Daugavpils University

Daugavpils University (DU) is a public university in Daugavpils, Latvia, founded in 1921. Originally named Daugavpils Pedagogical University (until 2001), it has grown into a comprehensive university with two main faculties: the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Healthcare and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. The university also maintains the Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies and the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences. DU offers programmes across all cycles — short-cycle professional, bachelor's (academic and professional), master's (academic and professional), and doctoral — in fields including biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, information technology, healthcare, nursing, physiotherapy, law, history, economics, business, languages, art, music, design, and education. The university holds the Erasmus+ Higher Education Charter for 2021–2027 (code: LV DAUGAVP01) and became a member of the Open European University alliance in 2024. DU maintains two dormitories and a sports complex in Daugavpils, and hosted 49 incoming Erasmus+ students from 9 countries in the autumn 2026 semester. Accreditation is conducted by the Academic Information Centre (AIC) under Latvia's national quality assurance framework.