European and International Business Law (joint programme)

STUDY PROGRAMME PLAN

General competences and learning outcomes

1. Personal and social abilities

• Ability to plan the learning process independently and purposefully, to choose the direction of professional activities‘ development, to adapt to the changing work environment and to act in a multicultural business environment responsibly, honestly and transparently;
• Ability to act as an independent expert and, using acquired knowledge of business law, to self-initiate, develop, manage and end transnational and European business, to asses and model business creation, development, management and end situations analytically;
• Ability to generate new ideas in a multicultural business environment, to make social responsible and ethical decisions, to assess alternative solutions and their potential impact on the business environment.

Subject specific competences and learning outcomes

2. Knowledge and its application

• Ability to analyse and explain the transnational and European business environment characteristics, the forms of business organization, particularity of their legal regulation and procedures, peculiarities of dispute resolution, specific features of transnational and European regulation of labour relations, business contracts and other particular branches of business law;
• Ability to critically analyse, interpret, compare and assess the legislation for transnational and European business legal relations, to provide creative suggestions for the improvement of this legislation in order to ameliorate the business environment.

3. Research skills

• Ability to analyse, synthesize and evaluate the data necessary for scientific research of business legal environment and innovation in this field, to integrate knowledge of business law, to apply scientific knowledge methodology, to clearly and unambiguously formulate logical conclusions based on business law knowledge, focusing on professional development and improvement and to convey these findings to both specialist and non-specialist audiences in native and foreign language.

4. Special abilities

• Ability to advise on issues related to establishment, management, performance and termination of activities of European and international company, to deal with a wide range of legal problems, including extremely complex, when there is incomplete or limited information, to provide suggestions that would enable the reduction of the rise of problems detected as well as interests alignment and satisfaction of the individual business participants;
• Ability to draft, analyse and assess the European and international business contracts professionally;
• Ability to provide representation and dispute resolution legal services in multicultural transnational and European business environment professionally both in a team and independently.

Studies for the academic year 2023-2024 will start from September 1st and will be held physically on campus. If some students will not be able to arrive on time due to serious reasons (ex. prolonged visa application procedure), they will be able to join the courses online for the first semester.

Full-time studies on Campus are organized on weekdays from 16:15 to 21:00.

The first year of studies will be held at MRU (Vilnius), and the second year of studies at Savoie-Mont-Blanc university, Chambéry city, France.

Up to 30 students will be admitted to the second year, who will have the opportunity to study at the University of Savoie-Mont-Blanc.

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 and MRU alumni – 50 euros)
4. Receive your application evaluation results
5. Confirm your acceptance by paying the first-year tuition fee
6. Sign the study contract
7. Start Temporary Residence Permit application procedure
8. Register to studies

Required documents:

• Bachelor degree or equivalent first university degree diploma in Law (3-year study duration minimum)
• Academic transcripts of each study year
• Document proving English language level
• Motivational letter
• 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).

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.

Up to 30 students, based on their study results and motivation, are admitted for the 2nd study year of studies in France (those who do not, will be able to finish their studies in the specialization “European and International Business Law” – only MRU diploma).

Required level – B2

Assessments of English language proficiency certificates equivalent to level B2:

• TOEFL Paper 513-547
• TOEFL IBT 65-78
• IELTS 5.5-6.0

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.

• 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.

Detailed information here.

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

Application fee (non-refundable):

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

Tuition fee:

• at MRU (1st study year) for EU/Non-EU citizens per 1 academic year – €4294 (academic year 2023-2024)
• at Université Savoie-Mont-Blanc (2nd study year) – app. €350

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.

List of scholarships

Regulations for granting Scholarships and Study Support at Mykolas Romeris University

Admission deadlines for the academic year 2023-2024 will be announced soon.