RTU will start a pilot project to change the financing system
From September 1, 2024, Riga Technical University (RTU) will begin the transition to institutional financing of higher education. RTU will be the first of the state universities in which the new pilot project initiated by the Ministry of Education and Science (MES), decided at the meeting of the Ca…

Ministry of Education and Science

July 17, 2024

The first TOGAS research center opened in Rēzekne
The Institute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine (KPMI) of the University of Latvia (LU), which is the leading partner of the study "Towards Gastric Cancer Screening in the European Union" (TOGAS), has started a study in Rēzekne on the detection and treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in yo…

Anda Asere, Labs of Latvia

July 17, 2024

Research whether Latvian youth would like to become entrepreneurs in the future
Are the young people of Latvia ready and would like to start a business in the future? The researchers of the Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management (IEVF) of the Riga Technical University (RTU) were looking for an answer to this question, by surveying first-year students in an internation…

Riga Technical University

July 16, 2024

The University of Latvia establishes a Doctoral School
The Doctoral School of the University of Latvia (LU) began its work on July 15. The main tasks are the implementation and promotion of all doctoral study programs, ensuring the career development of young researchers, monitoring and improving the quality of doctoral studies, as well as promoting in…

The University of Latvia

July 16, 2024

"QS World University Rankings: Europe 2025" includes 7 Latvian universities
"QS World University Rankings: Europe 2025" includes 7 Latvian universities: Riga Technical University (RTU) is in the shared 258th place (last year it took 262nd place); The University of Latvia (LU) is in shared 267th place (266th place last year); Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) oc…

Anda Asere, Labs of Latvia

July 12, 2024

BAFF Podcast: Marta Lange, A Medical Researcher in the u.S.
"Beyond BAFF" is a series of podcasts exploring the journeys of alumni of the Baltic-American Freedom Foundation. In this episode, you can listen to a conversation with Marta Lange, a medical engineer from Latvia, whose research led her to a fellowship at the Houston Methodist Hospital at the Texas…

BAFF (Baltic-American Freedom Foundation)

July 11, 2024

Universities and Riga City Council will develop the "Knowledge Mile"
The cooperation memorandum signed by Riga City Council, University of Latvia (LU), Riga Technical University (RTU) and Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) envisages joint efforts to develop the "Knowledge Mile" area, attracting both Latvian and foreign students, as well as promoting Riga as a European i…

Riga City Council

July 11, 2024

Latvian computer scientists conquer the field of space modeling
The Latvian-based technology start-up "Nanocraft" models the target spacecraft comet of the European Space Agency's "Comet Interceptor", its activity and possible flight scenarios. Such a mission with an unknown target comet is being developed for the first time. In this project the startup comm…

Tehnoloģiju jaunuzņēmums “Nanocraft”

July 10, 2024

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