The University of Latvia (UL) has stood and evolved for a hundred of years, enrolling ever new aspiring students. But one thing has endured throughout the times – almost everyone in the UL family knows three profound myths that linger in the halls of the faculties. Students who really want to graduate from the University must not ascend or descend the central stairs of UL main entrance. The myth of stairs in student circles has been around for a very long time, and everyone in the UL family knows about it. Legend has it that a student who climbs the central staircase entering the main building of the University of Latvia, Raiņa bulvāris 19, will never graduate from this university and receive its diploma. Reasons can be various – failed exam, forgetfulness, laziness or other coincidences of life. On the eve of the Alma Mater centenary, we asked the specialists at the University of Latvia Museum why these epic stairs have gained the notoriety. We found that the story came about
Are you interested to experience what it takes to build a business? Would you like to do an internship in Spain, Greece, Finland or Luxembourg and gain insights into the startup world as well as share your skills and talents with promising startup companies? Make an impact and experience the enterprenurial world through practical internship in startups across Europe. Placement at a startup companyis an opportunity to explore your strengths and talents while performing meaningful tasks that support innovations and businesses of cutting edge technologies. Project POWER incubators and startups are keen to meet talented and motivated students willing to make a difference. Maybe you will be part a part of build the next “unicorn” startup. If you are searching for internship apply here . The project Placement Opportunities With Entrepreneurial Reach (POWER) aims to create modern, targeted and user-friendly ICT tools for effective placement management at European start-ups, allowing
In spring semester 2020, the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Latvia offers a new studies course “Holocaust in Latvian Culture.” During the course, the students will familiarise themselves with the reasons and the chronology of the Holocaust in Latvia and in the world, discuss the interaction between the modern communication environment and culture, as well as the viability of supranational stories in the space of a national memory. The course involves an excursion in the territory of the former Riga ghetto, a visit to the museum “Jews in Latvia” and the Žanis Lipke Memorial. A special lecture will be organised with the students from the USA (Florida Southern College) who will arrive in Riga within the framework of a cultural exchange programme. Lectures will take place in the main building of the University of Latvia, Rainis Boulevard 19, Room 240. Learn more and read full description of the course here. The course will be taught by Claims Conference University
JGU Mainz starts a roadshow through the university to inform about the current state-of-performance in FORTHEM and the new FIT FORTHEM project! It's half-time in FORTHEM! For 1.5 years, the seven partner universities have been working on a lasting partnership, a real European University. Exchange and cooperation with non-academic partners are on the agenda, but also questions about joint research agendas and the shared use of human and infrastructural resources play a central role. Besides the main project funded by ERASMUS plus a new Horizon 2020 project – FIT FORTHEM, was obtained and kicked-off in January. This results in a wide range of opportunities and possibilities for participation for researchers, teachers, students and staff. Dr. Tanja Herrmann and Dr. Nicole Birkle from JGU international office and Research Services will present these to the JGU departments and other core committees and facilities together with researcher and students who are already involved. A roadshow
. NSYSU students have gone to UL on the exchange, but no Latvian students have come to NSYSU over the years. On the research side, NSYSU's cooperation with the Institute of Solid State Physics at UL has been fruitful. The "Taiwan and Baltic National Physics Research Center" was jointly established in 2020 to work in solid-state physics research. More information
Are you interested to experience what it takes to build a business? Would you like to do an internship in Spain, Greece, Finland or Luxembourg and gain insights into the startup world as well as share your skills and talents with promising startup companies? Make an impact and experience the enterprenurial world through practical internship in startups across Europe. Placement at a startup companyis an opportunity to explore your strengths and talents while performing meaningful tasks that support innovations and businesses of cutting edge technologies. Project POWER incubators and startups are keen to meet talented and motivated students willing to make a difference. Maybe you will be part a part of build the next “unicorn” startup. If you are searching for internship apply here . The project Placement Opportunities With Entrepreneurial Reach (POWER) aims to create modern, targeted and user-friendly ICT tools for effective placement management at European start-ups, allowing