Study location	Latvia, Riga
Academic field	Law (broad programmes) (ISCED 380)
Type	PhD, full-time
Nominal duration	3-4 years (180 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	PhD (Law doctorate degree in legal science)

Tuition fee	€3,000 per year
Application fee	€250 one-time
Deposit	€500 one-time Refundable
Registration fee	$150 one-time You need to choose student status: Base – 150 USD Standard – 500 USD VIP – 900 USD For making decisions please contact your admission manager in Baltic Center. You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount

Entry qualification

Postgraduate diploma (or higher) Academic or professional master’s degree in law or a comparable education Please provide the secondary school leaving certificate in the original language. If the diploma is not issued in English, a certified translation should be provided. The document must be legalised/apostilled. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. It is necessary to have notarized certified documents translated, legalized and apostilled.

Territory requirements	Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: FCE or CAE, IELTS 5.5+ or TOEFL 69+ Baltic Center examination

Overview

The program aims to prepare qualified specialists in the study and research, the specialists who can work in public institutions and other bodies, which require a high level of legal knowledge; these specialists are to be required by the society, and these specialists should fit international standards of competence in legal science and should have a doctoral degree.

Programme structure

Doctoral program consists of several compulsory parts: acquiring of theoretical knowledge as well as acquiring of scientific and teaching skills and competencies, which will form a basis for independent scientific research that will contribute to the development of legal science. It provides an opportunity for a more extensive and thorough study of doctoral research areas.

You can select one of four specializations: civil rights, international law, criminal law or Forensic Science.