BA School of Business and Finance

BA School of Business and Finance
Established	1992
Type	Public, self-financing
Rector	Andris Sarnovics
Academic staff	48
Admin. staff	75
Students	1468
Undergraduates	1145
Postgraduates	297
Doctoral students	26
Location	Riga, Latvia 56°58′32.17″N 24°8′5.87″E
Former names	Banking College
Website	www.ba.lv/en

BA School of Business and Finance (Latvian: Banku Augstskola) 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.

In 2007 BA School of Business and Finance celebrated its 15th anniversary. It supports United Nations initiative and follows the Principles for Responsible Management Education. On December 11 BA School of Business and Finance announced its decision to achieve Investors in Excellence Standard (a national standard which is based on the concepts of Excellence and the nine criteria of the widely used European Excellence Model (EFQM)). In 2007/2008 BA School of Business and Finance has been recognized as one of 1000 world’s best Business Schools!

Today it 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.

BA School of Business and Finance is located in Riga which is a very exciting and interesting place to pursue studies and gain an insight into the whole Baltic region!

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