Consortium

Established: 1863

Purpose (mission): Creating internationally competitive intellectual potential for the development of Latvia, its regions, on the basis of outstanding research, the use of its results in the national economy, high quality of studies and efficient management of the university.

The university’s mission includes four top-level objectives: 1) achieving excellence in research specialisation areas, 2) facilitating fundamental and applicable research, as well as the application of research results in the national economy, 3) providing high-quality study and education services, and 4) ensuring efficient management of the university.

International cooperation: In the study year 2020/2021 the University has 46 existing cooperation agreements and is running 60 scientific and educational projects.

Number: In the study year 2020/2021 the number of academic staff amounts to 488. The total number of students – 4149, of which 304 (7,33 %) are foreign students.

Directions of curricula: 

The LLU provides higher education and lifelong learning in the fields of science and the areas of the economy in which it has acquired education and research expertise. Special attention shall be paid to the development and extension of the supply range of study programmes which prepare specialists for prospective bioeconomy sectors included in the Latvian Smart Specialisation Strategy, and shall be: agriculture, forestry, veterinary medicine, wood-processing, biomaterial-based construction, energy based on the use of renewable resources, water purification and distribution, management of water and land resources, nature tourism, food industry and biochemistry, information and communication technologies.

Main fields of research are grouped in 3 thematic blocks:

• BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: Agriculture, Forestry science, Veterinary medicine, Food hygiene, Food science.
• ENGINEERING SCIENCES: Information technologies, Remote sensing, Robotics, Food technology, Wood materials and technologies, Sustainable energy technologies and systems, Sustainable building, Civil engineering, Technologies for management of natural resources.
• SOCIAL SCIENCES: Economics, Sociology, Regional development, Business management, Hotel and restaurant management.

Contacts:
Phones: +37163022584
E-mail: rektors@llu.lv
Website: https://www.llu.lv/en

Established: May 22, 1996

Purpose (mission): Active participation in the provision of scientific and human resources for the social and economic development of Naryn region and the Kyrgyz Republic via training of highly qualified and competitive personnel and conducting targeted scientific research on topical international, state and regional issues; achieving world standards of education, establishing and developing international relations in order to integrate into the world educational space.    

International cooperation: 33 existing agreements, 2 scientific and educational projects, agricultural internship / practice programs -5

Number: teaching staff – 198. The total number of students – 4357, of which foreign students -501

Directions of study: Agrarian-technical faculty, pedagogical faculty, faculty of economics, business and management, philological faculty, correspondence department and Naryn pedagogical college, agrarian-economic college, pedagogical center.

Contacts: Phones: +996 3522 5 08 14 Fax: +996 3522 5 08 14
E-mail: nsu@ktnet.kg
Website: www.nsu.kg

Established: January 30, 1933

Purpose (mission): Preparation of highly qualified, intellectually developed, quickly adapting to the requirements of the time, in-demand specialists and scientific personnel for the development of a sustainable agro-industrial complex, and the formation of the university as an internationally recognized center for training world-class professionals.

International cooperation: 76 existing agreements, 10 scientific and educational projects, agricultural internship / practice programs -4

Number: teaching staff – 256. The total number of students – 5058, of which foreign students -76

Directions of study: agronomy and forestry, engineering and technical, hydro reclamation, ecology and land management, veterinary medicine and biotechnology, production technology and processing of agricultural products, economics and information systems.

Contacts: Phones: +996 312 54-52-10, 54-05-48 Fax: +996 312 54-05-45
E-mail: knau-info@mail.ru
Website: http://knau.kg/en/

Established: May 28, 2019

Purpose (mission): Preparation of qualified economists with theoretical and practical skills in demanded specialties in close cooperation with leading universities of developed countries, taking into account the prospects and priorities of economic development, trends in the development of modern technology and technology.

