Students from Latvia

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Latvian Atestats certificate with a minimum overall grade of C (6 point system) or point 7 (10 point system).

For our International Foundation in Creative Practices and our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Latvian Atestats certificate with a minimum overall of point 5.

Integrated Pre-Masters course

Our Pre-Masters courses require a recognised bachelor degree or 3 year diploma with a strong portfolio in a relevant subject. Applicants will also need to meet any course-specific requirements.

Masters course

For our Master’s courses, we usually require that you have successfully completed a Bachelor's degree at a recognised university.

We accept Atestats par visparejo videjo izgliti with grade 8 or above in English.

If you take the IELTS test you will need to achieve the following scores (or an equivalent from other UCA-approved English tests):

• Undergraduate degree (BA/BSc/BMus):
  6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section (except if listed below)
• BA Architecture:
  6.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section
• Undergraduate degree with international foundation year:
  5.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section
• International Foundation in Creative Practices:
  5.0 overall with no less than 4.5 in any section
• Master's Degree (MA/MSc/MFA/MBA/MArch/MMus):
  6.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section
• Pre-Master's (15 Weeks):
  6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section
• Pre-Master's (30 Weeks):
  5.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section
• Postgraduate Research (PhD/MPhil):
  7.0 overall, with no less than 7.0 in writing and 5.5 in any other section
• Pre-Doctorate:
  6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section