Latvian Academy of Sport Education

„Studentu Paradīze” will celebrate grand 5 year anniversary

Thursday, 11 August 2011 10:09

For the fifth year all prospective and current students will gather in the biggest celebration of the opening of the study year in Baltics – „Studentu Paradīze” (Student Paradise), which will take place on the 23rd of September with the support of Swedbank youth program ZOOM/NPNK.

Celebration place – Arena Riga. In the organizing of this celebration are involved students from more than 25 higher educational establishments of Latvia.

IDSF Professional WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Friday, 15 April 2011 08:29

On the 22, 23 and 24 of April 2011 there will be held biggest dance sport festival in history of Baltic States under the collective name of Old Thomas Tallinn Trophy.
The most important competition of this dance sport festival will be the IDSF Professional Division Championship in Standard, which is an open competition for world top-class dancers, who dance Standard dances and has been declared themselves like professional athletes. This competition will be held on 23rd of April 2011.

Latvian Academy of Sport Education 2nd year doctoral student Alina Klonova with her partner Andrea Bastianelli will take place on this the world's major Championship. They will represent Latvia as a 1st couple from this country.

Brief description

Sunday, 17 October 2010 17:51

The Latvian Academy of Sport Education is the only education institution of a specialized university type in Latvia that trains sport specialists.

The Academy was founded on September 6, 1921 as the Latvian Institute of Physical Education, but in 8. November 1991 it was renamed as the Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE). LASE is an accredited (14.07.1998) state higher education institution, the studies are held in the Latvian language. The Constitution of the Academy was affirmed on July 8, 1998 by order of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Republic of Latvia Nr 352.

The Latvian Academy of Sport Education is a state higher education institution that realizes accredited study programmes to train specialists to work in education, sport, state, municipal institutions and organizations as they have the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to lead and organize education, sport, health promoting and other activities.

LASE graduates are trained specialists to work in education, sports, state and local government institutions, organizations and business companies, as they have acquired knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to run and organize education, sport, health strengthening and other activities.

During 85 years of its existence about 7700 sport specialists have graduated from the Latvian Academy of Sport Education.