in Lithuania and abroad
conformability between the chosen traineeship and student’s study programme
study results (first year MA students should attach transcript of records of their BA/MA degree to the application form).

The competition results will be sent to every participant via e-mail as well as published on VMU website and information boards on 13th February, 2017.

More information

Contact person:

Vytautas Magnus University International Office
Mr Konstantinas Kurževas
Address: S. Daukanto g. 27, 308
E-mail: konstantinas.kurzevas@vdu.lt

Phone:

+370-37-327987

Apply Now: Bilateral Exchange Abroad

VMU International Office has announced competition for bilateral exchange studies or internship abroad in spring semester 2016/2017. Application deadline 30 September.

Participant Requirements

The participants eligible for the competition are students who:

are Bachelor or Master students;
have academic average higher than 8;
are strongly motivated and have clear goals.

Students are requested to choose the accepting foreign university from the list of institutions that have signed bilateral agreements with VMU.

Application Documents

The following documents should be attached to the filled-in application:

Curriculum Vitae (CV);
your digital photo;
confirmation from programme coordinator approving compatibility of the programmes.

Before choosing a foreign university, participants are requested to check if that university’s suggested courses match their study programme at VMU. Students are also welcome to consult with international relations coordinator in their faculties.

Selected students will be awarded the entire or partial VMU Bilateral Exchange Scholarship. Students who have not been awarded mobility grants but meet the criteria will have an opportunity to go to VMU Bilateral Exchange using their personal funds.

The size of the scholarship depends on the chosen length and country of the exchange.

Country groups	I	II	III	IV
Countries	Australia, Argentina, Ecuador, USA, Canada, Japan, Israel, New Zealand, South Korea, Venezuela, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Taiwan*	Ireland, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Island, Lichtenstein, China, France, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Luxemburg, United Kingdom, Thailand*	Austria, Greece, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Malta, Portugal, Russia, Pakistan	Armenia, Belorussia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia*, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, Ukraine
Traineeship Scholarship	600 EUR/month	500 EUR/month	450 EUR/month	350 EUR/month
Study Scholarship	500 EUR/month	400 EUR/month	350 EUR/month	250 EUR/month

* – asterisk marks the countries which you may choose for VMU Bilateral Study Exchange.

More information is available at the faculties and the International Office.

List of universities

More information

Competition for Erasmus+ Studies Abroad

If you want to gain even more international study experience, improve your foreign language skills, become a VMU Ambassador and a part of even bigger international community, participate in the competition and fill in the online application form until September 25, 2016.

Eligible applicants are full time and part time students, except 1^st year bachelor degree student. Students with disabilities or special needs have an opportunity to receive additional funding.

The results of competition will be announced on September 30, 2016 on VMU website, VMU International Office announcement board. Each selected student will also be informed personally by e-mail.

Selection Criteria

conformability between the plan for studies or research at the higher education institution abroad and the study programme at VMU;
study results of the last semester;
good knowledge of the language which will be used during the studies;
the student’s motivation;
student’s experience in work, studies, placement, international or academic projects and social activities in Lithuania and abroad;
student’s ability to independently solve the arising problems.

Additional information about Erasmus+ studies, partnerships with Higher education institutions in foreign countries, criteria of the selection, scholarships and on individual consultations with International Programme’s Coordinators in faculty (Greta Brazaityte, 313 room).

Erasmus Coordinator:

International Scientific Conference

International Scientific Conference:

Economy without borders: Integration, Innovation, Cross-border cooperation

Black Sea Research Institute of Economy and Innovation (Odessa, Ukraine) and Vytautas Magnus university Faculty of Economics and Management (Kaunas, Lithuania) will organize international conference “Economy without borders: Integration, Innovation, Cross-border cooperation”.

Date: August 26th, 2016

For conference participation, It is necessary to send before August 24, 2016 to the organizing committee e-mail shumilova@iei.od.ua the abstracts of reporting and application form about conference participation (application form is you can find here).

Contact persons in Lithuania:

Rita Bendravičienė, Dr. of Management and Administration, Associate Professor,
Dean of Faculty of Economics and Management, Vytautas Magnus University
Lina Pilelienė, Dr. of Management and Administration, Associate Professor of Marketing,
Department of Marketing, Vytautas Magnus University lina.pileliene@vdu.lt

Contact persons in Ukraine:

Shumilova Tatyana, Junior Researcher
Black Sea Research Institute of Economy and Innovation

Теl. +38 (048) 709-38-69; Тel.mob. +38 (093) 253-57-15; E-mail: shumilova@iei.od.ua

More information here.

Professor Luigi Mittone visit in VMU

Prof. Luigi Mittone visited Vytautas Magnus University Faculty of Economics and management on January.

He had lectures with such topics as: Behavioral economics, expected utility theory, deviations from standard behavior in financial terms.

