Liepaja University

Facts and Figures

• Liepaja University is accredited state higher educational establishment, which implements study programmes at all three study levels: basic studies, Master and Doctorate studies.
• Every year about 30 study programmes are implemented.
• Full-time and part-time studies.
• The number of elected teaching staff members – 74, among them more than 64,8% – Doctors of Sciences; 35,1 % professors and associate professors.
• About 1500 students.
• LiepU has its own anthem, coat of arms, logo and a banner.
• More than 20 thousand graduates

Some historical facts:

• The higher educational establishment was founded in 1954 on the basis of Teacher Training Institute.
• Its original name – Liepaja Pedagogical Institute.
• The first campus – Baseina iela 9, Liepaja.
• For long years the educational establishment offered education in educational science. Concurrently with teacher training study programmes a broad spectrum of non-pedagogical study programmes has been offered since 1990.
• In the course of time the name of the higher educational establishment has changed more than once. On 16 July 2008 Liepāja Academy of Pedagogy became Liepaja University (LiepU).

Basic studies

• Baltic philology and culture
• Business and organization: Communication, Culture, Business management
• Design
• European language and culture studies
• Information Technology
• Mechatronics
• Nature and renewable energy resources management and engineering
• New media art
• Social work
• Speech therapy
• Teacher
• Tourism management and recreation

Master studies

• Art
• Career consultant
• Ecotechnologies
• General education teacher
• Information technologies
• Literary work and communication
• Management sciences
• New media art
• Social work

Doctoral programmes

• E-studies technologies and management
• Linguistics
• New Media Art
• Pedagogy