BACHELOR OF MANAGEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

BACHELOR OF MANAGEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

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RBS Director`s Welcome Welcome to Riga Busiess School at Riga Techical Uiversity! Beig at the cross-roads betwee East ad West, Riga has always bee a hub of busiess activity. For more tha two decades Riga Busiess School (RBS) has provided world class maagemet traiig to curret ad future executives. Our strog commitmet to high quality, the priciples of North America MBA programs ad all courses preseted i Eglish, makes RBS distictive. About the Riga Busiess School 21 years ago Riga Techical Uiversity (RTU) i co operatio with the State Uiversity of New York at Buffalo (UB) fouded Riga Busiess School (RBS). Today Riga Busiess School is the umber oe destiatio for maagemet educatio i the Baltic regio. RBS missio is to educate maagers ad build leaders who create sustaiable prosperity i the regio ad all of Europe. With Latvia beig a member of the Europea Uio, maagemet educatio has become more popular ad reaches for ew horizos. The RBS Bachelor program is there to meet the challege. The RBS programs are desiged to prepare busiess leaders for the global world of tomorrow. I this racig world successful leadership is a combiatio of kowledge of cotemporary busiess processes ad iteratioal experiece. A iteratioal faculty ad academically strog maagemet programs i the dyamic city of Riga brig you a experiece that will prepare you for a impressive maagemet career i the future. I look forward to welcomig you to Riga Busiess School - where busiess challeges are solved ad ispiratios origiate. Bachelor Program Director`s Welcome Sicerely, Jāis Grēviņš, Ph D, RBS Director All of us wat to do somethig remarkable with our careers ad our lives. RBS Bachelor of Busiess Admiistratio program ca support you i this jourey. We kow how importat are these years for you ad we would like to help you take full advatage of your time at the uiversity. Riga Busiess School is the first ad oly school i this part of Europe offerig North - America style MBA both i teachig stadards ad structure. RBS always uses itesive case studies, group work ad active classroom ivolvemet. All MBA programs are taught i Eglish, gratig its graduates a iteratioally recogized Masters of Busiess Admiistratio degree. From 2012, Riga Busiess School offers a Bachelor of Maagemet i Iteratioal Busiess. Riga Busiess School has a solid reputatio ad more tha 970 MBA graduates, most of whom occupy leadig maagerial positios both i Latvia ad abroad. Riga Busiess School is the first public educatioal istitutio i Latvia to have eared the Iteratioal Quality Assurace (IQA) award by Cetral ad Easter Europea Maagemet Developmet Associatio (CEEMAN). CEEMAN is a iteratioal maagemet developmet associatio established i 1993 with the aim of acceleratig the growth i quality of maagemet developmet i cetral ad easter Europe. It is a global etwork of maagemet developmet istitutios iterested i quality of educatio ad iovatios i this field. We are proud to aouce that this year RBS is ucoditioally re-accredited by iteratioal accreditatio authority CEEMAN for the ext 6 years based o the academic excellece ad cotributio to busiess eviromet! Riga Busiess School is a member of PRME (Priciples for Resposible Maagemet Educatio). The PRME are a call to ecourage ad facilitate the movemet of busiess schools toward approaches that meet the ew eeds ad expectatios of the busiess world ad the demads of a ew geeratio of studets with regard to sustaiability ad good corporate citizeship. These three years are a uique opportuity for learig, growig as a perso, ad buildig the foudatios of your future career. We will accompay you creatig a atmosphere of academic excellece ad friedship. We work carefully i the set up of every part of the program; we select our faculty members based o their kowledge, attitude ad experiece; we expose our studets to challeges, which help them cotiuously grow. You do t come to RBS just for beig grated with a prestigious diploma. You come to RBS to become a busiess leader ad ejoy the process. Welcome to RBS! Sicerely yours, Claudio A.Rivera, Ph D, RBS Bachelor Program Director 4 5

