1. Study in Europe Study in Latvia Your New Educational Experience in Rezekne Unversity Of Applied Sciences Watch video REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WWW.RU.LV/EN RĒZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA - UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES Admission Opened for September 2015 Admission Opened for September 2015

2. Latvia – where?! REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WWW.RU.LV/EN 2

3. Latvia – why?! REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WWW.RU.LV/EN

4. Latvia - what? REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WWW.RU.LV/EN 4 Northern Europe European Union Part of Schengen area The fastest growing country by GDP in Europe 2013 Bachelor, Master, Doctorate studies in English covering Engineering, Arts, Business studies Safe environment 4 beautiful seasons

5. Studying in Latvia REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WWW.RU.LV/EN 5 more than 100 study programmes offered in English government or government Approved universities globally recognised degrees world famous Alumni cost-effective tuition fees exchange study/training semester abroad access to business incubators multicultural classrooms on-campus accommodation guaranteed

6. Living in Latvia REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WWW.RU.LV/EN 6 Schengen temporary resident permit 20 hours/week part-time work Average living costs - 300 EUR/month Self-catering accommodation Student unions, various interest groups Multicultural and vibrant environment Various dining opportunities

7. Admission Requirements REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WWW.RU.LV/EN Bachelor studies Master studies 7 Completed secondary education (12th pass or 3 years Polytechnic Diploma) English proficiency certificate or proof that previous studies were in English Minimum of 3 years Bachelor degree (except Arts and Sciences) 1st and 2nd decision English proficiency certificate or proof that previous studies were in English Doctoral studies Master degree English proficiency certificate or proof that previous studies were in English

8. Application procedure Select study programme Submit required documents along with application fee Receive conditional acceptance letter Wait for verification of educational documents Receive acceptance letter, study agreement Submit visa documents and make a tuition fee, visa fee payment Wait for Immigration decission on your resident permit

9. Documents for resident permit Application form + photo Legalised educational documents Legalised police clearance (report) Bank statement of 5500 USD (has to state that international credit card it attached to the account) Signed study agreement Copy of passport Proof of tuition fee payment Proof of state duty payment

10. Rīga Rēzekne Rīga – Rēzekne 240 km Significant centre for regional development Population 32000 people RĒZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA - UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES REZEKNES UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES – WWW.RU.LV/EN

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12. Rezeknes Augstskola partners in studies Razna National park Rezekne Special ekonomic zone Latgale Culture and History Museum Youth interst centre ”Zeimuls” GORS, The Embassy of Latgale

13. RĒZEKNE – city of students RRemarkable ĒEncouraging ZZealous EEducative KKnowledgable NNovel EErasmus+

14. State established unversity since 1993 2000 students 150 academic staff Business Incubator Study Labs and Centres REZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA – UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES – WWW.RU.LV/EN

15.  Education and Design  Engineering  Economics and Management 15 Three faculties

16. New building of Faculty of Engineering 16

17. 17 New Faculty of Engineering

18. 18 New Faculty of Engineering

19. 19 New Faculty of Engineering

20. 20 New Faculty of Engineering

21. Mechatronics laboratory 21

22. CAD/CAM/CAE laboratory 22

23. Laboratory of Electrotechnics 23

24. Study programs 40 study programmes:  22 undergraduate level  15 graduate level  3 doctoral 24

25. Management Science 3 years 1390 USD per year Business administration with specialization in tourism and hotel management or external relations management 4 years 1550 EUR per year Translator - Office Assistant 4 years 1620 EUR per year Bachelor programmes RĒZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES REZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA – UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES – WWW.RU.LV/EN Interior Design4 years 1730 EUR per year E-commerce4 years 1730 EUR per year Programming Engineer 4 years 1730 EUR per year Mechatronics 4,5 years 1730 EUR per year

26. Archive studies 2 years 1740 EUR per year Career Counselor 2 years 1740 EUR per year Pedagogy2 years 1740 EUR per year Master programmes RĒZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES REZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA – UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES – WWW.RU.LV/EN Computer Systems Engineering 1,5 - 2 years 2050 EUR per year Environment Protection Engineering 1,5 - 2 years 2050 EUR per year Information Systems of Electronic Commerce 1,5 - 2 years 2050 EUR per year Philology2 years 1740 EUR per year Financial management 2 years 1300 EUR per year Management2 years 1740 EUR per year

27. Modelling of Social Technical Systems 3 years 2900 EUR per year Environment Engineering 3 years 2900 EUR per year Pedagogy3 years 2600 EUR per year PhD programmes RĒZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA REZEKNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES REZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA – UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES – WWW.RU.LV/EN

28. Course catalogues ECTS catalogues (European Credit Transfer System) www.ru.lv/en http://www.ru.lv/en/international_office/ ects_catalogues/ 28

29. Centre of innovations “Hotel for Ideas” (42 enterprises in 2014/2015 academic year) Study laboratories and centres (Centre of legal services, Catering service laboratory etc. ) Practical training, agreements with companies and organizations in Latvia and abroad 29 To train your skills

30.  More than 150 cooperation partners abroad  High mobility indicators of students and academic staff– ERASMUS+ programmes  Agreements on double/dual diplomas (Lithuania, Germany). Development of new joint study programmes.  Diplomas’ supplement label (2009-2013, 2013 - 2018) 30 Internationalization

31. - Learning - Bilingual, individual, placements, research - Integration - LV course, field trips, Erasmus day, country presentations - Reporting - Learning style, Intercultural Competencies Internationalization

33. Procedures Application Study agreement Diploma recognition Residence permit Visa 33

34. Application & study agreement 34 1. Personal motivation letter (in English) 2. Europass CV (in English) 3. Evidence of fluency in English 4. A legally certified copy of an official diploma and transcript from every secondary institution graduated (for Master students - bachelor diploma and transcript of records) with legally certified translation in English 5. Apostille certification obtained from the Ministry of External Affairs (when necessary) 6. Certified copy of the passport 7. Four (4) passport size photos 8. A proof of the bank transfer of the application fee (non-refundable) 100 EUR 9. Agreement of studies at Rezeknes Augstskola signed by the applicant (2 copies)

35. Diploma recognition National Academic Information Centre of Latvia www.aic.lv Applied by Rezeknes Augstskola 35

36. Residence permit & Visa Citizenship and Migration Affairs Office www.pmlp.gov.lv Assisted by Rezeknes Augstskola 36

37. Online application deadlines: 1 July for Autumn semester 25 August for Spring semester www.ru.lv admissions@ru.lv 37

38. 38 Welcome to my country!