Higher Education and Science IT Shared Service Centre

We support the development and international competitiveness of higher education and scientific institutions of Latvia by integrating, developing and providing high-quality shared IT services.

How can we serve you?

VPC or Higher Education and Science Information Technology Shared Service Centre supports the development and international competitiveness of higher education and scientific institutions of Latvia by integrating, developing and providing high-quality shared information technology services. To accomplish that, that is how we can serve you and/or your organization:

  • Support systems for education and science: promoting shared infrastructure, providing centralized and shared IT solutions, implementing and managing shared data storages, and implementing global educational and scientific solutions.

  • Attracting funding for large joint projects: preparing joint project applications in the name of our members, attracting national and global funding, cooperation with patrons and IT industry companies.

  • Tools, technologies, and consultations: centralized procurement of software tools, license management, consultations to our members IT departments, technological support for educational and science projects, promoting digital transformation and digital skills.

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Our Members Represent

58%

OF LATVIA’S STUDENTS

64%

OF LATVIA’S RESEARCHERS AND SCIENTISTS

“Universities has joined forces in providing their faculty researchers and students with globally state of art digital solutions thus opening new academic frontiers.”

JANIS GREVINS, VPC COB

Our Founders

VPC founders are four major universities of Latvia – University of Latvia, Riga Technical University, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, and Riga Stradiņš University.

Other higher education and science institutions are welcome to join as members.

The Future is Digital

We support the development and international competitiveness of higher education and scientific institutions of Latvia by integrating, developing and providing high-quality shared IT services.