Valmiera, Latvia www.va.lv

ViA - Modern higher education and research

centre in Vidzeme region

Welcome to Latvia!

The only university in Vidzeme region

Vidzemes Augstskola

Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences State university, founded in 1996

Vision: ViA is developing as innovative regional academic and professional educational and research centre

Mission: to offer competitive higher education that is appropriate to contemporary science demands, to provide integration of science and research in study process and to provide knowledge transfer to national economy, thus facilitating the development of Vidzeme region.

Offering professional college, bachelor, master and doctor’s programmes

1300 Students, 109 staff members

ViA Profile ViA activities characterizes and sustainability

ensures:

■ Interdisciplinary approach - developing study programmes, integrating achievements in engineering (especially in high technologies) and social sciences

■ Integration of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in study process, as well as integration of international study and practical experience

■ Study programmes and research done by academic and scientific staff oriented toward regional development

■ Long term politics for academical and professional education of academic and scientific staff

Academic and scientific departments

Faculties Faculty of Business Administration and Economics Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management Research Institutes and Centres Institute of Socio-technical Systems Engineering Language Study and Examination Centre Vidzeme Lifelong Learning Centre

Study programmes I Doctor’s: Socio-technical Systems Modeling

Master’s:

Business Environment Administration Governance and Communication Socio-technical Systems Modeling Strategic Tourism Management

Professional higher education:

Translator (From English and German or French to Latvian)

Study programmes II Bachelor’s: Business Administration Communication and Public Relations Information Technologies Media studies and Journalism Political Science Tourism Organization and Management Tourists’ Guide

College: Information Technologies Accounting Mechatronics

International Cooperation I Mobility programmes for studies and placements:

Erasmus, HESP, EEA – courses in English, research or internship; 66 partneruniversities, ~ 35 placement partners

Participation in networks: Atlas, Euprera, EAIE, Baltic Sea Network, EUCEN, EkoTekNord, Anna Lindth Foundation, FISPMED

Courses in English from Tourism, Politics, Communication, Business, IT areas for exchange students

International Cooperation II Active staff training on international level

Guest lecturers – an important aspect of study programmes

Baltic International Summer School

Active project work – more than 40 projects since 2000: improvement of study and research infrastructure and library premises, development of curricula, research, regional development, development cooperation etc.

International Student Support

Guaranteed accommodation Latvian mentors for each student Friendly and helpful staff Latvian language courses Organized events and trips Student Union

Conferences March 2011 Virtual and Augmented Reality in Education (in

cooperation with EEA and Norwegian Financial Instruments project practical conference "VR/AR Applications in Training“)

September 2011 The Dualistic Experiment in Relationship:

Landscape and Tourism (1st Scientific Conference of ViA and ATLAS - The Association for Tourism and Leisure Education, ATLAS’s 1st conference in Eastern Europe)

Something good for us

■ Holder of Dipploma Supplement label awarded by European Commission

■ 24% of 2010 graduates have had a mobility experience abroad

■ Included in Erasmus Success stories 2010 brochure for its mobility activities

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