CONFERENCEProfessional bachelor’s degree programme “Teacher”
Programme level: Professional bachelor's Degree Programme
Language of instruction: Latvian (separate modules in English, Russian, German)
Study form and duration: full-time - 8 semesters, part-time - 9 Semesters
Credits: 240 ECTS
Obtainable degree or qualification: Professional bachelor's degree in teacher education, teacher's qualification
Number of study places for admission in 2025/2026:
Tuition fee per year (ac. year 2025/26): Full-time studies - 2400 EUR for EU/EEA/Swiss citizens, EU Long-term resident permit holders and their family members. 3100 EUR for citizens of other countries. Part-time attendance - 2100 EUR, for citizens of other countries - 2700 EUR.
Study location: Riga
Pašnovērtējuma anketa
Lai palīdzētu pārliecināties par piemērotību profesionālā bakalaura studiju programmai “Skolotājs” un skolotāja profesijai, aicinām aizpildīt pašnovērtējuma anketu.
Anketas rezultāti neietekmē uzņemšanu studiju programmā, bet var palīdzēt saprast, ar ko ir jārēķinās, studējot profesionālā bakalaura studiju programmā “Skolotājs”.
The study programme was accredited on 3 August 2022.
The purpose of the study programme: to provide locally and internationally competitive professional bachelor's studies in education sciences by promoting the development of the general and professional competence of a teacher in accordance with the professional standard “Teacher” in the areas of training chosen by a student.|
A unique approach combining the content of two or more subjects areas and the teaching methods selected among several sub-programmes.
Director of the study program:
Prof., Dr.paed. Indra Odiņa
Options for sub-programme selection and expected results:
After studying in one of the following sub-programmes: the Latvian language and literature teacher, the Mathematics teacher, the Social Science and History teacher, the graduates will be able to teach the content learned in the module at the general, optimal and advanced levels, according to the country's general secondary education standard *.
After studying in one of the following sub-programmes:
- English teacher and German teacher
- English teacher and Latvian as second language and as foreign language teacher
- English teacher and Russian as foreign language teacher
- English teacher and Social Science teacher
- Computer Science teacher and English teacher
- Computer Science teacher and Social Science teacher
- Computer Science teacher and Design and Technology teacher
- Design and Technology teacher and Computer Science teacher
- Design and Technology teacher and English teacher
- Design and Technology teacher and Social Science teacher
- Physics teacher and Mathematics teacher
- Biology teacher and Mathematics teacher
- Biology teacher and teacher of Science and Chemistry
- Chemistry teacher and Mathematics teacher
- Chemistry teacher and Biology teacher
- Geography teacher and teacher of Science and Physics
- Geography teacher and Social Science teacher
- German teacher and English teacher
Graduates will be able to teach the first sub-programmes (marked in bold) at general, optimal and advanced levels the second sub-programmes and at the general level, according to the national standard of general secondary education *.
The right to study in a Master's or level 2 professional higher education study programmes, which require a Bachelor's degree.
There is a possibility to continue studies master the content and methodology of teaching another subject or the same subject at the advanced level.
Job opportunities
The right to work as a teacher of secondary education and to teach, in accordance with the competence mastered, the content of the modules either at general or general, optimal, and higher levels in public and private educational establishments: secondary schools, vocational education institutions, training centres, non-formal education institutions, etc.
You can find out about the admission requirements for the study program by switching to the Latvian version of the website.
FULL-TIME STUDY options for sub-programmes:
1) studies in one of the sub-programmes:
- Latvian Language and Literature teacher
- Mathematics teacher
- Teacher of Social Science and History
- English teacher and German teacher
- English teacher and Latvian as second language and as foreign language teacher
- English teacher and Russian as foreign language teacher
- English teacher and Social Science teacher
- Computer Science teacher and English teacher
- Computer Science teacher and Social Science teacher
- Computer Science teacher and Design and Technology teacher
- Design and Technology teacher and Computer Science teacher
- Design and Technology teacher and English teacher
- Design and Technology teacher and Social Science teacher
- Physics teacher and Mathematics teacher
- Biology teacher and Mathematics teacher
- Biology teacher and teacher of Science and Chemistry
- Chemistry teacher and Mathematics teacher
- Chemistry teacher and Biology teacher
- Geography teacher, Science and Physics teacher
- Geography teacher and Social Science teacher
- German teacher and English teacher
The language of studies - Latvian (separate modules in English, Russian, German)
PART-TIME STUDY options in sub-programmes (fee-based studies only):
1) studies in one of the sub-programmes:
- Latvian Language and Literature Teacher
- English teacher and Social Science teacher
- English teacher and German teacher *with full-time study of German
- English teacher and Latvian as second language and as foreign language teacher
- English teacher and Russian as foreign language teacher
- Design and Technology Teacher and Computer Science Teacher * with full-time studies of Computer Science
- Design and Technology teacher and Social Science teacher
- Design and Technology teacher and Latvian as second language and as foreign language teacher
The language of studies - Latvian (separate modules in English, Russian, German)