Banking Institution of Higher Education
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BA School of Business and Finance is one of the leading, self-financing business schools in Latvia
. It was founded in 1992 as Banking College under the Bank of Latvia
and in 1997 accredited as a higher educational institution.
Lectures at BA School of Business and Finace are delivered by highly qualified practitioners in the area thus ensuring connection of study courses with topical issues and demands in the current market situation. It combines theory and practice, creating a strong link with the real business world, providing practical and professional foundation for our study programmes.
Students can broaden their outlook and acquire additional knowledge and competences in different courses related to the starting of entrepreneurship, business etiquette, acquisition of foreign languages for special purposes, intercultural communication etc. offered by Further Educational programme.
One of the factors fostering international cooperation is lectures delivered by guest lecturers. Students have the opportunity to participate in open discussions and public lectures provided by well-known Latvian and foreign practitioniers about socially topicat issues.
BA School of Business and Finace provides students with possibility to participate in international projects, business case studies, international business weeks, Euroweek international business research conferences and many other projects.
Students have the opportunity to become a member of BA School of Business and Finance Debate club and to develop their public speaking skills, thinking, resourcefulness and knowledge which allows students to express their opinion and convince others about it.
Students have the opportunity to study as exchange ERASMUS students in foreign countries by joining international cooperational programmes which envisage studies at other foreign universities. EU Lifelong Learning Programme - ERASMUS provides students with the possibility to apply for a 3 up to 10 month study grant in order to studyat BA School of Business and Finance partner universities.
Today BA School of Business and Finace offers undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programmes in Economics and Entrepreneurship, Business Administration and Finance. The study processes have gained an explicit international dimension. Graduates are nationally and internationally recognized entrepreneurs, managers, consultants, experts and professionals.
The first level professional education programmes
Bachelor's degree study programmes
Master's degree study programmes
Doctor's study programme (3 years)
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
. It was founded in 1992 as Banking College under the Bank of Latvia
Bank of Latvia
The Bank of Latvia is the central bank of Latvia. It is one of the key public institutions and carries out economic functions as prescribed by law. The principal objective of the Bank of Latvia is to regulate currency in circulation by implementing monetary policy to maintain price stability in...
and in 1997 accredited as a higher educational institution.
Lectures at BA School of Business and Finace are delivered by highly qualified practitioners in the area thus ensuring connection of study courses with topical issues and demands in the current market situation. It combines theory and practice, creating a strong link with the real business world, providing practical and professional foundation for our study programmes.
Students can broaden their outlook and acquire additional knowledge and competences in different courses related to the starting of entrepreneurship, business etiquette, acquisition of foreign languages for special purposes, intercultural communication etc. offered by Further Educational programme.
One of the factors fostering international cooperation is lectures delivered by guest lecturers. Students have the opportunity to participate in open discussions and public lectures provided by well-known Latvian and foreign practitioniers about socially topicat issues.
BA School of Business and Finace provides students with possibility to participate in international projects, business case studies, international business weeks, Euroweek international business research conferences and many other projects.
Students have the opportunity to become a member of BA School of Business and Finance Debate club and to develop their public speaking skills, thinking, resourcefulness and knowledge which allows students to express their opinion and convince others about it.
Students have the opportunity to study as exchange ERASMUS students in foreign countries by joining international cooperational programmes which envisage studies at other foreign universities. EU Lifelong Learning Programme - ERASMUS provides students with the possibility to apply for a 3 up to 10 month study grant in order to studyat BA School of Business and Finance partner universities.
Today BA School of Business and Finace offers undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programmes in Economics and Entrepreneurship, Business Administration and Finance. The study processes have gained an explicit international dimension. Graduates are nationally and internationally recognized entrepreneurs, managers, consultants, experts and professionals.
Studies
BA School of business and Finance offers following study programmes:The first level professional education programmes
- Entrepreneurship
- Banking Operations
- Accountancy and Finance
Bachelor's degree study programmes
- Business Administration
- Finance
- Risk Management and Insurance
- Innovation and Product Development in Business
Master's degree study programmes
- Business Administration
- Finance
- International Finance and Banking (a Double Degree Programme with Swiss Business School)
- Creative Industries Management
- Innovative Entrepreneurship
- Financial Management
Doctor's study programme (3 years)
- a Joint Doctoral Programme in Business Administration
Membership in international organizations
- Network of International business Schools
- Professional Inter-University Management for Educational Networking
- European Association of Institutions in Higher Education
- Baltic Management Development Association
- Central and East European Management Development Association
- European Network for Business Studies and Languages
- European Foundation for Management Development
- Midlands Excellence/Investor in Excellence