Professor was impressed about VMU FEM students: „I’m glad that the students are active. They have a great insights and questions. During the lecture, dialog becomes a great way to speak about economics. It helps remember information better“.

The Master of International economics double diploma lets study one year in Trento University. After studies, students get two independent diplomas: Vytautas Magnus University’s and University of Trento.

Prof. Pierre Semal visit in VMU FEM

Pierre Semal is professor in Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) who visits Vytautas Magnus university Faculty of economics management each year.

Faculty has double degree program with Université catholique de Louvain and professor P. Semal each spring has Supply Chain Management course for Master students.

The course has a high level of interest from students, because of different type of lectures and visits to companies, when students have an opportunity to see logistics process and management.

Prof. P. Semal was awarded VMU honorary doctoral regalia in 2013. He contributed to the development, establishment of the Baltic Management Institute (BMI) and strengthened relations with Vytautas Magnus University.

Double diploma studies – amazing opportunity

Vytautas Magnus university Faculty of Economics and management gives an opportunity for master students to get two independent diplomas in study program Marketing and International Commercial. Džiugas Petruškevičius – student of FEM shares his opinion about such studies.

Džiugas Petruškevičius spent half-year in South Korea with Erasmus+ program during hisbachelor studies. During that time he found a need to know more about Europe. “My decision was promoted by former Faculty of Economic and management dean prof. Pranas Žukauskas, who suggested to think about ability to study in the master’s double diploma program. So ultimately I decided that European Union capital Belgium – the best choice for my training”, – told Džiugas Petruškevičius.

Study exclusivity

Famous leaders from business companies come for teaching students in Catholic university of Leuven. For example, once lecture was read by Belgium minister of foreign affairs Diddy Reynders and former stock exchange president (CEO) Bruno Colmant.

Study benefit

Double diploma studies allow to get better perception about other countries’ problems. It becomes a great opportunity to see team work between different country students. After master’s double degree studies, students are able to adapt knowledge much easier to the constantly changing environmental, work between multinational companies and see how cultural differences might affect organization’s atmosphere.

„Round Table“ discussion with social partners

Vytautas Magnus university Faculty of Economic and managment (FEM) organized discussion „Round Table“ on December 9. There were requested more than 20 social partners, such as „FESTO“, „Stumbras“, „Volfas Engelman“, „Ernst & Young Baltic” and others.

FEM presented faculty activities, study programmes and business relations.

“Nowadays it is important to combine students’, business’ and university’s interests which help to work unanimously. It is important to train and prepare high qualification graduates. Students should be able theory adapt practically. Also, they have to rethink critically, it should help to choose the best received information.”, – said VMU FEM dean Rita Bendaravičienė.

Participants discussed about internships possibilities in their companies. It should be a compulsory training. Also, it might be a student’s voluntary initiative, which allows promote competitiveness and preparation in work after studies.

The discussion guests talked about international experience importance, which includes studies and internships through Erasmus+ programme. This type of studies improves social, self-confidence, negotiation skills, which are useful in work environment. It is important for students to know how to represent product, service, as well as ideas for their future employers.

At the end of meeting it was decided to continue discussion in smaller groups in order to achieve better and more valuable results.

VMU FEM – the best marketing studies in Lithuania

Each year the magazine of “Reitingai” presents the best universities’ programs rating. This year Vytautas Magnus university’s master studies in Marketing field was ranked as the best in Lithuania.

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All bachelor study programs were ranked higher position than 2014 year in Vytautas Magnus university Faculty of Economic and management. Graduates’ employment after bachelor studies is about 88 percent. Master studies of Marketing were assessed the highest first position of all Lithuanian universities. According to Science and study monitoring center (MOSTA) analysis – employment is 100 percent after graduation Marketing master studies in Vytautas Magnus university.

General programs evaluation consists of: employment after graduation studies, average of salary, science publications number, state-funded PhD students.

VMU reinforce relations with business

Vytautas Magnus university‘s Faculty of Economics and Management initiated to start collaboration between VMU and the company Volfas Engelman. The agreement was signed in 23 October, 2015. This was one more step to strengthening the relations among university and business, as well as develop strategic partnership.

This collaboration is one of the best example, when Faculty of Economics and Management graduates come back to their Alma Mater in order to share experience with current students. The faculty gives an opportunity for students to develope their soft skills, have internship in various organizations and gain more experience in order to prepare for labor market.

The rector of university prof. habil. dr. Juozas Augutis said that these kind of agreements proves confidence from graduates that prefer to share their business success with Vytautas Magnus university.

New project among VMU Faculty of Economics and Management and Volfas Engelman called „Marketing Lab“ is a result of signed agreement. This project gives an opportunity for students to adopt the knowledge gained during their studies as well as analyze and solve real business market situations.

The project includes not only students, but lecturers from VMU and Volfas Engelman employees too. Students are going to develope the concept of new products and prepare market entering plans. The best ideas will be awarded by prizes established by Volfas Engelman.