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Latvian qualifications database

Latvian Qualifications Database (LQD) is a unique database in Latvia that contains information on full qualifications obtainable in the education system of Latvia, when graduating an accredited education programme or through validation of non-formal and informal learning outcomes. In LQD, qualification is knowledge, skills and competences certified by an education document.

National database of regulated professions

A regulated profession is a profession with specific requirements for education and training and the professional qualifications are specified in the law “On the Regulated Professions and the Recognition of Professional Qualifications”. The Database of Regulated Professions developed and hosted by the Academic Information Center includes the list of regulated professions in Latvia in Latvian and English.

Latvian formal qualifications and LQF levels

1

Certificate of general basic eduation (special education programme for learners with mental development disorders)

2

Certificate of general basic education
Certificate of vocational basic education
Certificate of professional qualification (at basic education level)

3

Certificate of vocational education (arodizglītība
Certificate of professional qualification (at vocational education (arodizglītība) level)

4

Certificate of general secondary education
Diploma of vocational secondary education
Certificate of professional qualification (at secondary education level)

5

Diploma of first level professional higher education (college education, length of full-time studies - 2 to 3 years)

6

Bachelor's diploma 
Professional Bachelor's diploma
Diploma of professional higher education, diploma of higher professional qualification (length of full-time studies - at least 4 years)

7

Master's diploma
Professional Master's diploma
Diploma of professional higher education, diploma of higher professional qualification (total length of full-time studies - at least 5 years)

8

Doctor's diploma
Professional Doctor's diploma in arts

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