Bachelor of Maagemet i Iteratioal Busiess About The curriculum of the Bachelor of Busiess Admiistratio (Maagemet i Iteratioal Busiess) at Riga Busiess School is based o the curriculum of the BBA programme of oe of the leadig busiess school i Europe - BI Norwegia Busiess School. The curriculum focuses o basic busiess related topics i aagemet, such as Fiace, Ecoomics, Methods, Law ad Itercultural Commuicatio. This program will give you a solid degree i iteratioal busiess with a distict Scadiavia approach ad a solid kowledge how to build socially resposible busiess. Duratio of the program 3 years (full time). Laguage of istructio Eglish. Diploma Upo successful program completio, studet will be awarded a iteratioally accredited ad solid degree from the Riga Busiess School at Riga Techical Uiversity. If studets complete their third year at BI Norwegia Busiess School, they also receive diploma from BI Norwegia Busiess School. Bachelor Program structure 6 7

Bachelor of Maagemet i Iteratioal Busiess Admissio criteria Secodary Educatio diploma ad trascript; Eglish laguage proficiecy (TOEFL or IELTS); Persoal statemet (essay) of 250-500 words; 2 recommedatio letters; Iterview. I reviewig your applicatio, we cosider grades, stadardized test scores, essay, recommedatios, idepedet work, the quality of your secodary school program ad your achievemets outside the classroom. No oe aspect will make or break our decisio; istead, we look at the sum total of your experieces. Fiacial Aid Riga Busiess School provides some form of fiacial assistace, icludig academic ad talet scholarships as well as eed-based grats, loas, employmet ad itership opportuities. Iterships are a excellet opportuity to apply classroom learig to the real world while makig valuable idustry coectios. We have available full tuitio waivers (mi 5, up to aprox.10% of admitted studets): Outstadig grades; Sigificat extra-curricular activities; Motivatio ad leadership. How to Apply To apply as a first year studet at the Riga Busiess School, you must submit applicatio form by sedig it to ifo@rbs.lv. You ca apply by mail. Access a prited RBS applicatio form by dowloadig ad pritig PDF s at OR callig the admissio office at (+371 67089800). «I would ot have imagied that the Bachelor of Busiess Admiistratio (Maagemet of Iteratioal Busiess) at Riga Busiess School would be so iterestig ad so full of real-life experieces. I believe that these 3 years will provide you with kowledge i may categories (busiess, markets, admiistratio etc.) Alog with iterestig lectures ad experieces professors, you will make great commuity ad lifetime cotacts. These igrediets will help you to achieve the highest level of educatio. Quality matters, joi us!» Pēteris Kovisārs, RBS BBA Studet «RBS is a heave of opportuities. Oce you get i this commuity, you will ever i your life be aloe i the busiess world. It is a place where ew leaders are urtured. It is a place where 99.9% of the air cosists of success, kowledge ad experiece. Those who feel that they are ew leaders ad have the future of our coutry iside them are welcome to breathe this air!» Kristaps Gitauts, RBS BBA Studet «To be hoest, for a few weeks RBS really became my secod home. There are several reasos for this. First, the school helped our icomig class to get kow each other iformally first, so we really are a team ow, ad it is amazig for me to be aroud these people! Secod, the BBA program is well developed, so we do ot waste time o learig thigs we do t eed for real life. Third, teachers explai everythig well, are always ready to help, ad motivate us to study by may uusual practical assigmets i or after class. Fourth, RBS has a special atmosphere: ice classrooms, good facilities ad carig staff, so literally everythig is doe for the studets comfort. Frakly speakig, I have o doubts that my decisio to study at Riga Busiess School is right!» Natalia Kuzecova, RBS BBA Studet 8 9

