List of universities and colleges in Latvia

The accrediting body for universities and colleges in Latvia is the 'Council of Higher Education' (Augstākās izglītības padome). Institutions are divided into 'first-level vocational schools or colleges' (pirmā līmeņa profesionālās izglītības iestādes jeb koledžas) and Augstskola, a Latvian language term roughly translated as 'high school' or 'higher school', which covers institutions generally referred to as universities or tertiary colleges in English. Each category is further subdivided as follows:

Augstskolas

State universities (Valsts universitātes)

State high schools (Valsts augstskolas)

Non-university type colleges (Neuniversitātes tipa augstskolas)

Vocational schools and colleges

State colleges (Valsts koledžas)

Colleges established with legal personality (Juridisko personu dibinātās koledžas)

Foreign university affiliates (Ārvalstu augstskolu filiāles)

See also

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