List of universities and colleges in Latvia
This is a list of universities and colleges in Latvia. The accrediting body for universities and colleges in Latvia is the 'Council of Higher Education' (Augstākās izglītības padome).
Institutions are divided into 'first-level vocational schools or colleges' (pirmā līmeņa profesionālās izglītības iestādes jeb koledžas) and Augstskola, a Latvian language term roughly translated as 'high school' or 'higher school', which covers institutions generally referred to as universities or tertiary colleges in English. Each category is further subdivided as follows:
Universities[]
State universities (Valsts universitātes)[]
- University of Daugavpils
- Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
- Riga Stradiņš University
- Riga Technical University
- University of Latvia
- University of Liepāja
State colleges (Valsts augstskolas)[]
- Latvian Academy of Art
- BA School of Business and Finance (formerly the Banking College under the Bank of Latvia)
- Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (formerly the Latvian Conservatory)
- Latvian Academy of Culture (lv)
- Latvian Academy of Sport Education
- Latvian Maritime Academy
- National Defence Academy of Latvia
- Rēzekne Academy of Technology
- (lv) (merged into University of Latvia from 2017)
- Ventspils University of Applied Sciences
- Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
Non-university type colleges (Neuniversitātes tipa augstskolas)[]
- Baltic International Academy (including the )
- (lv)
- (lv)
- ISMA University
- (lv)
- (lv)
- (lv)
- Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL)
- University of Business, Arts and Technology (formerly Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration)
- Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
- Transport and Telecommunication Institute
- Turība University
Vocational schools and colleges[]
State colleges (Valsts koledžas)[]
- (lv) (integrated into the University of Daugavpils from March 2018)
- at the Latvian Academy of Culture
- (lv)
- at Riga Stradiņš University (lv)
- (lv)
- at the BA School of Business and Finance
- at the University of Latvia (lv)
- (lv)
- (lv)
- at the University of Latvia (lv)
Colleges established with legal personality (Juridisko personu dibinātās koledžas)[]
Foreign university affiliates (Ārvalstu augstskolu filiāles)[]
- , affiliated with the Tomsk State University[citation needed]
- , under the Pontifical Lateran University
- , under the Pontifical Lateran University
See also[]
- List of colleges and universities
- List of colleges and universities by country
- List of schools in Latvia
- List of universities in Estonia
- List of universities in Lithuania
External links[]
- Links to Latvian colleges and universities at Council for Higher Education website
Categories:
- Latvia education-related lists
- Universities in Latvia
- Lists of universities and colleges in Europe
- Lists of buildings and structures in Latvia
- Lists of universities and colleges by country