Safety engineering programs can offer students the opportunity to study and work in different locations around the world. A safety engineering course of study investigates what the safety standards are and how to ensure that equipment operators and their machines meet those standards.

Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia, to the south by Lithuania, to the east by Russia, and to the southeast by Belarus. The Latvians are a Baltic people, culturally related to the Lithuanians. Capital is Riga which is home to University of Latvia with more than 23,000 enrolled students.