Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Start-up Entrepreneurship
Riga, Latvia
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 3,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Start-up Entrepreneurship program is based on real economics and business. Throughout six semesters, students will progressively develop knowledge, skills, and competencies in international business and start-up economics and management. Regarding how the program's content is presented, equal attention is given to how knowledge is delivered and co-produced as well as to how courses are formatted. This includes activities outside classes and seminars in the real business and economic management environment and relating different courses to one another (for example how maths is used in business, or how to use communication skills to sell business ideas to investors).
- Knowledge Development in Contemporary Trends in Economics and Business
- Digital Economics
- Environmental Economics and Finance
- Communication Skills, Ethics and Cross-Cultural Relations in Business
- Resource Management:
- Innovations, Creativity
- Finance, Risk Capital, Securities
- Talent Management
- Market Research, Marketing
- Strategic and Change Management
- Leadership and Pitching to Investors
- Specialisation Modules:
- Start-up Entrepreneurship
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Health Economics
- Additional voluntary courses
Study format
Students will acquire the curriculum of the programme in a variety of study formats - activities outside classes and seminars in the real business and economic management environment, study visits abroad as well as to international companies in Latvia, business problem solving using simulations, practical semester projects and collaboration with the RSU Business Incubator to develop business ideas and learn how to pitch to investors, etc.
- Studies in English
- Broad international context
- international guest lecturers
- international students
- study visits abroad
- study visits to international companies in Latvia
- guest lecturers on business from international companies in Latvia
- Lecturing in teams, interactive studies
- Problem-based (PBL) studies and simulation-based higher education – real business problem solving
- Practical semester projects, including collaboration with the RSU Business Incubator
- Development of business ideas and pitching to investors
- Study placements at companies
- Bachelor thesis selection competition for entrepreneurs
Bachelor’s study program accredited until 25.11.2027.
Admissions
Curriculum
- SBUEK_167 Applied Entrepreneurship 4/6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_179 Applied Macroeconomics and Statistics 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_178 Applied Microeconomics and Mathematics in Business 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_196 Behavioural Economics 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_185 Business and Societal Governance / International Exposure I - Brussels Week 6 / 9 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_177 Business Communication and Ethics 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- VC_119 Business English and Concise Writing 8 / 12 Credit points/ECTS
- VC_125 Business English and Concise Writing 6 / 9 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_176 Business Research Methodology 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_194 Digital Health and MedTech Development 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_190 Environmental Economics and Finances 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_180 Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_195 Health Care System Impact on Labour Market 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_171 Innovation Management and Creativity 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_181 International Business and Marketing 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_183 Process Management for Sustainable Business Development 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SVUEK_122 Public Health 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- VC_121 Second Language (French) and Intercultural Relations 12 / 18 Credit points/ECTS
- VC_120 Second Language (German) and Intercultural Relations 12 / 18 Credit points/ECTS
- VC_123 Second Language (Russian) and Intercultural Relations 12 / 18 Credit points/ECTS
- VC_122 Second Language (Spanish) and Intercultural Relations 12 / 18 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_186 Securities Market. Experience of Europe 2 / 3 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_175 Semester project I - Orientation and Integration 2 / 3 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_192 Semester Project II - Knowledge Integration 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_187 Semester Project III - Leadership and Pitches at RSU Business Incubator 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_193 Semester Project IV - Practice Integration I 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_191 Semester Project V - Practice Integration II 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_170 Social and Legal Aspects of Digital Economy 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- LUSDK_233 Social Innovation Design and Impact Assessment 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_184 Start-up Patents 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_172 Strategic and Change Management 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- LUSDK_232 Sustainable Social Entrepreneurship 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_188 Talent Management in International Business 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
- SBUEK_189 Venture Capital 4 / 6 Credit points/ECTS
The Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Start-up Entrepreneurship typically requires a total of 120 credit points or 180 ECTS.
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the study program can work as specialists in economics and international business and start-up management, as entrepreneurs, researchers, managers, experts, business consultants, project managers, business analysts, or economists.
Graduates of this program will be confident in economic trends and able to make strategic, ambitious, bold, and informed decisions.
Program Admission Requirements
Show your commitment and readiness for Grad school by taking the GRE - the most broadly accepted exam for graduate programs internationally.