Doctoral Studies

A Doctorate is the next step following a Master's degree (or what is generally considered to be the end of one’s studies). It will increase your competitiveness in the job market as you will improve your skills in both academically and within research by defending your thesis. You may subsequently wish to pass on your knowledge on by joining the teaching staff at RSU.

There are over 200 doctoral students at our university. All doctoral studies are full-time.

Programme	Head of programme	Study duration	Subsidised places	Paid places
Communication Culture and Multimedia	Sergejs Kruks	3 years	0	16
Law	Karina Palkova	3 years	2	12
Management Science	Tatjana Muravska	3 years / 4 years	2	12
Medicine	Ilze Konrāde	3 years	30	6
Pharmacy	Dace Bandere	3 years	4	12
Political Science	Una Bērziņa-Čerenkova	3 years	2	12
Psychology	Kristīne Mārtinsone	3 years	0	16
Sociology	Anda Laķe	3 years	2	12

The tuition fee for the doctoral programmes in English (Sociology, Law, Political Science, Communication Culture & Multimedia, Psychology, and Business Administration) is 3500 EUR per year.