Founded in 1992 as the Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration and evolving into one of Northern Europe’s most innovative multidisciplinary higher education institutions, RISEBA University of Applied Sciences (Biznesa, mākslas un tehnoloģiju augstskola "RISEBA") is a private university benchmarked for the seamless synergy of business administration, architecture, and audiovisual media arts. Headquartered across two vibrant campuses in Riga—the central Meža iela 3 Academic & Business Campus in historic Āgenskalns and the world-class Architecture and Media Centre H2O 6 on Durbes iela 4—RISEBA enrolls approximately 2,800 students from more than 40 countries. Operating three distinct faculties (Faculty of Business and Economics, Faculty of Architecture and Design, and Faculty of Media and Creative Technologies), the university holds prestigious international EFMD Programme Accreditation for its flagship European Business Studies programme, Eduniversal 4 Palmes of Excellence, and official UNESCO/UIA aligned architecture validation. Offering internationally recognized Bachelor’s, Master’s, and joint Doctoral degrees fully taught in English, double degree pathways with top universities in France, Germany, and Finland, as well as an active student business incubator, RISEBA prepares dynamic creative entrepreneurs, licensed architects, and multimedia directors for the global market.

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