Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences

There is international office:

• The staff unit of the Administrative Department which coordinates international study projects and is responsible for foreign exchange students and staff mobility at the University. Coordinates ViA student exchange studies and internships abroad, informs students about various available scholarships for studies abroad.

• The staff unit of the Administrative Department which is responsible for the study information system, administration of the study process, study contracts, organizes the registration for the next study semester. Maintains students' personal files, prepares certificates, transcripts of records, diplomas and their supplements, coordinates the rotation and scholarship award processes.

Exchange students are offered accommodation in the student hostel on Ausekla street 25a. As soon as your application form is received and approved, International Office will make a room reservation for you. All international students are guaranteed a place in a student hostel.

Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences offers only double rooms for its students (two students share 1 room). All rooms are fully furnished. A bathroom and toilet is shared between four students (two rooms). Several rooms share one kitchen equipped with cooking facilities. Most students prepare their own food in the kitchens at the student hostels; this will be slightly cheaper than buying your food at cafeterias and cantinas in Valmiera. If you prefer to cook for yourself, you can use the kitchens, however, the utensils for kitchens are not provided. These can be bought cheaply in the local stores. Bed linen is provided by the university and changed every two weeks. Exchange students live together with the local students and usually also share a room with a local student.

• Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences Library is a unit for ensuring the planning and provision of informative resources necessary for the academic and scientific activities of ViA.
• Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences Library, together with Valmiera Library, forms Valmiera Integrated Library (VIB). Valmiera Integrated Library is a new form of cooperation in Latvia between the libraries of a city and a regional university, in which legally and financially independent libraries cooperate professionally by coordinating, merging and rationally using the information and personnel resources and expanding the services offered.
• ViA Library is a member of the Association of Academic Libraries of Latvia since 2002.
• Since January 30, 2003, VIA Library is the United Nations World Tourism Organisation depository library.

• Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences has an IT support group that provides all the necessary assistance not only in the university, but also in dormitories.
• They  maintains ViA computer network and servers, installs software, takes care of the technical condition of ViA hardware, maintains e-mail and e-learning environment, etc. 

There is local hospital in the city and also various health centers.