CONFERENCEFirst-Cycle Professional Higher Education Study Programme “Teacher of Latvian as a Foreign Language”
Programme level: First‑cycle professional higher education study programme
Language of instruction: Latvian
Study form and duration: Full‑time, on‑site – 1 year/60 ECTS; full‑time, on‑site – 1 year and 6 months/90 ECTS
Credits: 60 or 90 ECTS
Obtainable degree or qualification: Teacher’s qualification
Number of study places for admission in 2025/26 academic year:
For 60 CP ECTS option - 15 state-funded study places, 20 study places for tuition fee
For 90 CP ECTS option - 15 state-funded study places, 20 study places for tuition fee
Minimum number - 15 in each study option
Tuition fee per year (ac. year 2025/26): Full-time studies - 2300 EUR for EU/EEA/Swiss citizens, EU Long-term resident permit holders and their family members. 3000 EUR for citizens of other countries.
Study location: Riga
The purpose of the study programme: to develop, for those studying, the competence required for pedagogical work with adults so that they may obtain a teacher’s qualification and carry out professional pedagogical activity with adult learners, teaching Latvian as a foreign language.
Programme director
Agnese Mālere
Within the programme, students will acquire current teaching methods and educational psychology for work with adults, the didactics of Latvian as a foreign language, technological solutions for language teaching, and issues of language studies; they will obtain skills to establish intercultural communication, thereby promoting intercultural dialogue.
Through practical activity, students will enhance the theoretical knowledge they have gained, and the skills needed to design lessons in Latvian as a foreign language for adults. They will design and use various forms of assessment of language attainment, critically appraise available information and materials, and be able to select appropriate materials suited to learners’ skills, language level and individual needs.
Eligibility to study in second‑cycle higher education programmes, subject to the admission requirements of the relevant programme.
Graduates’ professional activity may take a variety of forms. One of their most important tasks in the labour market is to strengthen the status of Latvian as the State language by teaching it as a foreign language to citizens whose native language is not Latvian but who wish to integrate into Latvian society and who are pursuing or intend to pursue education programmes of various levels in Latvia. Graduates may work in training centres and in the private sector, teaching Latvian.
You can find out about the admission requirements for the study program by switching to the Latvian version of the website.
Agnese Mālere
E‑mail: agnese.malere@lu.lv
Tel.: 67034829
Imantas 7. līnija 1, Room 323