Follow Latvia Investment Immigration and follow Latvian Education: The University of Latvia is located in the beautiful capital city of Riga. Established in 1919, it is the oldest and largest university in Latvia. In the 2007-2008 academic year, the number of registered students reached 23,801, including more than 900 doctoral students.
The University of Latvia consists of 13 faculties: Faculty of Biology, Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Business, Management and Economics, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art, Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Humanities (Modern Languages), Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Optometry, Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Theology. The University of Latvia has more than a dozen research institutes covering a wide range of fields and disciplines. Additionally, the Riga Graduate School of Law, established jointly by the governments of Latvia and Sweden and the Soros Foundation, serves as an independent and autonomous faculty of the University of Latvia.
It is worth mentioning that the University of Latvia also houses the Department of Asian Studies, formerly known as the Oriental Studies Department, which has been offering Chinese language courses since 1993.
Research at the University of Latvia is conducted in more than 50 fields, with the four primary areas being: Humanities, Science, Social Sciences, and Science and Education. The University of Latvia attaches great importance to the development of international cooperation. Currently, the university has signed more than 500 ERASMUS agreements with 326 institutions in 31 European countries.
Recently, the University of Latvia also developed a modern ergonomic traffic and urban environment management system. The main goal of this system is to reduce traffic accidents at intersections, allowing both drivers and pedestrians to better see and understand traffic signals.
