Stockholm School of Economics in Riga reviews

Dmitrijs Kravčenko, an Associate Professor and the Entrepreneurship Course Director at SSE Riga
financially damaged my welfare right after
graduation in a common business project. He was
elected as a Commercial Director for a retail chain and worked below the work capacity required in the employment contract while demanding 4x larger initial CAPEX than suggested by the company owners. His responsibility was selecting a product
assortment and doing scheduled stock orders,
which he failed miserably. He bailed the project
after more than 250k invested with empty shelves demanding severance which he later denied having. After going 3 years through the high and demanding academic standard requirements, his field performance was hypocritically low. He also hid evidence (slack correspondence) that could be used in court.

This pattern of professional failure and predatory behavior extended deeply into the university's broader network, peer community, and sponsorship tier. Following graduation, in 2023, the exploitation continued when a coursemate scammed me out of over 7,500 euros. Furthermore, a prominent sponsor, Aigars Kesenfelds, verbally misled me in co-investing into a retail chain in exchange for equity, an arrangement that ultimately resulted in
the loss of my family inheritance. He didn't provide me with a fair contract or reimbursement for the work done, unjustly enriching himself with my financial resources that I used to cover
construction materials, construction worker wages and product deliveries. Despite the institution constantly boasting about high pay and lucrative career prospects after completion of studies, the reality of entering their network was hyper-exploitative. For three consecutive years post-graduation, I was utilized full-time by their senior alumni without a formal contract, remaining severely underpaid and facing extreme financial deprivation. It is deeply ironic that I joined this institution to learn how to build a business, when the actual outcome of joining was losing the majority of my capital and time which are key entrepreneurial resources.

The courses- some are ok, teaching is average, you can easily skip everything and prepare by yourself to pass exams, some modules are useless, Youtube teaches you better tbh
The school itself- no campus, rly small, no sports teams, no diversity, mostly people from poor eastern european countries, many claimed they arrived there since they could not get into unis they wanted to.
The city- no nightlife, very boring, no chances for improvement career wise in Riga, very post soviet union atmosphere, people are semi friendly
The dorms- very far away, bad condition, pretty cheap, questionable area
Not rly internationally known diploma

The English lessons are useless. They teach you how to write an email :D

The lecturers especially the older one present the topics very badly and I had to do it on my own in my spare time because they way it was delivered was horrible.

Broad spectrum of courses covering basically all areas of economics and business, international lecturers and atmosphere, case-study approach. You really do get the knowledge there.