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Information on the national higher education system. Certificate of general secondary education and diploma of vocational secondary education gives the right to continue education at higher education level. However, the universities/colleges are free to set specific admission requirements, e.g. additional subjects that had to be taken at the secondary school level to quality for admission to a particular programme. According to the Latvian legislation, higher education programmes are placed in the Latvian Qualifications Framework (henceforth LQF) and comply with eight levels of the European Qualifications Framework (henceforth EQF). The Placement of Education Documents Certifying Higher Education in the LQF and EQF Education documents certifying higher education LQF and EQF level