In October 2013 it received the Green Flag award, becoming the first institution of higher education in the Baltic states to hold international Eco university status.

In 2011 a study programme titled 'Wooden Houses and Eco-building' was introduced to train professionals working in the construction area to follow and respect ‘green’ thinking.

[5] Later in September 2014 the university plans to open a modern complex of engineering studies, which will be equipped with the latest laboratory and research facilities and technologies.

The institute publishes international annual Proceedings of scientific articles "ICTE in Regional Development" involved in EBSCO databases.

[17] Some of these include: The first rector of Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences was Artis Pabriks, the current Minister for Defence of Latvia.