Baltic International Academy

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The Baltic International Academy (up to 2006 it was called Baltic Russian Institute) is the largest non-government higher education establishment in the Baltic States and Eastern European countries (it was established in 1992) amounting 4,500 students, including 450 foreign students from 22 countries worldwide, that makes multicultural environment in Academy, where teach 200 lecturers, of which... 100 are doctors of Science and professors.
Reorganisation takes place during process of education in Baltic International Academy, which provides academic and professional higher education in accordance with the requirements of the European Union in Latvian economy fields. BIA acquired international expert evaluation and gained no-term accreditation.
Baltic International Academy has filial branch not only in Riga but also in other Latvian areas (Daugavpils, Liepaja, Rezekne, Jekabpils, Ventspils, Smiltene, Jelgava) The Academy during education process as well as during conferences and seminars uses videobridge conference, which connects BIA in Riga with its regional filial branches. The Academy regularly organizes international student summer schools, art exhibitions, scientific seminars, conferences, round table discussions, where actively interact students from the Academy and other institutions of higher education, lecturers and foreign lecturers, employers as well as experts.
The BIA participates in european programmes and projects:

• Exchange students` programme “ERASMUS” giving the opportunity for the students to participate in the exchange programmes with partner European universities starting from the 2nd study year.
• The programme «TEMPUS» gives the opportunity to participate in different European projects jointly with higher educational establishments of the countries – non-members of the EU.
• European Training Foundation, ETF – the students are enabled to do an internship within the grants.
• Within the European Social Fund the students do an internship in the Latvian companies and organizations.

The BIA is a member of the organizations as follows:

• EAIE – European Association for International Education;
• International Higher Education Academy of Sciences;
• Employers’ Confederation of Latvia;
• Latvian Designers’ Society;
• LCCI - Latvian Chamber of Commerce;
• IAU- International Association of Universities.

The Baltic International Academy takes part in the project Scholarships for International Students and Researchers of "Valsts izglītības attīstības aģentūra" (The State Education Development Agency) within three directions:

• Scholarships for studies in Latvia
• Fellowships for research work in Latvia
• Scholarships for summer schools in Latvia