University internships are an inseparable part of the study process, allowing students to acquire practical skills in a real professional environment. The main focus for VU Business school regarding this process has always been quality: "In order to recruit students into high quality internship sites, we negotiate with representatives of various companies. Therefore, we recruit our responsible, creative, and entrepreneurial students, seeking to gain experience and develop new competencies, with reliable partners only," says S. Vileito, the VU Business school representative. This year, students of the International Business program have completed an obligatory internship in the following areas:
- Sales
- Human Resources
- Accounting
- Business Development
- Logistics Administration
- Marketing
- Project Management
- Product Development
- Individual business/family business
Areas chosen by Business Finance program students for obligatory internship:
- Audit of financial projects
- Accounting
- Data analytics
- Financial business consulting
- Business loans
- Audit
Representatives of companies also shared their experience about VU Business school interns:
“Representative of VU Business school for the internship process carefully selects internship sites for students and successfully manages the internship process by constantly maintaining communication between the two parties. I am delighted by such a responsible attitude of the faculty towards both the company and the trainee. I would like to express my joy since the faculty recommended our agency such an excellent intern who now sucessfully joined our team for further partnership. Thank you VU Business School for collaboration! “- R. Čekaitė, Head of “ADFACE” agency.
“We are happy for having the opportunity to provide the necessary space for VU Business school students to put University knowledge into practice. When inviting students to do internship in our company, we emphasize the freedom of initiative, leadership, decision making and taking the responsibility for the final result. We are now convinced that VU Business School students, applying for the internship in our company, become our partners, whom we not only educate, but also learn from”, - D. Bražinskas, Head of ,,GSP Supply“
This years’ internship defenses as a whole study process has been held online, but that did not prevent students from presenting their experiences and reports successfully. Students’ professional development has been evaluated by the jury remotely as well.
