RĒZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA - UNIVERSITY
OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Study in Europe
Study in Latvia
Your New Educational
Experience in
Rezekne Unversity
Of Applied Sciences
REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Admission
Opened for
September 2014
WWW.RU.LV
Latvia – where?!
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Latvia - what?
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Northern Europe
European Union
Part of Schengen area
The fastest growing country by
GDP in Europe 2013
• Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
studies in English covering
Engineering, Arts, Business
studies
• Safe environment
• 4 beautiful seasons
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Studying in Latvia
• more than 100 study programmes
offered in English
• government or government Approved
universities
• globally recognised degrees
• world famous Alumni
• cost-effective tuition fees
• exchange study/training semester abroad
• access to business incubators
• multicultural classrooms
• on-campus accommodation guaranteed
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Living in Latvia
• Schengen temporary resident
permit
• 20 hours/week part-time work
• Average living costs - 250
EUR/month
• Self-catering accommodation
• Student unions, various interest
groups
• Multicultural and vibrant
environment
• Various dining opportunities
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Admission Requirements
Bachelor studies Master studies Doctoral studies
• Completed secondary
education (12th pass
or 3 years Polytechnic
Diploma)
• English proficiency
certificate or proof
that previous studies
were in English
• Minimum of 3 years
Bachelor degree
(except Arts and
Sciences) 1st and 2nd
decision
• English proficiency
certificate or proof
that previous studies
were in English
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• Master degree
• English proficiency
certificate or proof
that previous
studies were in
English
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Application
procedure
• Select study programme
• Submit required documents
along with application fee
• Receive conditional
acceptance letter
• Wait for verification of
educational documents
• Receive acceptance letter,
study agreement
• Submit visa documents and
make a tuition fee, visa fee
payment
• Wait for Immigration
decission on your resident
permit
Documents for
resident permit
• Application form + photo
• Legalised educational
documents
• Legalised police clearance
(report)
• Bank statement of 5500 USD
(has to state that international credit card it attached to the
account)
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Signed study agreement
Copy of passport
Proof of tuition fee payment
Proof of state duty payment
RĒZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Rīga – Rēzekne
240 km
Rīga
Rēzekne
Population
32000 people
Significant centre for
regional development
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Rezeknes Augstskola partners in studies
Youth interst centre ”Zeimuls”
Latgale Culture and History Museum
Razna
National park
Rezekne Special ekonomic zone
GORS, The Embassy of Latgale
RĒZEKNE –
city of students
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Remarkable
Encouraging
Zealous
Educative
Knowledgable
Novel
Erasmus
State established
unversity since 1993
2000 students
150 academic staff
Business Incubator
Study Labs and
Centres
REZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA – UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES – WWW.RU.LV
Four faculties
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Education and Design
 Humanities and Law sciences
 Engineering
 Economics and Management
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Mechatronics laboratory
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CAD/CAM/CAE laboratory
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Laboratory of Electrotechnics
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Study programs
39 study programmes:
 21 undergraduate level
 15 graduate level
 3 doctoral
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RĒZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA
REZEKNE UNIVERSITY
OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Bachelor programmes
Management
Science
3 years
1350 EUR
per year
Business
administration
with specialization
in tourism and hotel
management or
external relations
management
Translator Office Assistant
4 years
4 years
1550 EUR
per year
1550 EUR
per year
Interior Design
4 years
E-commerce
4 years
1700 EUR
per year
Programming
Engineer
4 years
1700 EUR
per year
4,5 years
1700 EUR
per year
Mechatronics
1700 EUR
per year
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RĒZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA
REZEKNE UNIVERSITY
OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Master programmes
Computer
Systems
Engineering
Environment
Protection
Engineering
1,5 - 2
years
1,5 - 2
years
Information
Systems of
Electronic
Commerce
1,5 - 2
years
Management
2 years
1850 EUR
per year
1850 EUR
per year
1850 EUR
per year
1650 EUR
per year
Archive
studies
2 years
1650 EUR
per year
Career
Counselor
2 years
1650 EUR
per year
1650 EUR
per year
Pedagogy
2 years
Philology
2 years
1350 EUR
per year
Financial
management
2 years
1300 EUR
per year
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RĒZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA
REZEKNE UNIVERSITY
OF APPLIED SCIENCES
PhD programmes
Modelling of
Social
Technical
Systems
3 years
2700 EUR
per year
Environment
Engineering
3 years
2700 EUR
per year
Pedagogy
3 years
2400 EUR
per year
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Course catalogues
ECTS catalogues
(European Credit Transfer System)
www.ru.lv
http://www.ru.lv/en/international_office/
ects_catalogues/
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To train your skills
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Centre of innovations “Hotel for Ideas”
(42 enterprises in 2012/2013 academic year)
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Study laboratories and centres
(Centre of legal services, Catering service laboratory
etc.)
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Practical training, agreements with companies
and organizations in Latvia and abroad
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Internationalization
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More than 150 cooperation partners abroad
 High mobility indicators of students and academic
staff– ERASMUS+ programmes
 Agreements on double/dual diplomas (Lithuania,
Germany). Development of new joint study
programmes.
 Diplomas’ supplement label (2009-2013, 2013 2018)
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Internationalization
- Learning
- Bilingual, individual,
placements, research
- Integration
- LV course, field trips,
Erasmus day, country
presentations
- Reporting
- Learning style,
Intercultural
Competencies
Procedures
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Application
Study agreement
Diploma recognition
Residence permit
Visa
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Application & study agreement
1. Personal motivation letter (in English)
2. Europass CV (in English)
3. Evidence of fluency in English
4. A legally certified copy of an official diploma and transcript from every
secondary institution graduated (for Master students - bachelor diploma and
transcript of records) with legally certified translation in English
5. Apostille certification obtained from the Ministry of External Affairs (when
necessary)
6. Certified copy of the passport
7. Four (4) passport size photos
8. A proof of the bank transfer of the application fee (non-refundable) 100 EUR
9. Agreement of studies at Rezeknes Augstskola signed by the applicant
(2 copies)
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Diploma recognition
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National Academic Information Centre of
Latvia
www.aic.lv
Applied by Rezeknes Augstskola
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Residence permit & Visa
 Citizenship and Migration Affairs Office
www.pmlp.gov.lv
 Assisted by Rezeknes Augstskola
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Application deadlines:
1 June for Autumn semester
1 October for Spring semester
www.ru.lv
admissions@ru.lv
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Welcome to my
country!
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