Ventspils University College

Ventspils University College

Organisation type: 
University
Country: 
Latvia
Description: 

Expertise: Ventspils University College (VUC) is an accredited state higher school founded in 1997 due to the support and initiative of the local authority in Ventspils. VUC has three faculties, which offers academic and professional studies in Interpreting and Translation (TSF), Economics and Business Administration (EPF), Information Technologies (ITF), Engineering and Electronics (IZN). During the academic year 2009/ 2010 there were about 850 students studying at VUC, there are more than 100 members of the teaching and research staff, half of them hold the doctoral degree.

Facility: Three research institutions registered in National Register of Scientific Institutions with 40 members (Engineering Research Centre, International Radioastronomy Centre, Applied Linquistics Centre)

Good IT infrastructure - more than 250 computers, optical network connection with KTH in Sweden, high-performance computer cluster

International Radioastronomy centre with largest in West Europe 32m and 16m diameter antennas

Research laboratories of Engineering Research Centre with modern equipment for ICT and robotics

Common with industrial partners research laboratories on the territory of working industrial electronics enterprises

Priority: Information and communication technologies (ICT)

Mathematical modelling

CAD/CAM

Electronics

Economics and Business Administration