Outstadig Faculty Team Secod Geeratio at RBS Professors at Riga Busiess School are researchers, cosultats, ad thought leaders i every aspect of busiess. They challege ad ecourage studets with a curriculum that offers kowledge, competece, freedom ad passio for learig. Faculty members iclude iteratioal ad local academia, ad busiess represetatives. They ask studets tough, probig questios, offer alterative poits of view, ad force studets to look more closely at their ow assumptios. They always strive to develop better ad more iovative ways for studets to lear ad discover. They always have time for their studets as teachers, advisors ad metors. «RBS has give me absolute creative freedom i desigig my part of the course I teach. The result: I ca give studets the same kid of highly challegig, idividualized educatio I was privileged to get i the US. Studets teach other i debates where they preset ad defed their research ad ivestmet ideas. RBS is a true busiess stimulator. Whe I eed resources for my studets, RBS gets them. Oe example: the Stocktrak ivestmet game to get studets ito aalyzig firms as ivestmets. A great idea, quickly approved.» Lester Golde, MBA, RBS Faculty (The Firm) «Oe of key prerequisites for a successful future is just to be i the right time ad i the right place. From my ow experiece I ca cofirm that RBS esures it i may aspects. Beig a RBS BBA studets gives the possibility i a very short period of time to grow ot oly i the field of academic kowledge, but also obtai practical experiece via various situatios offered by RBS.» Ieva Kozlovska, Ph D cad., MBA, RBS Faculty (Maagerial Accoutig) «The professioal ad dedicated faculty of RBS with iteratioal experiece is a well-balaced mix of academic kowledge ad busiess expertise. May compaies i Latvia are good parters of RBS ad are willig to employ RBS graduates sice the school offers may courses taught i a iteratioal cotext. Studets beefit from the close cooperatio of RBS with the BI Norwegia Busiess School, Uiversity at Buffalo ad Uiversity of Ottawa. The log-term collaboratio of RBS with Latvia compaies allows our studets to built a etwork of busiess cotacts durig their studies. Our graduates brig their kowledge ad experiece to bear i meetig the challeges of a quickly chagig busiess eviromet.» Adrejs Koliškis, PhD, RBS Faculty (Mathematics) «Why study at Riga Busiess School? Why ot? A globally coected istitutio at your doorstep with a truly iteratioal staff, which will be able to provide you with the glocal - global ad local - busiess educatio ad perspective which will realistically ehace your employmet opportuities. Ad, tuitio is all i Eglish as well! Assured quality which is much cheaper plus frieds ad family ear by. Ubeatable.» Silvija Aderovics, RBS Faculty (Busiess Culture ad Ethical Dillemas) «I 2006, I received my EMBA from Riga Busiess School. Wheever I am asked, «what does RBS mea to you» I do t eve kow where to begi! To me, RBS is frieds, coectios ad so much more. Whe I bega my studies at RBS I did t kow what a impact it would be i my future ad life. What I leared from RBS Executive Master of Busiess Admiistratio (EMBA) program is defiitely a asset to my work. RBS gave me tools for my professioal success. Now my daughter Helēa is a studet i the Bachelor of Busiess Admiistratio (BBA) program at RBS. For my part, I am truly cofidet i her choice. I would ecourage youg people with maagemet ad busiess iterests to become a part of the RBS commuity!» Katrīe Judovica, Chairma of the board, Narvese Baltija Katrīe Judovica, RBS Aluma 10 11 Helēa Judovica, RBS BBA Studet

