The Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, (SSE Riga or Latvian: Rīgas Ekonomikas augstskola) is a business school in Riga, Latvia.
The Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE-R) was founded by Staffan Burenstam Linder in 1994. During 1993-1995 Linder chaired the Steering Committee of the EuroFaculty, and SSE-R was Swedens contribution to the EuroFaculty, as member of the Council of the Baltic Sea States.
As a subsidiary of the Stockholm School of Economics it has the mission to provide a state-of-the-art education in business and economics that contributes to the economic and social development of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The school is supported by the Swedish and Latvian governments as well as other sponsors, including a variety of corporations and George Soros Open Society Institute.
Initially, the school only provided undergraduate education through its B.Sc. in Business and Economics program. SSE Riga charges only a nominal tuition fee, employs modern teaching methods, including group work, summer internships and case studies, and has exchange programs with many leading business schools in Europe, as a result of the Erasmus University Charter and even beyond it, including the City University of Hong Kong and Stanford University. It is thus not surprising that SSE Riga has quickly built a strong reputation for offering the highest-quality business education among employers and applicants in the Baltic Republics.
Many SSE professors contend that the Riga program is more competitive and difficult than the SSE program in Stockholm. The admission rates for the B.Sc. program typically range between 7–10%. It annually enrolls approximately 120 students. About 15% of the undergraduate students are from Estonia, 20% – from Lithuania, and nearly all of the remaining 65% are Latvian. English is the language of instruction.
The school started a two-year executive MBA program in 2002 together with the Stockholm School of Economics and the Stockholm School of Economics Russia. Annual intakes of no more than 25 students comprise the best and brightest in the Baltics with a variety of academic and professional backgrounds. Study tours to China, Russia and Sweden are among the highlights of the program.
The school shares its courtyard, main auditorium and library with the Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL).
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