This is a two year programme at the University of Latvia, providing an excellent opportunity to obtain a Master`s degree in the Baltic Sea region issues. The programme is interdisciplinary, as it offers education in humanities and several social and environmental disciplines, focusing on the Baltic Sea region countries. The programme is set up in cooperation with four partner universities: the Uni
versity of Turku in Finland, the University of Tartu in Estonia, the University of Latvia and Vytautas Magnus University in Lithuania. These programmes are compatible, and this enables student mobility: one semester could be taken at a partner university, without paying extra tuition fee. Graduates of the programme have the necessary qualifications to continue their academic research in doctoral studies or to continue their careers in public or private institutions. They usually work in various state, non-governmental and private institutions such as government institutions, diplomatic structures: embassies, trade, culture and other representative offices in foreign countries, representative offices at the international organizations, e. the United Nations, UNESCO, NATO, European Council, etc., international organizations, business companies which have interests in the Baltic region, educational institutions, e. institutions of higher education, institutes of scientific research.
