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FacultyFaculty of Natural Sciences and Healthcare
Programme Duration4 years – full-time studies
Programme Workload240 ECTS
Obtainable DegreeProfessional Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technologies
Obtainable QualificationSoftware Engineer
Programme DirectorLecturer, Mag.paed. Ieva Boļakova, E-pasts: ieva.bolakova@du.lv
Study course descriptionsStudy course descriptions

Admission Requirements

Centralized Exams

  • In Latvian language
  • In the first foreign language
  • In mathematics
  • The average score of all centralized exams

Additional points will be awarded for:

  • A centralized exam in programming
  • An exam or credit in informatics / applied informatics listed in the diploma
  • Holders of a certificate from the Daugavpils University Science School

Study Program Objective

To provide professional higher education studies that meet the needs of the Latvian economy, are based on the theoretical foundations of information technology sciences, comply with the professional standard of a programming engineer, and are practically applicable.

Study Program Tasks

  • To provide the opportunity to obtain the professional qualification of “Programming Engineer” and a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology;
  • To promote the competitiveness of programming engineer qualification specialists in changing socio-economic conditions and in the international labour market;
  • To implement in-depth knowledge acquisition in the field of information technology, enabling the development of new or the improvement of existing software and technologies, as well as preparing students for creative, research, and pedagogical work in the IT sector;
  • To ensure that graduates of the study program are capable of responsibly and securely selecting and using information technologies for work tasks, research, lifelong learning, and for acquiring, creating, and sharing digital content;
  • To foster motivation for further education and provide opportunities to prepare for higher-level studies.

During your studies, you will learn:

programming languages, declarative programming, web programming, network programming, software engineering, data protection and cryptography, multimedia, operating systems, computer graphics and animation, industrial controller programming, technical graphics, mathematical modeling, and more.

Upon successful completion of the program, it is possible to:

  • continue studies in master’s degree programs in Latvia and abroad.