SDSIService Design Strategies and Innovations (Erasmus Mundus Joint Master)
Arts, Media and Design, Economics, Business and Management
Route
Where you study each semester.
Semesters 1–2
- Art Academy of Latvia, Kuldīga, LatviaMap of Kuldīga on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
Overview
Service design master across Latvia, Estonia and Finland (University of Lapland, Estonian Academy of Arts and partners). 2026 was the last planned intake of the current funding cycle.
- Field
- Arts, Media and Design, Economics, Business and Management
- Duration
- 24 months, 120 ECTS
- Degree
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Teaching language
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Universities
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
Eligibility
- Degree
- Bachelor's of at least 180 ECTS or a second-level professional higher-education diploma (LQF/EQF level 6-7).
- Subjects
- Arts and humanities; social sciences, journalism and information; business, administration and law; or information and communication technologies.
- Other prerequisites
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Grades
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Final-year students
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- English
- Duolingo 90; TOEFL iBT 72; TOEFL Essentials 8; IELTS 5.5; CPE or CAE any level; FCE level B; PTE General B2; PTE Academic 51; LanguageCert Communicator B2. Duolingo, TOEFL iBT, TOEFL Essentials, IELTS, Cambridge CPE/CAE/FCE, PTE General or Academic, LanguageCert.
- English exemptions
- Previous bachelor's, master's or doctoral studies in English, shown on the transcript or by an official letter.
- Other languages
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
Documents
Bachelor's degree certificate / diploma Mandatory
With official English translation.
Academic transcripts Mandatory
Official, with English translation.
English language certificate Conditional
Passport or national ID Mandatory
Biodata page of passport or ID, valid during the application process.
CV / résumé Mandatory
Portfolio Mandatory
Video letter of motivation.
Additional test (GRE, GMAT, entrance test) Mandatory
Admission assignment.
Interview Conditional
Deadlines and scholarship
- Scholarship
- Scholarship not confirmed yetThe admission page lists scholarships as TBA for admission 2027/2028.
- Applications open
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Deadline
- Estimate: 22 Feb 2027not official
- About the deadline
- Admission 2027/2028: to be announced.
Sources
The official pages the requirements, deadlines and scholarship status above come from.
- SDSI application portal (opens in a new tab)read 21 Oct 2026
- University of Lapland: SDSI becomes an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (opens in a new tab)read 21 Oct 2026
- SDSI: Admission (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- SDSI: Application portal home (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- SDSI: Admission (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- EACEA: Erasmus Mundus Catalogue (live capture 2026-10-22) (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026