Host Institution

The Stockholm School of Economics in Riga

The Stockholm School of Economics in Riga is a leading higher education institution in the Baltic States in business and economics. Established in 1994 as a joint venture between the Swedish and Latvian governments it currently provides two degree programmes – the original B.Sc. programme and, since 2002, the SSE Riga Executive MBA programme – as well as various executive education activities. Being a branch of the Stockholm School of Economics and thus sharing its academic excellence, SSE Riga is consistently ranked by The Financial Times among the top 15 business schools in Europe.

SSE Riga is highly valued for its dynamic international learning environment. The school employs high profile academic faculty from Scandinavia, the USA, the UK and other regions while its students come from all three Baltic States. In the academic programmes of SSE Riga particularly strong emphasis is put on extensive combination of theory and practice achieved through close cooperation with the business community enabling the pursuit of numerous projects in companies and organizations as well as internship programmes.

On another important note, SSE Riga produces state-of the-art research of relevance to the Baltic countries and actively participates in and fosters public debate in its fields of competence, which include economics, entrepreneurship, anthropology and education.

For more information about the school and its activities please visit the SSE Riga website.