MARITIME TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT • Marine Transport – Navigation

							                                 GENERAL INFORMATION

Name of the institution :           LATVIAN MARITIME ACADEMY
ERASMUS Code                        LV RIGA12
Address :                           Flotes str. 5B
Post code, City                     Riga LV 1016, Latvia
Web Site:                           www.latja.lv
Contact persons                     Nora Argale
“ERASMUS”                           Erasmus coordinator
- Address :                         Flotes str. 5B
- Post code, City                   Riga LV 1016, Latvia
- E-mail :                          nora.argale@latja.lv
- Tel. :                            +371 67161125
- Fax :                             +371 67830138
Type institution :                  State funded Higher Education Institution

Association :

Size of institution (number of      850
students) :

                                          MARITIME TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT:
Course Programmes :                  •    Marine Transport – Navigation study program, Diploma
Faculties/departements                    of Professional BSc in Marine Transport;
                                     •    Port and Shipping Management study program,
                                          Diploma of Professional BSc in Management and
                                          Administration;
                                     •    Marine Transport and Operations, professional Masters’
                                          study program

                                          MARINE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT:
                                     •    Marine Engineering study program, Diploma of
                                          Professional BSc in Marine Engineering;
                                     •    Marine Electrical Automation study program, Diploma
                                          of Professional BSc in Marine Electronic Engineering;


Degrees (Graduate,                  Bachelor; Master
Postgraduate, PhD)

Student services (sociale service,        The LMA campus covers an area of about 7 ha. There
accommodation, restaurants,        are numerous buildings on campus including the Tuition Block,
associations , …)                  the Study Centre with modern premises and a computerized
                                    library, mechanical and welding workshops, as well as
                                    accommodation for LMA students, staff and guests.

Academic calendar :
Fall semester: 1st September – 24th December
Spring semester: 20th January – 22nd June
         View of the institution on internationalisation and mobility in particular


Applications from students resident outside Latvia are warmly welcomed. Under the Lifelong Learning
program Erasmus LMA provides incoming and outgoing mobility within the EU. There are plans to offer
tuition to groups of non-EU students. Individual training programs are offered for post-graduate
students. Institutional support measures for teachers/students mobility in LMA are the following:

• LMA offers courses in English for incoming students in accordance with the Learning Agreement;

• LMA programmes of study comply with the Bologna process and European Credit Transfer System
  (ECTS)

• LMA offers campus accommodation for students

• LMA provides support for obtaining visas for incoming non-EU students and teachers.