Studet Life Startup Lab Iterships Startup Lab course is a extra-curricular udergraduate series of semiars that provides studets the opportuity to write a busiess pla for their for-profit or social impact veture. It focuses o tyig together the disciplies of marketig, maagemet, fiace ad operatios i a practical ad applied way. Studets are guided through the ew veture creatio process, from idea geeratio ad opportuity assessmet to busiess pla developmet ad pitchig to a ivestor. The cotet of the course revolves aroud sectios of a busiess pla icludig idea geeratio, market research ad plaig, fiacial aalysis, veture fudig, operatios ad maagemet. Each of these topics is covered i a sessio with a focus o how they eed to be itegrated ito a coheret, logical, compellig story. Studets ad/or studet teams will the apply those learigs while developig their ow plas. «Sice my first day at RBS I have hoped to hear, ad do somethig real. Smart books full of great theory are always good, but it is ot eough for the competitive busiess world. RBS StartUp Lab gave me the opportuity to thik of ad create somethig real, somethig tagible. Also it gave me extra cofidece i myself. Failure is ot the ed of the world it is just a opportuity to begi somethig ew ad improve. Also, thaks to this course I met several iterestig people, ad atteded semiars ad cofereces which, eve if they do ot help me with my StartUp, will help me with my future career.» Eriks Eriksos, RBS BBA Studet Studets experiece two iterships durig the program. Studets are expected to have the iterships durig the summer ad for 12 weeks i total. Studets are resposible for placemet, though RBS will assist them through its extesive etwork withi the busiess commuity. RBS will support the studets i selectig the compaies ad orgaizatios accordig to their profile ad career prefereces. Extra-curricular activities Besides the activities orgaized by the Studets Uio, RBS provides a wide rage of extra-curricular activities to support the developmet of the studets. Participatio i most of these iitiatives will be volutary, though RBS will decide otherwise i regards of certai specific activities o a aual basis. Some of the foresee activities are the followig: Metorship Eglish Tutorial Math Tutorial Readig club Orietatio Camp Liberal Arts Club The Forum Every studet will meet a metor three times a year. The metor will be oe of the professors. Cosultig time oce a week. Cosultig time oce a week. Sessios o classics. Program will start with a work camp outside Riga. Afteroo sessios o grammar, rhetoric ad logic. Oce every two weeks RBS will host a guest from society ad o-busiess related scieces. «Orietatio Camp was extremely amazig, because it provided me a great opportuity to meet my coursemates i a iformal situatio first, so I already feel myself as a part of RBS s family! Cosequetly, I am totally happy with my decisio to study i RBS, because a friedly ambiece is oe of the keys to successful studies but we already have it! Big thaks to RBS admiistatio for this awesome days!!!» Natalia Kuzecova, RBS BBA Studet 12 13

Practical Studet iformatio Visas ad residece permits All admitted studets will be provided with official ivitatios to study at Riga Busiess School. Based o the ivitatio, studets will apply for study visa at the earest Cosulate or Latvia Embassy. It is importat to ote that this is a time cosumig process ad could take up to two moths. Riga Busiess School will assist studets with the Residece Permit Applicatio process. For detailed iformatio regardig residece permits, please cosult the Office of Citizeship ad Migratio Affairs website www.ocma.gov.lv, /practical-iformatio. Health Care ad Medical Isurace The Latvia health care system is very well established ad medical care will be available to all iteratioal studets. For o EU citizes there are very special requiremets for health isurace. The Orietatio Course at Riga Busiess School at the begiig of each semester will give studets more iformatio o health care issues (e.g. where to fid Russia or Eglish speakig doctors, where to call i case of emergecy etc.). Useful liks: www.ars-med.lv, www.vc4.lv, www.if.lv Workig i Latvia Iteratioal studets ca work i Latvia part-time. No-EU citizes with Residece Permit to Study ca apply for a Work Permit o the coditio that their employmet does ot iterfere with their studies. Studet Career Services The Career Strategy cosultats offer a wide rage of program ad evets to help studets clarify their iterests, gai isights ito a variety of idustries, ad iteract with alumi ad other busiess leaders. We work with studets to prepare them for a successful job search, providig support i developig resumes ad cover letters, preparig for iterviews, ad egotiatig job offers. Useful lik: /career-services Studet Housig ad Meals All iteratioal studets ca be accommodated i the moder, coveietly located studet residece hall. Studets will receive iformatio about the housig applicatio oce admitted. Flats ca be reted i tow ad start at 200 EUR per moth. There is a high speed Iteret coectio provided withi all areas of Riga. If you eed help i fidig a hotel or retig a apartmet, or fidig a room at studet dormitory, please cotact us at ifo@rbs.lv. The city of Riga offers umerous optios for eatig out icludig small cafeterias where geerous daily luch specials ca be purchased for about 3 4 EUR. I geeral studets should pla o spedig ca. 200 EUR a moth o food. Useful liks: /accommodatio, www.retiriga.lv, www.allhotels.lv, www.riga-life.com, Travellig aroud Europe After studets who are o- EU coutries citizes receive their Residece Permit to Study they ca travel freely to ay coutry withi the Schege area. Latvia ca be accessed by virtually every meas of trasportatio. Ferries lik the three mai seaports with the other Baltic Sea coutries. It provides a excellet opportuity to explore other coutries i Norther Europe. The railway liks Latvia to Russia ad Belarus. Useful liks: www.airbaltic.com, www.ryaair.com, www.tallik.lv, www.riga-airport.com, Iteratioal Studet Card (ISIC) ISIC is a Iteratioal Studet Idetificatio Card which studets ca use i Latvia ad most other Europea coutries to get various discouts i cafes, museums, theaters, etc. It is recogized as a idetificatio card, ad whe show at various istitutios ca provide studets with discouts or eve free etrace tickets. Useful liks: www.isec.org Campus Locatio Riga Busiess School is located i the very cetral part of Riga withi a walkig distace of moder shoppig ceters, restaurats, cafeterias, hotels, parks ad Old tow. Distace from the iteratioal airport is 25 miutes by car or public trasport. 14 15

