Careers in law, business or diplomacy is in the core of what we offer. Studies in English, strong international environment and interdisciplinarity are the main reasons our students choose us.
Our Bachelor programmes:
• Law&Business
• Law&Diplomacy
ensure that our graduates have a good start for their careers.
“At RGSL, we are a small number of graduates with law, business or diplomacy perspective, and that gives so much more chances for success,” says Paula Paidere, Law&Diplomacy Bachelor programme Graduate (2022) and Legal assistant at LEADELL Law Offices. “Plus studies in English – at my first job interview I was asked to draft a legal document in English.”
The admission deadline this year is 18 July, so don't be late, apply now!
Go to https://apply.rgsl.edu.lv
• Choose your Bachelor study programme,
• Fill in the form in the link,
• Attach your secondary education certificate (average grade 7 and up),
• Write a motivation letter,
• Attach a copy of your ID/Passport
If you have any questions on the application process, join our Admissions workshop on 7 July at 16:00 online where our Study department representatives will answer your questions. Register here:
Looking forward to seeing you among our students in September!
Our Law & Diplomacy Bachelor programme Graduate Adele Pužule (Class of 2022, with Merit) tells about her study experience at RGSL. (This video was recorded in June 2021)
Our Law & Business Bachelor programme Graduate Jēkabs Hugo Kisils (Class of 2021) tells about the programme and his study experience at RGSL. (This video was recorded in June, 2021).
Challenging studies, international environment
According to the recent survey by the Latvian Ministry of Education and Science, the annual income of the university graduates is 30% higher than the national average in Latvia, and we are happy to share that SSE Riga and Riga Graduate School of Law share the top spot among private universities.
RGSL has received the Latvian state accreditation until 2027, with all of our study programmes rated as excellent or good. It was also noted that RGSL is the only higher education institution in the Baltics that offers an interdisciplinary approach in all of its study programmes, thus ensuring that RGSL graduates are competitive in the labour market. More about our study programmes can be found here: https://www.rgsl.edu.lv/programmes
We have a strong international environment with students and faculty coming from more than 30 countries.
“RGSL gives you plenty of opportunities, all professors are professionals in the field and you can ask them anything. You can connect all things you learn at RGSL both with your experience and real life issues. Size of the school also matters – all students I started with are my friends now, really smart people practicing law. We are like family,” says Aksels Zingulis, RGSL Law and Business bachelor programme graduate (2020). “I understood there is no business without law, and this programme at RGSL gave me the chance to study both.”
“I realized I wanted to be a diplomat after internships at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassies abroad, and joined Foreign service right after graduation,” says Sarma Gintere, RGSL Law&Diplomacy graduate (2014), RGSL LLM in International and European Law (2016), Third Secretary at the Embassy of Latvia to the United States. “Loved the environment at RGSL, it was easy to study there - international setting, professors, seminars, very practical aspects. When I started my work and was going to Brussels and begin to talk in meetings, I understood that it was exactly as we did at school. Law knowledge has been very important in my work. Now I’m in my second year at the embassy in Washington D.C., and I’m very happy. RGSL definitely prepared me well for the career I have now.”
We are active also on the Erasmus network, with more than 40 partner universities to host our students.
Student life
As RGSL is a small law school, students and faculty know each other by name, and more often than not, the students enter the professional world via the contacts they obtained during studies.
Our very active Student Association (SA) engages students in various events we do on our own, like sports games, barbecue party or game and movie nights and underground moot courts, or together with our neighbor Stockholm School of Economics, like new student baptizing, Valentines’ day ball and other events – all ready to restart as soon as restrictions are lifted. Our SA also provides assistance to foreign students in form of student buddies – local students who help to get around and know local environment.
Our Graduation party this year was held on 16 June at the school yard.
Life after graduation
Our Alumni surveys show that 92% of our graduates are employed, and 58% of them have started study-related, professional job already during their studies. Erasmus and other internship opportunities offered by our industry partners – various law firms, businesses and startups as well as Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia and various embassies in Riga and abroad, certainly help.
Graduates have indicated that they work as lawyers, project managers, business analysts, researchers, civil servants, consultants, data protection specialists. Many graduates have indicated that they also hold senior positions such as running their own companies, being heads of departments, and working in international organizations. About a third of graduates are employed in the service sector, a fifth work in public administration, 15% in a research organization, just as much in the ICT sector. 20% of graduates have started their own business, while about 15% are planning to start their own business in the near future.
Our graduates who decide to continue their Masters studies, get accepted in prestigious universities all over the world, including University of Leuven (Belgium), University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands), and others.
Apply for studies now
If you have not yet already started your application, we strongly encourage you to set aside some time and start to do so now!
Go to https://apply.rgsl.edu.lv
• Choose your Bachelor study programme,
• Fill in the form in the link,
• Attach an your secondary education certificate (average grade 7 and up),
• Write a motivation letter,
• Attach a copy of your ID/Passport
The completed application has to be submitted until 18 July.