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University of Latvia

Public university in Riga, Latvia

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About

instance of	public university publishing house
inception	28 September 1919 · Higher School of Latvia
official name	Latvijas Universitāte (lv) · reason for preferred rank: currently valid value · since 19 March 1990 Latvijas Augstskola (lv) · Higher School of Latvia · 1919–1923 Latvijas Universitāte (lv) · 1923–1940 Latvijas Valsts Universitāte (lv) · Latvijas Valsts Universitāte · 1940–1941 Rīgas Universitāte (lv) · Rīgas Universitāte · 1942–1944 3 more Latvijas Valsts Universitāte (lv) · Latvijas Valsts Universitāte · 1944–1958 Pētera Stučkas Latvijas Valsts universitāte (lv) · Peter Stuchka Latvian State University · 1958–7 July 1967 Ar Darba Sarkanā Karoga ordeni apbalvotā Pētera Stučkas Latvijas Valsts universitāte (lv) · Peter Stuchka Latvian State University · 7 July 1967–1990
native label	Latvijas Universitāte (lv)
motto text	Scientiae et Patriae. (la)
legal form	derived public person

Location and contact

country	Latvia
located in the administrative territorial entity	Riga
headquarters location	Riga
location	Riga
street address	Raiņa bulvāris 19, Rīga, LV-1050 (lv)
coordinate location	56.9506, 24.1161
official website	https://www.lu.lv/ · language of work or name: Latvian

People and numbers

count of students	15,600 · reason for preferred rank: currently valid value · 2024 15,250 · 2021
rector	Gundars Bērziņš · reason for preferred rank: currently valid value · since 27 March 2024 Valentīns Šteinbergs · 1962–1970 Visvaris Millers · 1970–1987 Juris Zaķis · 1987–2000 Ivars Lācis · 2000–2007 2 more Mārcis Auziņš · 2007–2015 Indriķis Muižnieks · 4 August 2015–27 March 2024

Structure and memberships

parent organization or unit	Ministry of Education and Science
child organization or unit	Institute for Polymer Mechanics Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia UL Institute of Latvian History Latvijas Universitātes Latviešu valodas institūts
affiliation	European University Foundation - Campus Europae
member of	Utrecht Network European University Foundation - Campus Europae European University Association Confederation of Open Access Repositories International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities · described at URL: https://iaks.sport/member/university-latvia 4 more ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Agence universitaire de la Francophonie Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe Forthem
replaces	Higher School of Latvia · 1923 Peter Stuchka Latvian State University · 1990
replaced by	Latvijas Valsts Universitāte · 1940

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	Universidad de Letonia, Riga, Letonia, 2012-08-07, DD 01.JPG
logo image	LU logo.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (10)

Commons category	University of Latvia
topic's main category	Category:University of Latvia
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:University of Latvia alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Academic staff of the University of Latvia
described by source	Open GLAM Survey · 1 March 2022
IPv6 routing prefix	2a02:500:3334::/48
IPv4 routing prefix	5.179.0.0/22 5.179.4.0/24
API endpoint URL	https://lu-idp.lu.lv · protocol: Shibboleth
social media followers	8,056 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 92253382 · 2 January 2021
subject has role	open-access publisher

Identifiers in other databases (57)

ARWU university ID	university-of-latvia
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	12502579f
BIBSYS ID	57437
Canadiana Name Authority ID	ncf10745563
Crunchbase organization ID	university-of-latvia
Dialnet author ID	3320006
DOI prefix	10.22364
elibrary.ru organisation ID	3267
ELNET ID	a11337928
EU Participant Identification Code	999871830
EU VAT number	LV90000076669 · since 1 February 2000
Facebook username	latvijasuniversitate
FactGrid item ID	Q99557
Freebase ID	/m/02srwg
GND ID	501840-7
Golden ID (archived)	University_of_Latvia-KZ9MN
Google Maps Customer ID	1631064259079095113
Google Scholar organization ID	16175642814843353253
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)	2937900 · subject named as: ЛАТВИЙСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ
GRID ID	grid.9845.0
IdRef ID	034251022 · subject named as: Latvijas universitāte · subject named as: Латвийский государственный университет имени Петра Стучки · object of statement has role: IdRef corporation or conference record
Image Archive, Herder Institute	Q498407
Instagram username	universitate
ISNI	0000000109413213
J9U entity ID	987007264234805171
KISTI ID	K000202377
Latvian National Encyclopedia Online ID	132715
Latvian unified registration number	90000076669
Library of Congress Authorities ID	no2017035450
literatura.lv ID	organizacijas/892240
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	91123046
National Library of Latvia ID	000003505
National Library of Lithuania ID	LNB:V*43853;=BJ
National Library of Poland MMS ID	9810603213305606
NL CR AUT ID	kn20081125026 · subject named as: Latvijas universitāte (1990- )
NLA Trove people ID	3658984
NSK (VIAF) ID	000486380
NSK ID	981005706737709366
NUKAT ID	n97003249
Open Funder Registry funder ID	501100005414
OpenAlex ID	I91123046 P4310320299 · subject named as: University of Latvia
QS World University ID	university-latvia
Quora topic ID	University-of-Latvia
RERO ID (legacy)	A000193081
RILM ID	66854
Ringgold ID	61769
ROR ID	05g3mes96
SNARC ID	Q46094
Threads username	universitate
Times Higher Education World University ID	university-latvia
U-Multirank university ID	university-of-latvia
Vatican Library VcBA ID	494/64292
VIAF cluster ID	129103035
X (Twitter) username	universitatelv · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 92253382 · 20 March 2020
‎Delfi.lv topic ID	35685129
‎Scilit organization ID	677
‎Yale LUX ID	group/8071ec83-8514-4d31-884f-a9c7cff6b4df