latvia university of agriculture

Latvia University of Agriculture (LLU:accronym in Latvian) is multi-profiled. It offers academic and professional higher education at three levels: undergraduate, Master and Doctoral level. LLU provides study programmes related to project management, sociology, external relations, economics, IT management and also such unique study programmes as advanced agriculture, veterinary medicine, food production, forestry, catering and hotel management, and landscape architecture and some more. The name of the university retains the word “agriculture” because of historical reasons. When LLU was founded in the middle of the last century, its main faculty was the Faculty of Agriculture.
The number of the students is approximately 6000. More than 300 academic staff members are involved in the study process. They also carry out research studies significant for the Baltic Sea Region and Latvia, and are involved in research programmes supported by the European Union funds.
LLU has extensive international cooperation with universities in the UK, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, France, Poland, Lithuania, and other EU member countries. Collaboration with Belarus is also developing.
LLU aims to: encourage young people to acquire high quality academic and professional education, develop research, promote lifelong learning, contribute to cultural development, study, retain and perfect the gained national and international experience and pass it over to the future generations, and also enhance intellectual potential for rural development.