BATelecommunication Systems and Computer Networks
| Study location | Latvia, Riga |
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| Type | Bachelor, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 4 years (240 ECTS) |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | BA (Bachelor of Engineering Sciences in Electronics) |
| Accreditation | until 30 June 2023 |
| Tuition fee | €3,500 per year |
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| Application fee | €200 one-time |
| Registration fee | To be confirmed You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount |
| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) Applicants must upload education documents in original language, as well as translations into English. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. |
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| Territory requirements | Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen. |
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| Language requirements | English It is mandatory to provide one of the certificates: • The score of the TOEFL test should be at least 500 (61 iBT). • Requested IELTS score: 5,5 or above. • TOEIC test score: 700 or above. • FCE (First Certificate in English): B. • CAE/CPE (CAE=Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English/CPE=Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English) C. • Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE A) total score: 46 or above. • Duolingo score 95+ NOTE: If your previous studies were in English, confirmed by diploma, transcript, or a school certificate, an additional English certificate is not required. |
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Overview
Today in Latvia just like in the EU countries in general there is a great shortage of Information and Telecommunication Technology specialists. According to the research conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia, the local institutions of higher education roughly turn out thousands of specialists a year although the employers need at least 1,500 of those! Such high demand is understandable since information technology, electronics and telecommunications along with transport are the most dynamically developing fields.
The uniqueness of the study programme Telecommunication Systems and Computer Networks consists in the possibility to deal not only with system and network software but also with a microelectronic component of controllers, computers and communication systems, automation and all forms of control, to find bottlenecks and analyse problematic situations in the functioning of telecommunication systems and computer networks and so on.
In addition to the above, the elements of professional training and standards of information safety are introduced in the academic programme. As a result, in addition to the Bachelor’s diploma a graduate obtains at least two internationally recognised certificates, i.e. the famous CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) and the TOEIC certificate (Test of English for International Communication, the American analogue of TOEFL).
The Cisco networking technology lab, telecommunications, optical electronics, satellite communication, global navigation, radiofrequency identification systems (RFID), antenna systems and microwave emission – this is not an exhaustive list of technical equipment for studies and scientific work of the students learning in this direction.
The spectrum of possible positions for the graduates of the programme ranges from a telecommunication systems operation specialist and net administrator to a systems analyst and developer of the embedded, robotised, telecommunication systems and equipment for different purposes.
The graduates of the programme work in such companies as: Tele2, Optron, Verifone, OpusCapita, Alfa RPAR, SAF Tehnika, Accenture Latvia and many others.
