B.Sc.Economics and Politics
| Study location | Lithuania, Vilnius |
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| Type | Bachelor, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 3 years + 6 months bachelor thesis (210 ECTS) |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | B.Sc. (Bachelor of Social Sciences (Double degree with BI Norwegian Business School)) |
| Tuition fee | €2,990 per semester |
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| Application fee | €100 one-time |
| Registration fee | To be confirmed You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount |
| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. Applicants must upload education documents in original language, as well as translations into English. |
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| Territory requirements | Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen. |
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| Language requirements | English TOEFL (minimum score of IBT 60 points); |
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| Other requirements | At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application. Assigned taking into account: |
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Overview
Economics and Politics is a regionally unprecedented undergraduate program designed to teach the disciplines as a thematic and methodological whole. The interdisciplinary nature of the program and its reliance on a single Game Theoretic toolbox reflects today’s reality, where decisions of economic and political agents have become inextricably intertwined. The program is taught entirely in English and is popular with Lithuanian and foreign students alike. Length of studies is 4 years.
he Economics and Politics Programme looks into the logic and outcomes of decision-making by economic and political actors. Being very closely interrelated, these two areas often influence each other; therefore, to forecast the impact of a political decision on economics, one has to understand both areas very well.
The Economics and Politics Programme relies heavily on game theory and quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods, which enable consistent and efficient examination of economic and political crossing points. The ability to use these tools gives an advantage to those who pursue further studies in the best universities of the world or who choose to work in a non-academic sector.
Programme structure
Distinctiveness of the Programme:
A unique study programme in Lithuania as it combines economics and politics;
Specialisation in any of the following three fields: international economics, public administration, or politics and state governance;
Analysis of global and national political and economic specifics.
Programme learning outcomes
Knowledge and its application
To identify the steps of deductive theory building in existing research and to perform these steps in own modelling exercises.
To explain the detailed arguments of the main theories (e.g. IS-LM Model, Median Voter’s Theorem, etc.) and to present the logical intuition behind cutting-edge models in the fields of macroeconomics, public finance and political institutions.
Research skills
To perform basic formal modeling exercises, using Decision Theory, Game Theory and Public Choice Theory tools.
To evaluate reliability of primary and secondary data sources and to perform rigorous econometric analysis of secondary data.
Special abilities
To interpret how cognitive and cultural factors impinge on validity of economic and political theories in real world settings.
To propose economic policy solutions and to evaluate their effects on individuals, companies and other entities in the light of theoretical knowledge and empirical measurement.
Social abilities
To apply ethical principles in academic and professional environment.
To communicate and to work effectively in the intercultural and interdisciplinary teams.
Personal abilities
To apply systematic, critical and constructive thinking in problem solving.
To use personal and inter-personal skills for effective communication with professional and other audiences.
To develop independent learning skills necessary to continue studies on a graduate level.
Career opportunities
Diplomat
International relations specialist
Politician
Economist
Project manager at EU institutions
Board consultant
- Experience of other countries shows that upon completion of a similar programme students successfully pursue career in the banking sector, international companies, business consulting firms, public and the European Union’s institutions;