The “Cultural and Environmental Heritage” is a unique study program in Latvia providing academic education at the Bachelor’s level in the Natural Sciences. The uniqueness of this this study programme is in its pronounced interdisciplinarity – it has been developed in close cooperation with the Art Academy of Latvia. Apart from the lecturers from the Academy and the Faculty of Geography and Earth sciences, the courses are taught also by the teaching stuff from the Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of History and Philosophy, and Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Latvia. The best professionals of the field of cultural and environmental heritage are also involved in the tuition of the programme. The study content focuses on 4 main thematic modules: Environmental sciences, Environmental sciences and cultural heritage, Theory and methods of cultural heritage and Humanities and arts. Practical works and involvement of high level specialists and organizations from the field of Cultural and Environmental Heritage, such as UNESCO, ICOMOS, etc. in the study process makes this programme even more valuable for the students.

This study programme is aiming to prepare academically educated specialists with appropriate knowledge, skills and competence required to successfully work in the field of assessment, preservation, protection and sustainable management of cultural and environmental heritage monuments and sites.