Daugavpils University

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Daugavpils University (Latvian: Daugavpils Universitātes) is a public university in Daugavpils, Latvia and the second traditional and second largest university in the country.

The University is the biggest institution of education in Latgale region with 5 departments and 6175 students, of which approximately half are full-time, half correspondence.

Founded in 1921 as The Teachers’ Seminar, in 1923 it was renamed as Daugavpils State Teachers' Institute. In 1952, reformation in the state pedagogical system resulted in the school being renamed the Daugavpils Pedagogical Institute. In 1993 it was convered the status of university and on October 13, 2001 was renamed as Daugavpils University.