Master in Sustainable Corporate Finance and Investments
Vilnius University
Key Information
Campus location
Vilnius, Lithuania
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 semesters
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 4,450 / per year *
Application deadline
01 May 2024
Earliest start date
01 Sep 2024
* application fee EUR 100
Introduction
With the MSc Sustainable Corporate 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 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 businesses.
The Sustainable Corporate Finance&Investments programme is powered by NASDAQ.
Why choose this programme?
- Study duration of only 1.5 years!
- Teaching time: every two weeks on Thursday-Saturday (in the evening).
- The programme is delivered entirely in English!
- International and multicultural opportunities!
- Improvements aligned with your job: this programme is a great opportunity for you to combine work with your studies. The studies also complement your work, allowing you to deepen your knowledge of possible sustainable financial and investment management solutions and the situations you will face in your work.
- Opportunity to learn from the most successful: the core part of the programme’s faculty is made up of leaders in the financial sector, who are complemented by the best academics in the field of finance. The lecturers in the programme are experienced professionals from the world of finance, who are successfully climbing the career ladder in various financial fields.
- Less talk, more work: the number of theoretical lectures in the Sustainable Corporate Finance and Investments study programme is minimal. During the studies, various situations from the real business sector are analysed, which reflect the latest changes in global and local business and finance. Students will apply their work experience and new knowledge by experimenting, developing projects, consulting and sharing their ideas.
- The programme is taught by professionals from Lithuania and abroad
Program Outcome
- 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 business projects in the areas of finance and investments and will be able to manage them as well as the business which is grounded on sustainable finance and investment 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.
Career Opportunities
- Graduates of this programme can successfully work as leaders in the finance and development departments of domestic and international companies, in management positions at financial institutions (banks, insurance and leasing companies, pension and investment fund management companies), or as financial business consultants in local and foreign companies, as well as being able to manage international projects in the public sector or to build their own sustainable business.
- In the future, students will be able to attract and successfully use a company’s financial resources for conducting transformations into a sustainable business and activities, by creating their own business or working in corporate finance departments.
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Curriculum
Scope of studies: 90 ECTS credits
Length: 1.5 years
1st Semester
Compulsory Courses
- Economic Politics
- Business Analysis
- Quantitative Research Methods
- Financial Markets and Sustainable Asset Management
Elective Courses (Choose one)
- Sustainable Development and Responsible Business
- Sales Psychology of Financial Services
- Family Business Strategy and Sustainable Development
2nd Semester
Compulsory Courses
- Strategic Finance Management
- Risk Management
- Public Economics
- Corporate Governance
- Master Thesis: Theoretical Part
3rd Semester
Compulsory Courses
- Corporate Financial Strategy
- Master Thesis: Final Part
Elective Courses (Choose one)
- Sustainable Development and Responsible Business
- Sales Psychology of Financial Services
- Family Business Strategy and Sustainable Development