04 - Latvia - General Objectives

General Objectives. Professional Tertiary Education

The strategic objectives of first-level professional higher education are:

  • to prepare a person for working in a certain profession, promoting one’s development as an open, responsible and creative personality;
  • to advance the acquirement of skills and knowledge for gaining the fourth-level professional qualification;
  • to motivate for further education and provide the possibility to prepare for continuation of education in the second-level of professional higher education.
The strategic objectives of second-level professional higher education are to provide professional studies corresponding to economic, cultural and social needs of the state. The main aims are:

  • to educate specialists of fifth-level professional qualification in the fields necessary to national economy and state security, favour competitiveness in the changing social-economic conditions and in international labour market;
  • to implement acquirement of knowledge characteristic to each field enabling to develop new or improve existing systems, products and technologies and prepare for research, pedagogical and creative work.
General Objectives. Academic Tertiary education

The strategic objective of academic higher education is to provide acquirement of theoretical knowledge and research skills, preparing for independent scientific research activities in the chosen field of science. The main aim of Bachelor study programmes is to provide students with scientific background for professional activities. Studies should favour the development of scientific analysis capacity and skills to solve problems independently.

The aim of Master study programmes is to prepare students for activities of independent scientific research; the main task – to promote the use of theoretical knowledge and research skills.

General Objectives. Postgraduate level

The objective of doctoral studies programmes is to obtain an internationally recognized doctoral degree in a branch of science and to acquire principles of research organization and management.

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Date: 2009
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