Leadership and Strategic Management (5 ECTS)

Students will be able to identify and measure DeepTech entrepreneurship conditions, relying on global, international, the EU’s, national, industry and micro level. They will understand various schools of thought regarding strategy formation and leadership and will be able to apply them; will be able to assess the suitability, feasibility, and acceptability of strategies in technology and innovation development contexts and be able to apply the information management and business intelligence techniques. Students will be capable to implement socially responsible, ethical/ moral, and sustainable DeepTech Strategy while assuring the quality and effectiveness.

Lect. Jurgita Petrauskienė

Professor PhD. Mindaugas Laužikas

Design and Implementation of Engineering Products Development (10 ECTS)

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to product development cycle: from ideation stage to product development design and its execution via new product development project, finally ending with business development leading to first sales with special emphasis on Lean-Start up process. Students will have to put knowledge gained in lectures straight away into practice by preparing a deep-tech product development proposal on a freely chosen topic. This proposal later may serve as a basis for a creation of a start-up, namely as an input for a business plan preparation, or for an implementation of a deep-tech product development project in already existing company. Thus, students shall be encouraged to choose a deep-tech product that is related to their career plans.

Associate Professor PhD. Pranciškus Vitta

Professor PhD. Christoph Schäfer

Associate Professor PhD. Danguolė Oželienė

HighTech Market and Business Models (10 ECTS)

This course is aimed at revealing the peculiarities of the development of High-Tech products and the specific features of companies and markets strategies in the realm of High-Tech. It provides an in-depth overview of the main approaches to High-Tech in business. An inclusive involvement of students is an important feature of the course, whereas the teaching will be based on real examples ranging from early-stage spin-off and startup companies to large-scale international frontier facilities with a special focus on CERN.  

Professor PhD. Gintautas Tamulaitis

Professor PhD. Tadas Limba

Practical statistics in R for Business Analytics (5 ECTS)

Students will be able to apply knowledge in practice, think, analyse and systematize information in an abstract way. They will be able to select and adapt descriptive statistical methods to address the challenges arising from practical activities, to carry out studies, to critically assess the results and reliability of studies.

Associate Professor PhD. Dainius Dzindzalieta

Laser Technology (5 ECTS)

During this course students will get acquintance with laser systems for materials processing, medicine, diagnostics and other application areas, their operating principles and design features. They will understand the capabilities of such systems. Main subjects of the course are development and tendencies of laser technology applications; laser material processing; photolithography and applications; optical information storage; optical communications systems; applications of lasers in metrology and monitoring; applications of lasers in building, geodesy and agriculture; basics of laser medicine; basics of laser diagnostics; basics of laser spectroscopy. The understanding of the operation basics of the laser systems used in material processing, medicine, spectroscopy and etc. is developed. During the laboratory work the skills at the practical use of some laser systems will be developed.

Associate Professor PhD. Ona Balachninaitė

Project Management (5 ECTS)

With this course, students will gain the knowledge needed to successfully plan, implement and manage projects. Students will familiarize with the key concepts of project planning and management; will be able to identify and analyse the factors that lead to project success; and will learn how to plan, document and manage projects; and to become a better project manager. In this intensive and hands-on course, students will practice strategic communication, problem-solving, leadership, teamwork and stakeholder management skills that contribute to the successful implementation of the project.

Lect. Rasa Žakevičiūtė

Lithuanian Language A I/II (5 ECTS)

This course is designed for beginners and aims to develop basic Lithuanian language skills (level A1.1). It focuses on real-life communication — from meeting people and navigating the city to ordering food and asking for directions. Students will practice all four key language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing. In addition to language, the course also introduces aspects of Lithuanian culture and everyday life.

Lect. Giedrė Junčytė  

Innovation Management and Technology Transfer (10 ECTS)

 Innovation Management and Technology Transfer discipline aims to develop skills and deepen understanding of students how innovation and technology, including knowledge, can help to develop a disruptive vision for businesses. The main objective is to train students from a practical perspective, providing them with an experience in the culture and expertise of different innovation-oriented sectors in Lithuania and beyond. The discipline also focuses on inspiring and connecting the students with the network and opportunities offered by CERN and different business incubators, including frontier research. Through this program, the student immerses in the culture, the leadership style, the approach to innovation, the technological disruption, and other approaches and practical solutions that enhance business to be leading in innovation and entrepreneurship.

The student may choose to specialize in the sector related to the start-up concept.

Professor PhD. Saulė Mačiukaitė-Žvieninė

Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (10 ECTS)

Module is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive overview of best approaches to working with data using powerful open-source tools. The purpose of the course is to deepen the knowledge of computing and improve the efficiency of data analysis tasks. Students will also learn best practices of structuring data-oriented efforts and handling data. An introduction to AI and LLMs will be also given.

PhD. Mindaugas Šarpis

PhD. Tadas Danielius

Structuring Investments and Partnerships (5 ECTS)

This module is designed for students who plan to be involved with a start-up company or other type of business enterprise at some point in their career as a Founder, Leader, Manager, Investor, Board Member, or Advisor. The course covers the entire lifecycle of a start-up company, role of academic, corporate, and other types of partners in company development, investments strategies and negotiations. The course also provides the students a broader view of the financing landscape and deal structures for start-up companies, going far beyond the basics of entrepreneurial strategies and venture capital and angel financing approaches, while covering stages from company launch to IPO / M&A, and delves into a wide variety of financing alternatives from equity to debt, bootstrap to buyout, including successes and challenges, specifics of negotiations and role of ethics.

Nano- and Microstructure Technologies (5 ECTS)

Students will get familiar with the micro- and nano-structures, used materials and employed processing technologies. They will gain fundamentals of diverse nano-technologies including fabrication, characterization and applications. After the couse the students will have developed abilities to produce micro- and nano-structures, characterize their properties and evaluate functional performance.

Professor PhD. Mangirdas Malinauskas

Software Development Process (5 ECTS)

During this course students will get knowledge of software development process methodologies, project management activities. They will be introduced to heavy weighted and agile methodology concepts and application areas, understand the importance of the classical use cases and user stories capturing process and requirement development estimation.

Associate Professor Jolanta Miliauskaitė

Advanced Creative Thinking and Communication (5 ECTS)

In collaboration with Kaospilot, this course is designed to transform how individuals approach problems. It helps unlock creative potential, offering new perspectives and the ability to challenge conventional thinking.

Through three intensive workshop days and an online seminar, participants engage in practical exercises that enhance their ability to innovate and gain support for new ideas. The course combines scientific insights with hands-on practice, following the Kaospilot philosophy of blending theory, reflection, and experimentation. By the end, participants will have a clear plan for applying creative thinking in their personal and professional lives.

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Professor PhD. Christian Byrge

Lect. Dennis Dybdal

Lithuanian Language A II/II (5 ECTS)

The aim of the continuous course is to develop knowledge and skills in Lithuanian grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening comprehension, spoken and written communication at A1.2 level (according to the BEKM), as well as basic pragmatic and sociolinguistic competences.

Lect. Giedrė Junčytė