Business Management and Startup Building - MRU

Business Management and Startup Building

Field of study Business Management
National Code 6121LX078
Degree awarded Bachelor in Business Management
Duration 3 years
Language English
Tuition fee €3176 per one academic year (2025-2026)

The sky isn’t even a limit for those who understand the emerging worlds of innovation and entrepreneurship. Everyone who wants to explore the power of change, to make a good idea great in reality, can make an excellent start at Mykolas Romeris University.

The first year can be seen as a basic starter pack for tomorrow’s entrepreneurs. We start with the skills of presenting an idea well because a lot of geniuses go unnoticed in the world simply due to  an inadequately communicated idea. Students work with latest world’s frameworks such us Lean Start-up Methodology, Lean Business Model Canvas, Google Sprint, Design Thinking, etc. They learn how to validate the idea fast and at low cost. Students learn how to identify opportunities and obstacles in business entrepreneurship. Furthermore, students are immersed in all the business basics of running a startup: Lean business models, business validation, business plan preparation, unique sales proposition identification, emerging technologies, etc.

The second year dives deeply into building a Lean startup organization while learning essential tech and analytical skills. The objective of this academic year is to find the elusive product/market fit and build an MVP. Students are expected to talk to potential customers, learn essential sales techniques, become able to find and test various customer acquisition channels, develop effective messaging and positioning. Teams will be expected to execute their sales and marketing plans, define and build and MVP and test it with early customers. Students will learn essential tech skills needed for modern entrepreneur. By the end of the year, students will have an MVP that’s not only validated using frameworks but also tested with early customers. Throughout the process, the teams are assisted by mentors and take advantage of opportunities to pitch their ideas to investors and startup competitions.

In the third year, students’ startups will transform into real companies. Students’ startups are expected to have found their product/market fit so they will start scaling and doubling down on strategies that worked at early stage to turn them into real growth. The third year is essentially about transforming a Lean startup into a scalable venture backed business. Students will learn how to automate and scale into a properly running organization, how to build high-performing sales teams, how to lead and hire for a fast growing organization and how to create and nurture company culture as the company grows. In this final year students will be pushed to their limit as they turn their startups into businesses while planning, designing and executing on much more complex strategies as they prepare to raise venture funding and subsequently become the next unicorn. The year will culminate in a Demo Day where students’ startups will compete for investors, distinguished entrepreneurs, mentors and other experts in the field.

After graduation students will gain universal knowledge and skills not only for launching a startup as a founder or co-founder but also run any business or venture. Graduates will have plenty career opportunities to work as tech project managers, digital marketing or sales guru, product owner, business developer, become entrepreneur or CEO or become an investor with an extra step.

Join our Business Management and Startup Building program and get 25 000 USD investment from our Venture Capital partners to develop your early stage start-up idea. Find out more about the program right now – www.business-studies.lt

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Study Content

STUDY PROGRAMME PLAN

Course units

ECTS credits

1st YEAR

60

1 SEMESTER

30

Compulsory course units

30

Introduction to Start-up Building and Management Programme

3

Start-ups building and Entrepreneurship

6

Technological Project Management

6

Start-ups Economics Theory and Practice

6

Development of Digital Technologies

3

Team Building and Leadership

6

2 SEMESTER

30

Compulsory course units

30

Philosophy

3

Start-ups Marketing and Rapid Growth

6

Start-ups in the Public Sector GovTech

6

Digital Product Design

6

Emotional Intelligence and Psychology

3

Foreign Language for Specific Purposes (English / French / German)

6

2nd YEAR

60

3 SEMESTER

30

Compulsory course units

30

Fundamentals of Programming

6

Business Databases and Their Analysis

6

Market Research and Experimental Methods

6

The Art of Sales and Negotiation

6

Accounting and Finance Management for Start-ups

6

4 SEMESTER

30

Compulsory course units

30

Digital Business Management

6

Fundamentals of Web Building

6

Management of Cyber-security

6

Start-ups Legal Environment

6

Development of Multimedia Design

6

3rd YEAR

60

5 SEMESTER

30

Compulsory course units

30

Elective Study Subject

6

Digital Marketing

6

Strategies for Business Model Innovations

6

Mergers and Acquisitions for Start-ups and Companies

6

Finance Technology FinTech

6

6 SEMESTER

30

Compulsory course units

15

Bachelor Thesis

15

Alternatively elective course units

15

Implementation of Innovations in an Organization

15

Start-up Building Experiential Project

15

Study Organization

Full-Time Studies (in English):

Classes are held on weekdays, typically starting at 9:00 AM and ending at 4:00 PM. International students who are in the process of obtaining a temporary residence permit in Lithuania and are unable to travel to Lithuania can attend their first semester remotely.

