Study location	Latvia, Finland
Type	Master, full-time
Nominal duration	2 years (120 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	MA & MDes

Tuition fee	€8,000 per year The participation costs are payable in two equal installments, at least two months before the beginning of the first and third semester.
Application fee	€14 one-time Application fee is a non-refundable

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Finnish / Latvian. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: FCE, CAE or CPE, IELTS 7+ or TOEFL 100+

Other requirements

A motivation letter must be added to your application. A short essay elaborating on the following themes should be digitally submitted (in English, 4,600 characters maximum, including spaces): How you see the present and future of service design How you see your role in the future of service design Describe your experiences with service design What do you hope to learn during the SDSI study programme? How your career will evolve after obtaining the SDSI Master’s degree

More information	sdsi.ma

Overview

Service Design Strategies and Innovations (SDSI) is a new joint master’s programme with a focus on interdisciplinary studies and cross-specialisation in design, management, business and social sciences. We will help you become a versatile service innovator who can enable change in public and private organisations through strategic design, management and creative leadership.

Less than 30 students will be admitted to the programme annually, enabling individual and personalised approaches to the study process and providing close networking among students and teaching personnel.

Graduates will be awarded with a Master’s double degree, one from the Art Academy of Latvia and one from the University of Lapland. SDSI has strong connections to industry, ensuring research, design and testing opportunities with real industry partners on study topics and projects in Latvia and Finland.

Career opportunities

We will equip you with the knowledge and skills to be prepared for an uncertain future. You will know how to identify and satisfy unmet needs in a wide range of sectors, such as health care, transportation, education, finance and retail. You will execute leadership roles in organisations in the private and public sectors, spearheading change processes, envisioning the future, managing multidisciplinary teams and overcoming innovation roadblocks.

Upon graduation, you will:

• Become a versatile professional with an agile mindset.
• Transform existing service design concepts by integrating research-based user needs and organisational strategies.
• Apply holistic approaches and user-centred design principles.
• Understand social, economic, and technological contexts in which private and public services function.
• Be an organisational change facilitator.
• Have grown into leadership roles through experience.