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RSU
Riga Stradiņš University · Riga, Latvia
Accreditation: not yet checkedBachelor'sEnglish-taught6 years€13,500/yearEst. 1950
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Overview
Riga Stradiņš University is Latvia's leading medical and health-sciences university, and one of the more established options in the Baltics for international students pursuing an English-taught Medicine degree.
Programme shown
Medicine (integrated 6-year MD-equivalent), English-taught
Degree level
Bachelor's
Language of instruction
English
Duration
6 years
This is an integrated 6-year MD-equivalent programme (not a standard 3-year Bologna bachelor's) — the 6-year length is stated directly in the university's own published tuition schedule.
Accreditation
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Enrollment & international mix
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Student residence permits issued in Latvia
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No approval rate is published for any European country. Eurostat's migr_resedu dataset reports permits issued by citizenship, not applications refused — there is no denominator, so no approval or rejection percentage exists in the source data. When this section goes live it will show volume and trend for your nationality only.
International (non-EU) tuition
€13,500/year
≈ $15,065 USD/year (€1 ≈ 1.12 USD · rate updated 2026-11-07 · ExchangeRate-API)
for English-taught Medicine programme, same rate for EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA students, per RSU's own tuition-fees page.
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Programme runs 6 years, so total tuition alone is roughly €81,000 over the full degree — confirm current payment schedule (RSU bills per semester) directly before applying.
Estimated cost of living in Riga
€650/month
Estimated, not verifiedEstimate for a frugal international student: shared room, home cooking, public transport, basic phone/internet.
This is a rough planning ballpark, not a sourced, verified figure like the tuition above — there is no single official database for per-city student living costs. Your actual spending depends heavily on housing choice, lifestyle, and exchange-rate movement. Adjust it yourself in the full cost calculator →
Living in Latvia — permit basics
Legal work rights
20 hrs/week during term
Proof of funds
Not yet researched
Non-EU students may work up to 20 hours per week for any employer during studies, per the official EU Immigration Portal.
Scholarships at RSU
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