10 - Latvia - Branches of study, specialisation
According to thematic groups of education determined in the National
Classification of Education and the Law on Higher Education
Institutions, education programmes are available in the following study
fields:
- Education,
- Humanities and arts,
- Social sciences, business and law
- Natural sciences, mathematics and IT,
- Engineering, production and construction,
- Agriculture,
- Health and welfare,
- Services
(for example, personal services, such as hotel, restaurant, beauty
treatment etc., transport services, environmental protection and civil
and military defence).
In accordance with the completed study programme, academic Bachelor degree is awarded in the following groups of sciences:
- education sciences;
- humanitarian sciences;
- social sciences;
- natural sciences;
- engineering sciences;
- agricultural sciences;
- health sciences;
- environmental sciences.
Academic Bachelor degree allows continuing studies in the same or a related branch of science in Master programme.
The doctoral programmes are offered in the following fields:
- social sciences;
- natural sciences;
- law;
- technology;
- arts.
A transfer to another branch during studies is possible; the conditions depend on the study programme and the institution.
Higher
academic education programmes last three or four years for Bachelor
degree, one or two years - for Master degree; scientific activities
lasts three or four years for doctoral studies.
Professional
higher education is divided into first and second-level professional
higher education. First-level professional higher education programmes
(college programmes) allow gaining fourth-level professional
qualification and last two or three years. Second-level professional
higher education programmes are aimed at fifth-level professional
qualification and last at least four years, except programmes
implemented after completion of the shorter college programmes.
Part-time studies are usually slightly longer (for half a year or one year) than the above mentioned full time studies.
Eurydice - the information network on education in Europe
Date: 2009
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