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About Academy

The Latvian Academy of Sports Education was founded on September 6, 1921, in Riga as the Latvian Institute of Physical Education, but in November 1991 it was renamed as the Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE). LASE is an accredited state higher education institution with English and Latvian medium of instruction.

The Latvian Academy of Sport Education is a state higher education institution that realizes accredited study programs to train specialists in education and sport to work in state and municipal institutions and organizations. During the study process at LASE, all students receive the knowledge, skills, and capacities needed to direct and organize education, sport, health promotion, and other activities.

In 2022 education work at the Academy was provided by 56 members of academic staff, including 17 Professors, 12 Associate Professors, 13 Assistant Professors, 6 Lecturers, 4 Assistants, 4 Leading Researchers, and Researchers, including 37 members of academic staff with having Scientific degree.

Study Programs

• Education and Sport Specialists
• Sport Science 
• Physiotherapy
• Healthcare Specialists in Sport
• Sport Science

Research Units

LASE is the only higher education institution in Latvian, which coordinates and conducts research in sports, as well as educates sports science specialists. So far, scientific activity has mainly been carried out in the Academy’s Departments, the Sports Science Institute, Recreation and Environment Institute, Teacher Education Development Institute, and Institute of Movement Ergonomics.

As a tradition for many years, the Latvian Academy of Sports Education arranges a Student Research Conference, in the framework of which lecturer and student investigations are approbated. A logical result of these conferences is an annual edition of Sports Science – LASE Scientific Articles.

The main aim of the Latvian Academy of Sport Education is to provide internationally recognized high-quality studies, develop innovative research in sport science and integrate it into the study process, which ensures the training of competent and competitive different sports specialists for the Latvian and international job market.