Strategic Business Management

Professional master鈥檚 programme 63 ECTS

This study programme is suitable for those who have completed a higher profiling education (business, economics or a similar field) and whose bachelor鈥檚 studies have lasted at least 4 years.

Accredited: until 14 October 2027

General information

Beginning:

From September 1
Duration:

1.1 year (full-time)
Type:

Full-time
Language:

Latvian (full-time)
Credit points:

63 ECTS
Programme degree:

Professional master's degree in management
Tuition fee per year:

Citizens and permanent residents of Latvia, as well as citizens of other EU, EEA, and EU candidate countries:
3700 EUR ( Full-time, Latvian)

This study programme is suitable for those who have completed a higher profiling education (business, economics or a similar field) and whose bachelor鈥檚 studies have lasted at least 4 years. Upon completion of this master’s programme, a student develops the following skills: organisational management, financial resource management, analytical and strategic thinking, human resource management, etc. Development of the student鈥檚 personality and business communication skills receives special emphasis, given that these are the two things employers identify as most important in a business environment.

Admission rules

Please read the admission rules published on our website under Study at RISEBA -> Admission rules

Full-time studies in the form of lectures take place in Latvian in the main building of RISEBA, at 3 Me啪a Street, while distance learning studies take place remotely in English in the e-learning environment. Students of the programme have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge by attending guest lectures organised by RISEBA and delivered by Latvian and foreign business leaders. The modules of the study programme are developed to cover all basic functions of a business, giving students (potential managers) a strategic look at an organisation and its management.

Module 鈥淏usiness Strategy and Models鈥�

Business competitiveness and strategic management in an international environment
Corporate social responsibility and sustainability

Module 鈥淗R, Information and Knowledge Management鈥�

HR and change management
Innovation and organisational development

Module 鈥淧ractical Projects and Research鈥�

Internship 鈥淩esearch in Business鈥�

Module 鈥淓ffective Managerial Skills鈥�

Contemporary management psychology

Module 鈥淕lobalisation, Markets and Finance鈥�

International Marketing and Communications.

Effective Automation and Digitalization

Innovation and Business Models.

Master鈥檚 thesis

Graduates of this study programme become managers of Latvian and international organisations, heads of divisions or departments, heads of strategic and development projects. The knowledge a student gains also enables him/her to set up and run his/her own business.

After graduation, a student can continue education in the doctoral programme 鈥淏usiness Management鈥�.

Any student of the master’s programme who has completed at least one year of study can participate in the Erasmus+ exchange programme.
A student can go to study at one of RISEBA’s partner universities. The duration of study mobility is 2鈥�12 months.
The student does not have to pay for the period spent in the study and internship exchange programme abroad; the tuition fee is covered by the partner university, but the student continues to pay the RISEBA tuition fee. For the period spent abroad during mobility, the student is awarded an Erasmus+ scholarship to cover the costs of transport and accommodation.
* Erasmus+ internship mobility provides that a student can undergo an internship in one of the companies of interest in one of the Erasmus+ programme countries. For this internship period, the student receives an Erasmus+ scholarship. The duration of internship mobility is 2鈥�12 months.
Find out more about Erasmus+ and how to apply here!

Since the 2023/2024 academic year, information on the self-assessment of the study programme has been included in the study field progress report, which is available here.

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Monta Sapata

Head of the Study Department

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E-mail

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Address

108, Me啪a iela 3

Marija Janova

Senior study programme administrator