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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