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REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WWW.RU.LV/EN

RĒZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA - UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

Admission Opened for

September 2015

Latvia – where?!

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Latvia – why?!

REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WWW.RU.LV/EN

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

Studying in Latvia

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• 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

Living in Latvia

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• Schengen temporary resident permit

• 20 hours/week part-time work • Average living costs - 300

EUR/month • Self-catering accommodation • Student unions, various interest

groups • Multicultural and vibrant

environment • Various dining opportunities

Admission Requirements

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Bachelor studies Master studies

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• 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

Doctoral studies

• Master degree

• English proficiency certificate or proof that previous studies were in English

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)

• Signed study agreement

• Copy of passport

• Proof of tuition fee payment

• Proof of state duty payment

Rīga

Rēzekne

Rīga – Rēzekne 240 km

Significant centre for regional development

Population 32000 people

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Rezeknes Augstskola partners in studies

Razna

National park

Rezekne Special ekonomic zone

Latgale Culture and History Museum Youth interst centre ”Zeimuls”

GORS, The Embassy of Latgale

RĒZEKNE – city of students

R Remarkable

Ē Encouraging

Z Zealous

E Educative

K Knowledgable

N Novel

E Erasmus+

State established unversity since 1993

2000 students 150 academic staff

Business Incubator Study Labs and

Centres

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Education and Design

Engineering

Economics and Management

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Three faculties

New building of Faculty of

Engineering

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New Faculty of Engineering

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New Faculty of Engineering

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New Faculty of Engineering

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New Faculty of Engineering

Mechatronics laboratory

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CAD/CAM/CAE laboratory

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Laboratory of Electrotechnics

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Study programs

40 study programmes:

22 undergraduate level

15 graduate level

3 doctoral

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Management

Science 3 years

1390 USD

per year

Business

administration with specialization

in tourism and hotel

management or

external relations

management

4 years 1550 EUR

per year

Translator -

Office Assistant 4 years

1620 EUR

per year

Bachelor programmes

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REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

REZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA – UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES – WWW.RU.LV/EN

Interior Design 4 years

1730 EUR

per year

E-commerce 4 years 1730 EUR

per year

Programming

Engineer 4 years

1730 EUR

per year

Mechatronics

4,5 years

1730 EUR

per year

Archive

studies 2 years

1740 EUR

per year

Career

Counselor 2 years

1740 EUR

per year

Pedagogy 2 years

1740 EUR

per year

Master programmes

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REZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA – UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES – WWW.RU.LV/EN

Computer

Systems

Engineering

1,5 - 2

years

2050 EUR

per year

Environment

Protection

Engineering

1,5 - 2

years

2050 EUR

per year

Information

Systems of

Electronic

Commerce

1,5 - 2

years

2050 EUR

per year

Philology 2 years 1740 EUR

per year

Financial

management 2 years

1300 EUR

per year Management 2 years

1740 EUR

per year

Modelling of

Social

Technical

Systems

3 years 2900 EUR

per year

Environment

Engineering 3 years

2900 EUR

per year

Pedagogy 3 years

2600 EUR

per year

PhD programmes

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REZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA – UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES – WWW.RU.LV/EN

Course catalogues

ECTS catalogues (European Credit Transfer System)

www.ru.lv/en

http://www.ru.lv/en/international_office/

ects_catalogues/

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Centre of innovations “Hotel for Ideas”

(42 enterprises in 2014/2015 academic year)

Study laboratories and centres

(Centre of legal services, Catering service laboratory

etc.)

Practical training, agreements with companies

and organizations in Latvia and abroad

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To train your skills

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

Internationalization

Procedures

• Application

• Study agreement

• Diploma recognition

• Residence permit

• Visa

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Application & study agreement

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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)

Diploma recognition

• 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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Online application deadlines:

1 July for Autumn semester

25 August for Spring semester

www.ru.lv

admissions@ru.lv

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Welcome to my country!