This intensive short-term program will help boost practical communication skills, extend active vocabulary, refine grammar, and discover Russian and Latvian culture features and traditions.
The program includes:
- Intensive language study and full Russian language immersion in the largest Russian-speaking city of the European Union;
- 6 ECTS (3 US) credits in Russian at Daugavpils University;
- Several content lectures on different aspects of Russian and Baltic culture, traditions, history, and present, all provided in Russian.
- Homestay in a Russian-speaking host family with breakfast and dinner;
- Cultural program (Russian Orthodox Christmas, Mark Rothko Art Center, Russian steamhouse, and other events);
- Optional trip to the capital city of Riga – the historic birthplace of Christmas Tree;
- Airport pick-up and transfer;
- Local insurance.
Dates:
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- Application deadline – November 21, 2022
- Program fee payment – December 9, 2022
- Arrival in Latvia – December 27, 2022
- The first day of classes – December 28, 2022
- The last day of classes – January 13, 2023
- Transfer to Riga for departure – January 14, 2023
2023 Winter Program draft schedule
Download the Preparations checklist and timeline
Entry requirements and documents:
- Passport scan;
- Daugavpils University application;
- Current enrollment verification (a letter from the home university or the Department confirming at least three full semesters of university Russian);
- Host family placement form;
- Health Declaration;
- US citizens need no visa to enter Latvia.
All paperwork will be handled through a student account opened in our internal IT system.
Program Costs
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Program Fee
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| PROGRAM TOTAL: | 2535 Euro | ||||||||
Valid for the 2023 Winter Program.
