Study location	Latvia, Riga
Academic field	European Community/EU Law 10.7 (ISCED 3807) European studies (JACS R800)
Type	Bachelor, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years (180 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	B.Sc. (Bachelor’s degree in political science)
Course code	4331002

Tuition fee	€2,900 per year
Application fee	€250 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 can also familiarize yourself with packages baltic.study/en/packages 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) Applicants must upload education documents in original language, as well as translations into English. Diplomas and transcripts issued outside EU must be legalized with a legalization stamp or Apostille. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university.

Territory requirements	Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: FCE or CAE, IELTS 5.5+ or TOEFL 69+ TOEFL IBT – at least score 75; IELTS – at least score 5.5; Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE) – 160 Duoligo – 100+

Other requirements	motivation (online interview)

Overview

Advantages of the program
Bachelor’s degree holders can successfully continue European Studies in Master’s programs in Latvia and beyond, specializing in the selected specific directions of European Studies.

In-depth study directions of the program EU policy, international relations.

Acquired skills
The implementation of the program has led to the preparation of specialists focusing on the European Union’s political courses, its internal and external and security policies, the problems of EU integration and institutional development, thus becoming competitive specialists not only locally but also internationally.

Programme structure

Students acquire knowledge in the directions of the Study Program: general and theoretical basic courses of political science. Among them, compulsory theoretical basic courses, general education training courses and other courses of political science, which provide knowledge of the methodological base and develop basic analytical skills – such as the political anthropology, political philosophy, Latvian politics, theory of politics, political ideologies, comparative politics, international relations theory. In studies, knowledge is also acquired in specialized subjects. These include EU institutions, EU economic and monetary policy, EU legal bases, EU environmental policy, integration of Latvia into the EU, European common external and security policy, EU regional policy, diplomatic protocol, etc.

Career opportunities

Specialists of European studies are expected to have a wide field of nature in foreign institutions – the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, departments of Foreign Relations of ministries, various public and business organizations, research institutes and firms. The obtained specialty provides an opportunity to work as advisers in political institutions of different levels, as well as as as consultants, analysts and officials.