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The aim of the course “Plant molecular genetics” is to provide the master of biology programme students of the Faculty of Biology with a deeper insight into modern plant genetics and biotechnology. The course will emphasize the role of plants as model organisms to understand fundamental laws and mechanisms in genetics and evolution. Molecular marker technologies for basic research and plant breeding will be introduced. Students will get acquainted with the latest achievements in plant molecular genetics and biotechnology, including methods for constructing transgenic (genetically modified) plants. Role of GM plants in basic research and agriculture will be discussed with emphasis on GMO regulations in European Union and Latvia.

Council of the Doctoral School : Ērika Šumilo, Dr.ekon. (Faculty of Economics and Management) – chairman; Inesa Vorončuka, Dr.ekon. (Faculty of Economics and Management) – vice-chairman; Annija Apsīte, B.soc.zin. (Faculty of Economics and Management) – secretary Roberts Škapars, Dr.ekon. (Faculty of Economics and Management) Jānis Priede(Faculty of Economics and Management); Māris Treimanis, Dr.dat. (Faculty of Computer Science); Jānis Rozenfelds, Dr.jur. (Faculty of Law); Tālis Tisenkopfs, Dr.soc. (Faculty of Social Science); Pēteris Zvidriņš, Dr.h.ekon. (Faculty of Economics and Management); Inna Dovladbekova, Dr.ekon. (Rīga Stradiņš University); Vladimirs Meņšikovs, Dr.soc. (Daugavpils University); Josef Neuert, Dr. (Universityof Applied Sciences, Austria); Toomas Haldma, PhD (University of Tartu, Estonia); Eric Schoop, Dr.(Dresden University of Technology, Germany); Ona Gražina Rakauskiene, Dr.h.ekon. (Mikolas Romeris University

The course is designed to develop students oral and written English skills in the field of business management The tasks of the course are: 1. to prepare students for oral and written business communication in an unternational environment. 2. to help students acquire terminology related to the chosen speciality. The course covers such topics as legal forms of organization, raising finance, financial stability, and basic laws of marketing. Students discuss problems of international marketing and commerce as well as intercultural communication issues.The skills and terminology acquired during the lessons are complemented by individual reading and writing academic annotations on professional topics. Students knowledge and skills are assessed with the help of three tests and a presentation about international commerce. The course has been designed for all speciality students of the Faculty of Business, Management and Economics. The language of instruction-is English.

The course is designed to develop students oral and written English skills in the field of business management The tasks of the course are: 1. to prepare students for oral and written business communication in an unternational environment. 2. to help students acquire terminology related to the chosen speciality. The course covers such topics as legal forms of organization, raising finance, financial stability, and basic laws of marketing. Students discuss problems of international marketing and commerce as well as intercultural communication issues.The skills and terminology acquired during the lessons are complemented by individual reading and writing academic annotations on professional topics. Students knowledge and skills are assessed with the help of three tests and a presentation about international commerce. The course has been designed for all speciality students of the Faculty of Business, Management and Economics. The language of instruction-is English.

The aim of the practice is to strengthen theoretical knowledge acquired in the training process in financial accounting, so that practical skills can be gained in recording and collecting information on business transactions, as well as to gain a realistic picture of the annual accounts and the establishment of tax reports binding on the company. The tasks to be performed for the achievement of the objective shall be detailed in the by-law of practice; in general case, the main tasks shall be related to the determination of the procedures for the registration of specific inventory objects in the internship and the conformity assessment thereof in relation to the requirements of regulatory enactments. The practice rules are available on the faculty website in the section for Students - Methodological instructions. The practice assessment amounts to 80%, while the practice report estimates 20% of the 10 KP. The language of the practice is Latvian, unless the practice company uses

The patron company Tilde(1991) is a developer of a wide range of software and a localizer of technologies in the Baltic countries ensuring translation and adaptation of technologies into local languages and their harmonization with the local laws and culture. The services include full support of the Latvian and foreign languages in the digital environment. More about the company Support Tildefunding enabled establishment of scholarship for Computing Research has been established in order to support and motivate diligent and talented students of the UL Faculty of Physics and Mathematics and Faculty of Computing. In the 2008/2009 academic year, the first scholarship of Computing in the amount ofEUR 2 150was granted to Kaspars Balodis. In the2012/2013 academic year, the recipients of the scholarship were Ginta Garkāje and Audris Ločmelis. On 23 March 2015, Tildegifted to the UL Foundation the accountancy system "Tildes Jumis"developed by Tilde and a subscription for one year

The ethical principles of LU research are determined by the Research Ethics Policy. Studies carried out by students The procedures for evaluating ethical aspects of studies conducted by students (except for resident and doctoral students) shall be determined by the faculty of the LU. If necessary, the LU Faculty Council shall approve the by-law and composition of the study ethics committee for evaluation of student studies. Information on ethics committees of LU faculties can be found on faculty websites: Research by residents, doctoral students and scientists Depending on the type of research, the compliance of the research carried out by the academic and scientific staff, residency, doctoral students of the LU with the principles of research ethics is assessed by the LU or an external research ethics committee or other responsible institution (see scheme below). Types of research that require an approval before starting are: research with human involvement, incl. studies

be performed by the rector or dean of the institution of higher education, in a college - the college director. The decision on exclusion of a person from the list of students may be contested in accordance with the procedures specified in Section 26, Paragraph eight of this Law. The student is exmatriculated with rector’s order, following the proposal of the dean representing the respective faculty. The student who wishes to be exmatriculated submits an application to the rector. The student can contest the exmatriculation decision within one month from the day when the decision has entered into force, by submitting an application to the UL Senate.

/Lettland Fonds"was registered in the Register of Associations and Foundations of Latvia. In April 2010, the University of Latvia transferred the supervision of funds to the UL Foundation (EUR 2.4 million). More about life of K.Hagen: www.hagens.lv . Support The bequest of KurtHagenwill enable annual exchange of students with the universities of Germany. The scholarship for one semester’s studies amounts to EUR 7 000. In the 2014/2015 academic year, KurtHagenscholarship was received by master’s programme student at the UL Faculty of History and Philosophy Kintija Auziņa; In the 2015/2016 academic year, KurtHagenscholarship was received by student of the UL Faculty of Biology Elīna Didrihsone, student of the UL Faculty of History and Philosophy Olga Senkāne and the UL Faculty of Chemistry Toms Rēķis. Scholarship recipients of the 2016/2017 academic year: Jānis Dzirkalis (UL Faculty of Biology), Madara Meļņika (UL Faculty of Law) and Laila Moreina (UL Faculty of Law). We greatly appreciate

The Library of the University holds a valuable collection of books published by “Zelta Ābele” (“Golden Apple-tree”), the publishing house of Miķelis Goppers. Mikelis Goppers was born on June 13, 1908, into the family of General Kārlis Goppers, he attended Riga City Gymnasium No.1 and then studied at the Faculty of Economics and Law of the University of Latvia. In 1935 M. Goppers, a great devotee of books, founded a publishing house and gave it a symbolic name from the Latvian folklore - “Golden Apple-tree”. The main idea was to publish books of a high quality design and polygraphy. The creator of the publisher’s logo was Voldemārs Krastiņš (1908-1960), a landscape painter and a master of etching and one of the first illustrators of the publishing house. For the work at his publishing house M. Gopper assembled a circle of the brightest writers, translators, painters and etchers of the time. “Zelta Ābele” (“Golden Apple-tree”) published classic Latvian literature, translations