Why study i Latvia? Facts about Latvia ad its capital Riga city The Republic of Latvia is situated i orther Europe o the cost of the Baltic Sea. Latvia has lad borders with Estoia, Russia, Belarus, ad Lithuaia. I 2004 Latvia became a full member of the Europea Uio ad NATO. There are about 2 millio ihabitats livig i Latvia. The official laguage is Latvia. The currecy is called Lats (Ls). Latvia is situated i Europe s mixed forest zoe. Its geographical positio ad the presece of the Baltic Sea determie its atural diversity. Recreatioal opportuities iclude great welless opportuities, as well as activities like sailig, ice-skatig, skiig, spa ad eco tourism. Riga is the capital of Latvia ad represets a lively mix of history, art, culture, etertaimet, ad award wiig restaurats. Riga was fouded i 1201 whe the Germa Bishop Albert built a castle o the site of a pre-existig Livoia settlemet. Due to its strategic positio, Riga has bee a tradig cetre ad a lik betwee East ad West. Today Riga is recogized as a Baltic ceter of ecoomic activity ad growth. Leadig fiacial services ad ivestmet firms are located here, as are global orgaizatios i cosultig, advertisig, ad telecommuicatios. Studets have exceptioal opportuities to make valuable coectios, lear from local busiess leaders, ad advace their careers. Riga is best kow for its architectural legacy. The Old Tow is listed i the UNESCO World Heritage list for buildigs datig back to the Middle Ages ad for the architecture bearigs traits of Swedish, Polish, Russia ad Germa ifluece. Art Nouveau is the architectural style Riga is ow famous for. I the cultural area, Riga is famous for offerig opera, ballet ad a variety of live music evets. Durig summer, may cocerts take place i parks, ad street musicias play i the Old Tow. Riga hosts various iteratioal festivals for music, film, theatre, poetry ad art. A umber of museums ad art galleries also add to the cultural experiece. 16 Every summer there is a iteratioal sog festival «New Wave», as well as «More Smeha» ad other popular evets takig place i Jurmala a beautiful white sad beach tow located just 20 miutes away from the ceter of Riga. Gourmets will ejoy Riga, sice meals have a importat role i traditioal Latvia culture. Riga remais a elegat city with a wide rage of restaurats, tredy bars, tea rooms, cabaret veues ad quality shoppig. With beer gardes ad terraces i summer, ice riks ad cosy cafes i witer, ad lively ightlife all year aroud. Useful liks: www.latvia.travel www.liveriga.com www.latvia.com «I my opiio RBS is a good optio for the oe who truly wats to be very successful, because to just wish it is ot eough for RBS stadards; it requires that you jump off, to leave the comfort zoe, so you ca reach for the may opportuities outside of your comfort zoe does. The faculty has both iteratioal professors ad professors with iteratioal experiece, which gives this Bachelor s Program a global approach ad i-depth studies!» Viicius Ferez, RBS BBA Studet from Brazil 17

Office of Admissio Please let us kow if we ca provide more iformatio about our programs, aswer questios cocerig etry requiremets, or help you to joi Riga Busiess School studet commuity. We speak Latvia, Germa, Spaish. Eglish, Russia, Riga Busiess School 11 Skolas str., Riga, LV 1010, Latvia Phoe: + 371 67089800 Fax: + 371 67089810 E-mail: ifo@rbs.lv Skype: RBS_LV Sca this barcode with your mobile phoe to lear more about the RBS Bachelor Program