Degree to be achieved: Bachelor of Humanities Philology

Standard period of study: 4 years (or 8 semesters)

Type of studies: Full time

Language of instruction: English

Accreditation: 11.01.2006-31.12.2012

Tuition fee:    

1) For EU, EEA citizens and their family members is 1200 LVL per year (the total tuition fee is 4800 LVL)

2) For other countries citizens is 2000 LVL per year (the total tuition fee is 8000 LVL)


Admission requirements for academic year 2010/2011:

• General secondary education diploma.

Entrance criteria:

The selection criteria are based on the following grades recorded in the general secondary education diploma supplement (grade achievement):

The grade in English¹ (at least satisfactory) + GPA (grade point average) + certificate of Latvian language (if available)²

The grade in secondary education diploma in: English can be replaced with one of the following documents:

1) TOEFL IBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet Based Test) score at least 80 or TOEFL PBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language Paper Based Test) score at least 550;

2) IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score at least 6 points;

3) Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English – C level; Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English – B level;

²EU citizens can register for the competition for a state financed study place if one of the following documents is provided:

• a certificate of state language issued by The Centre for Curriculum Development and Examinations of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia, stating at least level 1B (issued as of 01.09.2000 – 31.08.2009);
• a certificate of state language issued by The State Education Centre of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia at least level A2 (issued as of 01.09.2009);
• a Latvian language certificate issued by the Language Centre of the University of Latvia. The lowest acceptable grade is 4 (almost satisfactory).

Necessary documents:

1. Notarially certified copies of legalized diploma of secondary education and legalized grade transcript. If these documents are not in Latvian or English a notarially certified translation of these documents shall be provided.
   Find more information about legalization procedure below.
2. Document of English language proficiency (if necessary);
3. Completed  application form;
4. Copy of passport;
5. 1 photo;
6. Copy of application fee payment document.
   The payment must be transferred to the bank account of the University of Latvia before applying for studies. The application fee is non-refundable.  

Please note! Application documents without all required attachments and application fee payment confirmation will be understood as not valid and will not be forwarded for further processing.  

Application fee:

1. For European Union, European Economic Area citizens and their family members* is 20LVL (28Euro);  
2. For permanent residents (including long-term residents of the European Community) and their family members* is 20LVL (28Euro);  
3. For other citizens is 35LVL (50Euro).

* Under this clause family members are spouse, parents and children.

 
The deadlines for submitting application documents: 

1. For EU citizens and permanent residents is July 23, 2010;

2. For citizens from other countries is May 15, 2010.  

Legalization (certification of document authenticity)

• Legalization is not a notarial act. It means verification of signature and seal of a document.

• If education documents are issued in a country which has joined the Hague Convention 1961 (e.g. USA, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Georgia, India, Moldova etc.) they should be certified with an Apostille. The Apostille is issued by a competent institution (usually the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) in the country of origin.

• If education documents are issued in a country that has not joined the Hague Convention 1961 (e.g. Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, Sri-Lanka etc.) applicants should get a double legalization of their educational documents. The documents need to be legalized either by a competent institution (usually the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) in the country of origin or by the diplomatic/consular mission of the country of origin and either by any Latvian diplomatic/consular mission or by Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Consular Department.