Latvia University of Agriculture

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Latvia University of Agriculture

• Ina Alsina
• Head of Science Division

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Location

• LLU is situated in Jelgava about 40 km south-west
  of Riga
• LLU is the largest institution in Jelgava
• LLU is located in approximately 30 buildings and
  4 of them are national architectural monuments-
  palaces
• The central building is in the Jelgava Palace
  designed and built in 1738 by the world famous
  Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli.
  

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History

• 1863 - Agriculture Department of Riga
  Polytechnic
• 1920 - Faculty of Agriculture of Latvia
  University
• 1939 - Jelgava Academy of Agriculture
• 1944 - Latvia Academy of Agriculture
• 1991 - Latvia University of Agriculture

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• LLU provides
• education
• research
• extension
• continuing education in
• agriculture,
• food and forestry

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• LLU - third largest HEI in Latvia after LU and
  RTU
• National - 69 students from countryside
• Regional - 57 students from Zemgale and
  neighbor regions
• Riga - 11 students

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Dynamics of LLU students
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• LLU has 9 faculties
• AGRICULTURE
• ECONOMICS
• AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
• VETERINARY MEDICINE
• RURAL ENGINEERING
• FOOD TECHNOLOGY
• FORESTRY
• SOCIAL SCIENCES
• INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

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Students by Faculties - 2005
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Dynamic of Doctor degree students
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The number of Doctor dissertations at LLU
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NUMBER OF PERSONNEL (June 1, 2005)

• Total
• Professors 43
• Associate professors 51
• Profesors emeritus 9
• Docents 89
• Lecturers 152
• Researchers 27
• Library personnel 37
• Administration 105
• Supply personnel 383
• Assistants of teaching staff 70
• Total
  966

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LLU agencies

• Research Institute of Agriculture
• Research Institute of Biotechnology and
  Veterinary Medicine Sigra
• Research Institute of Agricultural Machinery
• Research Institute of Water and Land Management

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Training and research farm Vecauce

• Vecauce was established in 1921. It operates
  as a property of LLU since 1999, it is an
  integrated farm
• offering complex training possibilities in all
  agricultural fields agriculture, animal
  production, horticulture, processing of
  agricultural products
• offering conditions for carrying out research
  work to the students of Master Ph.D. studies and
  university teaching personnel
• carrying out research and practical experiments
  in animal production and veterinary medicine
• since 1995 LLU organizes the annual agricultural
  exhibition Vecauce

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Research projects, LVL
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Research projects types

• National program and open call projects
• Multinational projects
• Bilateral projects

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Implementation of national program projects

• ESF Support for doctoral studies and
  postdoctoral research in engineering,
  agricultural engineering and forest sciences
• The total amount for implementation is 930 000
  LVL.
• Duration 10.12.2004. 20.08.2008.

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Implementation of national program projects

• ERDF Modernization of study places for engineers
  in LUA
• The total amount for implementation is 459 000
  LVL.
• Duration 23.11.2004. 31.12.2006.

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National program project starting in 2006ERDF
Improvement of LUA research base in agriculture
and forest sciences
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Successful projects EU 6th Framework Program

• Chemical Food Safety Network for the enlarging
  Europe SAFEFOODNET Prof. D. Karklina
• SSA FP-2004-INNOV-04 Innovation through research
  opportunities INTRO
• Prof. B.Riva, prof. P.Riva, I.Stokmane
• Total number of submited projects 19

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Research priorities in Latvia

• Information technologies
• Material sciences
• Forest and wood technologies
• Organic synthesis and biomedicine
• Letonics
• Agrobiotechnology
• Energetics.

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Thank you for attention!
Latvia University of Agriculture