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Study in EuropeStudy in Latvia

Your New Educational Experience in

Rezekne UnversityOf Applied Sciences

REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WWW.RU.LV

RĒZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA - UNIVERSITYOF APPLIED SCIENCES

AdmissionOpened for

September 2014

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

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 - 250 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 – Rēzekne240 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 MuseumYouth interst centre ”Zeimuls”

GORS, The Embassy of Latgale

RĒZEKNE –city of students

R RemarkableĒ EncouragingZ ZealousE EducativeK KnowledgableN NovelE Erasmus

State established unversity since 1993

2000 students150 academic staff

Business IncubatorStudy Labs and

Centres

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Education and Design Humanities and Law sciences Engineering Economics and Management

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Four faculties

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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Management Science

3 years1350 EUR per year

Business administration with specialization

in tourism and hotel management or external relations

management

4 years1550 EUR per year

Translator - Office Assistant

4 years1550 EUR per year

Bachelor programmes

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REZEKNE UNIVERSITYOF APPLIED SCIENCES

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

Interior Design 4 years 1700 EUR per year

E-commerce 4 years1700 EUR per year

Programming Engineer

4 years1700 EUR per year

Mechatronics4,5 years

1700 EUR per year

Archive studies

2 years1650 EUR per year

Career Counselor

2 years1650 EUR per year

Pedagogy 2 years 1650 EUR per year

Master programmes

RĒZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA

REZEKNE UNIVERSITYOF APPLIED SCIENCES

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

Computer Systems

Engineering

1,5 - 2 years

1850 EUR per year

Environment Protection

Engineering

1,5 - 2 years

1850 EUR per year

Information Systems ofElectronic Commerce

1,5 - 2 years

1850 EUR per year

Philology 2 years 1350 EUR per year

Financial management

2 years 1300 EUR per year

Management 2 years 1650 EUR per year

Modelling of Social

Technical Systems

3 years2700 EUR per year

Environment Engineering

3 years2700 EUR per year

Pedagogy 3 years 2400 EUR per year

PhD programmes

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

Course catalogues

ECTS catalogues(European Credit Transfer System)

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

ects_catalogues/

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Centre of innovations “Hotel for Ideas”

(42 enterprises in 2012/2013 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 Latviawww.aic.lv

• Applied by Rezeknes Augstskola

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Residence permit & Visa

Citizenship and Migration Affairs Officewww.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.lvadmissions@ru.lv

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Welcome to my country!