Architecture

Professional master’s programme 80 KP / 120 ECTS

The main aim of the programme is to provide RISEBA architecture students with a full cycle of training in accordance with the Bologna Process (meeting the requirements of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area), enabling them to fully enter the Latvian and European professional labour market after graduation.

Accredited: until 2 February 2029

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General information

  • Duration:
    2 years
  • Type:
    Full-time (evenings)
  • Language:
    English (full-time evening studies)
  • Credit points:
    80 CP / 120 ECTS
  • Programme degree:
    Professional master's degree in architecture, professional qualification – architect
  • Fee:
    For citizens and permanent residents of the Republic of Latvia:
    6700 EUR (Full- time evening studies, English))

    EU, EEA, EU candidate countries:
    6700 EUR (Full- time evening studies, English))

    Other countries:
    8400 EUR (Full- time evening studies, English))

Faculty of Architecture and Design

The main aim of the programme is to provide RISEBA architecture students with a full cycle of training in accordance with the Bologna Process (meeting the requirements of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area), enabling them to fully enter the Latvian and European professional labour market after graduation. The programme offers the chance to additionally learn the specialisation “Landscape Architecture and Urbanism” (MALAUR). Along with the professional master’s degree, graduates also obtain the professional qualification “Architect” with the possibility to apply for a certificate in accordance with the rules of certification of architects in the Republic of Latvia.

FAD is a member of the European Association for Architectural Education EAAE from 2022. www.eaae.be

The studies take place in the evenings in the Architecture and Media Centre H2O6, located at 4 Durbes Street, which also houses a design and model workshop. The specialisation “Landscape Architecture and Urbanism” (MALAUR) is implemented within a previously developed module system, allowing interested students to replace part of the basic courses with specialisation courses. The courses of the programme, each semester’s practice in the field of landscape architecture and 3 outdoor design workshops are aimed at in-depth study of landscape architecture and urban planning.

Industry studies in architecture and urban planning

Designing and researching architectural volumes in the context of global trends and sustainability

Urban planning in a broad context, including international trends in urban planning:

  • Urban anthropology and economic aspects
  • Transport and mobility aspects
  • Methodology for the preparation of urban planning documents
  • The concept of succession in the context of planning
  • Landscape and aquatecture aspects

Business, management and legal studies, BIM

Building information modelling
Fundamentals of sustainable design (BREEAM and LEED standards) – regulatory framework
International practice in architecture and planning project management
Social dialogue
Starting and running a business

Optional studies from an industry perspective

Innovative and unconventional aspects of research
Art studios
Languages, etc.

Internship

Faculty Members

Admission rules

Please read the admission rules published on our website under Study at RISEBA -> Admission rules

Career opportunities

With the highest level of professional training in architecture and urban planning, architectural theory and the latest technologies in the field, the graduate is prepared to work as an architect and urban planner in architect offices (including international ones), as well as in state or municipal institutions responsible for buildings, spatial planning, and human settlement development, such as the city construction board.

Any student of the master’s programme who has completed at least one year of study can participate in the Erasmus+ exchange programme.
A student can study for 1 or 2 semesters at one of RISEBA’s partner universities. The duration of study mobility is 2–12 months.
The student does not have to pay for the period spent in the study and internship exchange programme abroad; the tuition fee is covered by the partner university, but the student continues to pay the RISEBA tuition fee. For the period spent abroad during mobility, the student is awarded an Erasmus+ scholarship to cover the costs of transport and accommodation.
Erasmus+ internship mobility provides that a student can undergo an internship in one of the companies of interest in one of the Erasmus+ programme countries. For this internship period, the student receives an Erasmus+ scholarship. The duration of internship mobility is 2–12 months.
Find out more about Erasmus+ and how to apply here!

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Rudolfs Dainis Šmits Mg.theol.
Director of the Masters Study programme "Architecture", Executive Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design, lecturer
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