1. 9 th CBUR Conference Public & Private Partnership in University Financial Support June 13 – 15, 2003 Latvia Higher Education in New Europe in New Europe Chairperson of the Council of Higher Education of Latvia, professor Baiba Rivza

2. 2 The Number of Students in Latvia Higher Educational Establishments 2002./2003. Students 118 845 State higher educational establishments 91 646 (77 %) Private higher educational establishments 27 199 (23%) Full time students 54 694 (60 %) Part time students 36 952 (40 %) Budget students 31 244 (57%) Budget students 857 (2%) Self- paying students 23 450 (43%) Self-paying students 36 095 (98%)

3. 3 Budget Places in Different Fields of Studies (2002/2003 ac.y., %)

4. 4 Students Enrolment for Self – finances and Government’s Budget, %

5. 5 Structure of the State Higher Education Institutions Budget %

6. 6 Portion of GDP (%), which is Allocated for Higher Education and Research from the State Budget Year Education all together, % Higher education, % % of HE funding in education R &D 19956,90,9013,00,28 19965,70,8214,30,27 19975,80,7713,30,25 19986,50,7411,40,22 19997,20,7710,70,23 20007,00,7010,00,18

7. 7 Self earned income in Latvia University of Agriculture, % 1998. – 22,1% 1998. – 22,1% 1999. – 26,6% 1999. – 26,6% 2000. – 26,0% 2000. – 26,0% 2001. – 30,0% 2001. – 30,0% 2002. – 31,9% 2002. – 31,9% 2003. – 33,8% 2003. – 33,8%

8. 8 Number of Grants and Total of Funding Among Branches Branch2002 Number of grantsFunding (Ls) 1. Computer science48187 944 2. Mechanics, mechanical and power engineering 61250 694 3.Physics,mathematics and astronomy89448 374 4. Chemistry66343 437 5. Scientific principles of technology: materials, chemistry, pharmacy 33156 940 6. Biology, ecology, geography and geology 71327 918 7.Molecular biology, microbiology, biotechnology, virusology 38243 187 8. Medical sciences101349 396

9. 9 Number of Grants and Total of Funding Among Branches Branch2002 Number of grantsFunding (Ls) 9.Agricultural sciences44366 901 10. History (including history of culture)14102 11. Linguistics, history of literature and arts sciences 28132 467 12. Philosophy, sociology psychology and pedagogics 56206 661 13. Economics and law33197 101 14. Wood sciences1460 999 Total6963 374 121 Cooperation projects251 467 888 Total7214 842 009

10. 10 The Potential of the Universities: Power Points in ac.y. 2002. Indicators Total in Latvia In universities In universities, % from total in Latvia Total number of students 118 000 64 826 55 for budget for budget 32 191 22 597 70 Number of doctorants for budget 85778091 PhD defence councils 565089 Defended doctorates papers 575596 Number of elected professors 31724979 Number of elected associated professors 51136972

11. 11 The Potential of the Universities: : Weak Points: The aging of academic personal, studies and scientific infrastructure The aging of academic personal, studies and scientific infrastructure The decrease of real state financing for universities comparing to other higher education institutions The decrease of real state financing for universities comparing to other higher education institutions

12. 12 The Indicators of Achieving Program’s Results Human resource Indicators Instant 2003.g. Achievable 2007.g. Number of students in universities 64 826 65 000 Number of doctorates 1 200 3 000 Number of professors 249700 Number of active working in researching scientific doctorates in universities 1 400 2 800

13. 13 Necessary Finances for Realization of the Program Indicators Instant 2003.g. (%) Achievable 2007.g. (%) State budget grants for higher education in universities 0.4 from GDP 0.7 from GDP State budget grants for science in universities 0.04 from GDP 0.4 from GDP Attracted private finances for education in universities 25.0 from budget 45.0 from budget Attracted finances of international projects for education in universities 1.0 from budget 5.0 from budget PHARE and EU structural funds financing 10 milj. EUR 100 milj.EUR

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