Important: Foreign students must arrive to the University by September 1, 2025, unless a later program start date is specified. Exceptions can be made only for valid reasons, and students must participate in studies remotely until their arrival. If a student fails to arrive by the specified deadline without valid reasons, the University will notify Lithuania’s Migration Department about the termination of their study agreement.
Admission Steps
  1. Choose a study programme
  2. Fill in the application form at apply.mruni.eu
  3. Pay the non-refundable application fee (for non-EU citizens – 100 euros, for EU-citizens, MRU alumni, and Ukrainians – 50 euros)
  4. Receive your application evaluation results
  5. Confirm your acceptance by paying the first-year tuition fee and 50 euros registration fee (non-refundable)
  6. Sign the study contract
  7. Start Temporary Residence Permit application procedure
  8. Register to studies
Admission Requirements

Required documents:

  • Secondary education diploma or equivalent including final grades
  • Document proving English language level
  • Motivational letter (please note that the authenticity of the motivation letter will be verified using specialized software, so it should be written without AI assistance)
  • Passport copy
  • Additional educational documents might be required depending on the country of residence.

Provided documents must be in color, have no cut corners (high quality scan).

Notes:

  • By submitting the documents applicant agrees for one’s information to be shared with other institutions that the University might refer to while processing the academic verification.
  • Applicants might be asked to participate in additional knowledge evaluation.
  • There are no limits regarding age, but please note, if you have taken a gap of 5 years or more after high school graduation, we may ask you to take additional tests.
English Language Requirements

Required level – B2

Assessments of English language proficiency certificates equivalent to level B2:

  • TOEFL IBT 72-94
  • IELTS 5.5-6.5
  • PTE score 59-75
  • DUOLINGO 100-125

If you do not have a certificate proving your English language proficiency level, you can take the University Online English language level test. You will be able to choose this option while filling in the application. The test is free of charge.

Certificate is not required if your native language is English or if your previous studies were conducted fully in English language.

*Applicants who do not meet the required English proficiency level of B2 have the opportunity to study Preparatory English Language Courses online before studies. 

Documents Legalization
  • If the original educational documents/transcripts are in English, Lithuanian or Russian with an apostille (if required) on the scanned original, no translation needed.
  • If original educational documents/transcripts are not in English, Lithuanian or Russian languages, then they have to be supplemented with an official translation.
  • The official translation has to be confirmed with the sworn translator’s signature or official notarization.
  • Accepted students shall present their original educational documents/transcripts to the International Office upon arrival to begin their studies.
Country Specific Requirements

Country Specific Requirements can be found here.

Qualification Recognition

Recognition of Foreign Qualifications

  • The evaluation and recognition of prior qualifications is a part of Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) admissions process.
  • By submitting the online application you confirm that the documents are legitimate and that MRU can verify the authenticity of the documents by contacting its issuing authority and national ENIC/NARIC centre.
  • Documents uploaded must be in good condition and in full colour. Documents issued in languages other than English, Russian, or Lithuanian must be accompanied with an official translation into English or Lithuanian. 
  • Before you apply make sure that you have a complete documentation package and that your qualifications are giving access to higher education according to the study programme level you are applying for at the MRU.  

Recognition Criteria

  • The purpose of an assessment is to compare a foreign qualification with a similar level qualification awarded in Lithuania according to quality, profile, content, workloads and learning outcomes.
  • Your qualification will be assessed according to specific requirements for the programme you are applying for and whether your academic results are sufficient for studies at the MRU.

Right to Appeal

Recognition decisions can be appealed against to the Academic Recognition of Foreign Qualifications Concerning Higher Education Appeal Committee under the Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science.

All appeals with supporting documents must be submitted to:
Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education
Ph.: +37052104778
Email: recognition@skvc.lt 
Address: SKVC, A. Goštauto st. 12, LT-01108, Vilnius, Lithuania

The procedure of evaluation and recognition of academic qualifications

Fees

Application fee (non-refundable):

  • for Non-EU citizens – €100
  • for EU citizens, MRU Alumni, and Ukrainians – €50

Registration fee (non-refundable):

  • €50

Tuition fee (EU/Non-EU citizens) per 1 academic year: €3176 per one academic year (2025-2026).

40% discount is applied to students from Ukraine. More information about fees applied for Ukraine citizens. 

Payment information will be provided in the invoices issued in your online application form.

Student continues to pay the same tuition fee which was implied at the time of the admission

Contact Us
International Admissions Office
Ateities str. 20, LT-08303, Vilnius, Lithuania

E-mail: study@mruni.eu
Phone: +370 5 271 4700
WhatsApp: +370  6 564 6682
Office: I-122

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