Benchmark Study 1

IPP BENCHMARK REPORT
Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
o Target group
Secondary school graduates, anyone interested in further studies at college, bachelor, and master
level in the offered disciplines in formal education and in raising their professional qualification in
non-formal education.
o Web & contact data
www.va.lv
Email: info@va.lv, international@va.lv
Address:
Cesu iela 4, Valmiera,
Latvia LV-4210
Phone: +371 64207230 fax: +371 64207229
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Main strategy
Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences is developing as an innovative regional centre for
academic and professional higher education and research.
o Thematic and geographical focus
Business, information technologies, political science, communication and public relations, media
studies and journalism, tourism, languages.
Vidzeme region, Latvia, Baltic Countries and Western Russia, EU, USA, Former Soviet Union
Countries.
EU-Programmes
Erasmus – students and staff exchange, common projects
Leonardo da Vinci, Gruntvig, Interreg IVA Central Baltic Innovation Tools for Practice,
Norwegian Financial Instrument, ERAF
Other internationalization activities
Summer school, international conferences, seminars, internationalization at home, networking, cooperation
with companies and professional organizations abroad.
o Main Activities
Studies – formal education, adult education, non-formal education
Research, conferences, seminars, different cooperation projects with its stakeholders
o Structure:
Main Stakeholders: State, municipality
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