Latvian Academy of Culture

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The Latvian Academy of Culture is the higher education institution founded by the Council of Ministers' resolution on December 29, 1990. The Latvian Academy of Culture realizes accredited higher education study programs at Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral levels. The Research Centre and the Creative Activity Centre of the Latvian Academy of Culture and the students and the lecturers of the Academy take part in the realization of the scientific research and artistic creation.
The Academy's primary goal is to administer studies at the Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral levels in the Arts and Social Sciences, Theatre Studies, Audiovisual Arts, and Contemporary Dance and others. The Academy also undertakes research projects in the Arts and the Social Sciences fields and realizes artistic creation.
The Ministry for Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia has accredited the Latvian Academy of Culture has realized higher education programs and has given the Academy the right to award Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Arts academic degrees till 2019.
Eduards Smiļģis Theatre Museum has been a Latvian Academy of Culture's structural unit since June 2, 2009, when it was handed over from the Literature and Music Museum by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia.
Riga Film Museum has been a Latvian Academy of Culture's structural unit since January 1, 2010, when the National Film Centre had been reorganized by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia. Since December 31, 2011, the Latvian Culture College has also been under the Latvian Academy of Culture. The Academy's decision-making bodies are the Constitutional Assembly, the Senate, the Rector, and the Academic Arbitration.

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