VIDZEME UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

VALMIERA
Valmiera is located in the northern part of Latvia only 50 km from the Estonian border. It has 30.000 inhabitants  has good public transport connections with Rīga (some 100 km away) and other latvian cities. The city is known for its picturesque Old City and 13th century Lutheran Church. It has one of Latvia`s best theatres, a rapidly growing business sector and vast parks close to the Gauja River. Valmiera is a city for those who enjoy sports and other outdoor activities.

VIDZEME UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (VUC)
Vidzeme University College is a new college, started up in the Autumn of 1996. It has 1325 students and provides three Professional Master’s programmes (in Public Administration, Tourism Strategic Management, and Sociotechnical System Engineering) and five Professional Bachelor's degree programmes (in Business Administration, Communication and Public Relations, Information Technologies, Political Science, and Tourism Organization and Management).

ASSORTED FACTS

TUITION
Erasmus students do not pay tuition. The tuition fee for both Bachelors' and Masters' studies are between 600 and 650 LVL for full time studies. ACCOMMODATION
Vidzeme University College has three dormitory buildings to offer to the students. The cost for the room in the dormitory is 20 LVL (28, 50 EUR) per month. To rent a private room could be the same or a little higher. Rooms for international students are most frequently reserved in Ausekla iela 25A dormitory. This recently renovated dorm is located on the southern edge of Valmiera, a 20 minutes' walk from the city centre and campus. Buses also run frequently. The rooms are furnished with beds, tables, chairs and dressers, and one room is shared by two students. Bathrooms are shared with two or three fellow students.

KEY DATES
The autumn semester starts primo September and lasts through January with Christmas vacation inbetween. The spring semester starts primo February, there is a one week mid-semester Easter holiday, and Summer holiday starts primo July after final examinations.

VISA
Norwegian citizens need a visa to study in Latvia. You apply for this at your nearest embassy (e.g. in Oslo) after you have your letter of acceptance from the university.

CURIO
Finland may be a land of forests and a thousand lakes, but large parts of Latvia are also covered by forests, and the country has over 12,000 small rivers and more than 3,000 lakes.

LINKS: THE SCHOOL AND ANSA'S COUNTRY PAGES
www.va.lv/en/
www.ansa.no/land/latvia