Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (ex. Latvia University of Agriculture) is the only higher life sciences education establishment in Latvia and it aims to: promote intellectual potential for rural development in agriculture; encourage young people to acquire higher academic and professional education; develop research; contribute to the cultural development; study, maintain and perfect the gained experience from the Latvian people and pass it over to the future generations. The University work is based on three main branches of science blocks: bio-science, engineering and social sciences.