The Alumni Association has awarded scholarships to students amounting to EUR 58 500 in total
On September 25th, the Alumni Association of SSE Riga, in cooperation with SEB Latvia, Eco Baltia grupa, CBL Asset Management, Indexo, Granits Ltd. and Hilda Lilje, awarded 20 scholarships to Year 1 and Year 2 students amounting to EUR 58 500.
The SSE Riga Alumni Scholarship is an initiative by the alumni community to support talented and motivated young people from the Baltics by partially covering the tuition fee. The goal of the scholarships is to attract the best and the brightest students from different regions to SSE Riga irrespective of their financial circumstances and facilitate broader development of SSE Riga students.
Ten Year 1 students received scholarships covering half of one year's tuition fee, based on their results during the admissions process. Ten Year 2 students were awarded scholarships covering one year's full tuition fee; they were evaluated based on academic performance (60%), extracurricular activities (30%) and personal development according to their mentor's feedback (10%).