RISEBA University of Applied Sciences

Founded in 1992, RISEBA was among the first private higher education institutions in Latvia established as a stand-alone business school.

Today RISEBA University of Applied Sciences is among 10 largest higher education institutions in Latvia (both public and private) with almost 3000 students, including more than 300 international students, who attend 22 study programmes of different levels, and over 12000 alumni.

Over the last two decades RISEBA has gone through a substantial transformation from a small ambitious business school to the university that provides,in addition to the programmes in business, management and economics,studies in communications, audiovisual media arts and architecture, thus transforming the institution into “the place where business meets art”.

RISEBA stands out from the other higher education institutions as the one having a clear international focus and is distinguished by the exclusivity of the study programmes offered and variety of languages of instruction (Latvian and English).

RISEBA University comprises 3 faculties:

- Faculty of Business and Economics with Bachelor, Master and Doctoral programmes, which cover the areas of Business, Management and Economics;

- Faculty of Media and Communications with Bachelor and Master programmes in Arts and Communications;

- Faculty of Architecture and Design, which offers Bachelor and Master programmes in Architecture.

RISEBAis the only university in Latvia having had its programmes accredited by theEuropean Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Programme AccreditationSystem (EPAS). RISEBA has also been awarded International Quality Accreditation(iQA) by the International Association for Management Development in DynamicSocieties (CEEMAN).