International cooperation: More than 20 existing agreements, 4 scientific and educational projects, agricultural internship / practice programs -4

Number: teaching staff – 43. The total number of students – 911

Directions of study: Economy: agricultural economics, Economy: food economy, Economy: food system management, Digital economy, Agribusiness and Innovation activity, Accounting and audit, Banking and audit, Taxes and taxation, Statistics, Information systems and technologies

Postal address: 140147, 51 Professor’s street, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Contacts:  Phones: +998 66 2373281
E-mail: sbtsue@edu.uz
Website: https://sbtsue.uz/en

Established: May26, 1930

Purpose (mission): Preparation of highly qualified, intellectually developed, quickly adapting to the requirements of the time, in-demand specialists and scientific personnel for the development of a sustainable agro-industrial complex, and the formation of the university as an internationally recognized center for training world-class professionals.

International cooperation: more than 90 existing agreements, 12 scientific and educational projects, agricultural internship / practice programs -11

Number: teaching staff – 450. The total number of students – 15000 (with branches), of which foreign students -125

Colleges: agrobiology, plant protection and agrochemistry, fruit, vegetable growing and viticulture, storage and processing of agricultural products based on innovative technologies, mulberry and silkworm growing, forestry and ornamental gardening, agrologystic and business.

Contacts: Phones: +998712604800 Fax: +998712603860
E-mail: tdau_info@edu.uz
Website: https://tdau.uz/

Established: 1890

Purpose (mission): The mission of the University is to meet the challenges of modern times, especially the progressive globalization of the economy and the educational and research space.

International cooperation: 78 agreements

Number: teaching staff – 752. The total number of students – 7758

Directions of study: Currently, the University of Agriculture has 7 faculties and an Inter-University Unit: Agriculture and Economics, Animal Sciences, Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Food Technology, Forestry, Horticulture, Production Engineering and Energetics, Biotechnology, Landscaping, University Center of Veterinary Medicine (joint faculty with Jagiellonian University) Within the faculties listed there are currently 32 fields of study with 62 specialties.

Contacts: Phones: + 48 12 662 42 51 Fax: + 48 12 633 62 45
E-mail: rector@urk.edu.pl
Website: https://urk.edu.pl/

Established: 2010 (through a merger between Växjö University and University of Kalmar)

Purpose (mission): Linnaeus University is a creative and international knowledge environment promoting curiosity, creativity, companionship and utility.

International cooperation: 173 university wide existing agreements plus several hundred existing international agreements on the level of individual schools and faculties

Number: professors – 168. The total number of students – 44,000, of which foreign students -900

Directions of study: 150 degree programmes and 1300 single-subject courses within arts and humanities, health and life sciences, the social sciences, the natural sciences, technology, and business and economics. There are also a number of different contract educations, like the headmaster training and police education.

Contacts: Phone: +46(0)772-28 80 00
E-mail: info@lnu.se
Website: https://lnu.se/en

Established: October 8, 1978

Purpose (mission): Hilfswerk International (HWI) is one of Austria’s leading non-profit, non-party, and cross-denominational organizations with its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. It provides both long-term international development assistance and humanitarian aid. Its strategic focus is on long-term capacity development of local organizations and vulnerable population sectors, i.e., women, children, youth, and ethnic minorities, in terms of organizational and institutional development. Our mission is to combat poverty and hardship in developing countries through promotion of economic and social development intended to lead to a process of sustained economic management and growth, linked to structural and social change.

International cooperation: currently 50 international projects with numerous international (European Commission, FAO, UNDP, Medicor, OFID, LED, ADC, UNHCR, USAID, DFID, etc.) and national partners from 25 countries.

Number: Staff in the Headquarters in Vienna – 15; Staff in our project countries – 90

Directions of study/ action: Education and capacity development of local organization and communities, knowledge management and cooperation with university; economic and rural development (promotion of food safety, quality and export promotion, support to SMEs and Business Intermediary Organizations, organic farming and agricultural value-added chains, youth entrepreneurship); health and social care and humanitarian aid.

Contacts: Phones: +992-372 27 37 78 (Umed Aslanov), +43 676878760620 (Stoyanka Manolcheva)
E-mail: aslanov@hilfswerk.tj, Stoyanka.Manolcheva@hilfswerk-international.at
Website: https://www.hilfswerk.at/international/en/about-us/about-hilfswerk-international/, https://www.hilfswerk.tj/