page_title: University of Latvia
section_title: Organisation
hierarchical_section_title: University of Latvia / Organisation
caption_attribution_description: Rīga, LU Ekonomikas un vadības fakultāte 2002-11-08
context_page_description: The University of Latvia is a state-run university located in Riga, Latvia. It was established in 1919.
  The university is ranked 801st-1000th in the world in 2019 and have had the highest place as 651st–700th in 2017 as well as 7th in the Baltic states after the University of Tartu, Vilnius University, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Tallinn University of Technology, Kaunas University of Technology and Riga Technical University and 50th in EECA rating.
context_section_description: The university consists of 13 faculties:
  Faculty of Biology
  Department of Plant Physiology
  Department of Botany and Ecology
  Department of Human and Animal Physiology
  Department of Hydrobiology
  Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology
  Department of Molecular Biology
  Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology
  Faculty of Chemistry
  Department of Inorganic Chemistry
  Department of Analytical Chemistry
  Department of Organic Chemistry
  Department of Physical Chemistry
  Centre of Food Chemistry
  Centre of Chemistry Didactics
  Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Optometry
  Department of Optometry and Vision Science
  Department of Mathematics
  Department of Physics
  Laser Centre of the University of Latvia
  Extramural Mathematics School of A. Liepa
  Faculty of Business, Economics and Management
  Department of Global Economics Interdisciplinary Studies
  Department of Economics
  Department of Finance and Accounting
  Department of Management Sciences
  Faculty of Education, Psychology and Arts
  Department of Education sciences
  Department of Pedagogy
  Department of Psychology
  Department of Teacher Training
  Sports Centre
  Centre of Adult Pedagogical Education
  Faculty of Geography and Earth sciences
  Department of Geography
  Department of Geology
  Department of Environmental science
  Faculty of History and Philosophy
  Department of History and Archaeology
  Department of Philosophy and Ethics
  Faculty of Law
  Center of continuing legal education and professional development
  Student government
  Chair of Civil Law
  Chair of Constitutional Law
  Chair of Criminal Law
  Chair of International and European Law
  Chair of Legal Theory and History
  Legal Clinic of the Faculty of Law
  Faculty of Medicine
  Centre of Health Management and Informatics
  Department of Anatomy and Histology
  Centre of Experimental Surgery
  Department of Pharmacology
  Department of Internal Medicine
  Department of Medical Biochemistry
  Department of Medical Pedagogy, Ethics and History
  Department of Oncology
  Department of Surgery
  Department of Pathology
  Department of Pediatrics
  Centre of Social Pediatrics
  Faculty of Humanities
  Department of Asian Studies
  Department of Contrastive Linguistics, Translation and Interpreting
  Department of Classical Philology and Anthropology Studies
  Department of English Studies
  Department of Germanic Studies
  Department of Latvian and Baltic Studies
  Department of Romance Studies
  Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
  Faculty of Social sciences
  Department of Information and Library Studies
  Department of Communications Studies
  Department of Political Science
  Department of Sociology
  Center for the Cognitive Sciences and Semantics
  Faculty of Theology
  Department of Systematic and Practical Theology
  Department of Church History and History of Religions
  Department of Biblical Theology
  Faculty of Computing
  Chair of Computer Science
  Chair of Programming
  Chair of Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
  Chair of Informatics Lifelong Learning
  Methodological Laboratory of Computer Science Studies
  Methodological Laboratory of Computing Studies – The Linux Centre
  In addition to the university's various faculties and its medical wing, the Riga Medical College (Rīgas Medicīnas koledža), the University of Latvia offers most of the resources traditionally associated with accredited universities, including several libraries, research facilities, study centres, a language school, and a career centre.
caption: Faculty of Business, Economics and Management
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