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

Prof. Dr. 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.

Assoc. Prof. Dr.Pranciškus Vitta

Prof. Dr. Christoph Schäfer

HighTech Marketing 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 marketing 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.  

 Prof. Dr. Gintautas Tamulaitis

Dr. Danguolė Oželienė 

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.

Assoc. prof. Dr. Rimantas Eidukevičius

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.

Assoc. prof.  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

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.

Prof. Dr. S. Mačiukaitė – Žvinienė

Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (10 ECTS)

Students will be able to applicate and integrate knowledge in practice and  address the challenges of modelling requiring statistical skills. They will be able to select and adapt time series, linear models and methods of artificial intelligence to address challenges arising from practical activities, conduct studies, critically assess the results and reliability of studies.

Alesandro Pagano 

assist. Dr. T. Danielius

 assist Dr.   Claudio D'Alonzo

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.

Robertas Vyšniauskas

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.

Prof. Dr. 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.

Doc. Jolanta Miliauskaitė

Creativity and Communication (5 ECTS)

The purpose of this module is to develop students’ competencies and confidence in developing new business ideas, competencies in combining ideas across professions and industries to develop novel and valuable ideas, competencies in being open-minded and curious in the exploration of novel ideas, strategic thinking about the potential role of pattern thinking in teams and innovative projects, strategic thinking about how to develop creative skills among colleagues and employees; understanding the importance and how to challenge own perception and perspectives in order to make more ambitious decisions; ability to employ persuasive principles in the communication of novel ideas to stakeholders and gatekeepers – even if such ideas may be defy current logic in industry.

Prof. Dr. Christian Byrge