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Daugavpils University

Vienības iela 13, Daugavpils
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Daugavpils University is a public university in Daugavpils, Latvia, and the largest regional university in the country.

The university was founded in 1921 as a Teachers’ College. Already in 1923, it was renamed into Daugavpils State Teachers’ Institute. In 1952 it was renamed into Daugavpils Pedagogical Institute. Soon after the restoration of independence, the Institute expanded its activities and was transformed into Daugavpils Pedagogical University. On 13 October 2001, the University received its present name.

DU has become the biggest public educational institution in Eastern Latvia and is a member of the European University Association and EU²S², the European Union association of universities of small member states. The University consists of five faculties: Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Music and Arts and Education and Management. These are divided into 51 study programs that train biologists, programming engineers, physicists, intercultural relations managers, institutional managers, economists, psychologists, artists, linguists, interpreters, career consultants, and other specialists. The university offers Doctoral, Bachelor and Diploma level studies.

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Vienības iela 13, Daugavpils
+371 654-22180, +371 654-22922
du@du.lv
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