Riga Technical University

Riga Technical University (RTU) (Latvian: Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte) is the oldest technical university in the Baltics established on October 14, 1862. It is Located in Riga, Latvia it was previously known as Riga Polytechnical Institute and Riga Polytechnicum.

Riga Technical University
Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte
TypePublic
Established1862
RectorLeonīds Ribickis
Students14, 383 (2019)
Location
Riga
,
Latvia
CampusUrban
AffiliationsBSRUN, BALTECH, NORDTEK, EUt+
Websitehttp://www.rtu.lv/

Riga Polytechnical Institute, 1862–1918

Riga Polytechnicum was first established in 1862 and was the first polytechnical institute in Imperial Russia. It offered degrees in agriculture, chemistry, engineering, mechanics, trade and architecture, with education in German. In 1896, it was renamed Riga Polytechnical Institute and the language of instruction was changed to Russian. The establishment of a faculty of architecture at the Polytechnicum in 1869 was instrumental in providing Riga with a group of locally trained architects, with consequences for the development of the characteristic Art Nouveau architecture in Riga.[1]

When World War I started in 1914, the Riga Polytechnical Institute was evacuated to Moscow and worked there until 1918. After that, part of the faculty returned to Latvia and joined the newly established University of Latvia. Others stayed in Russia and taught at universities there.

Riga Technical University, 1958–present

Riga Polytechnical Institute was re-established in 1958 by splitting off the engineering departments from the State University of Latvia. In 1990, it was renamed to Riga Technical University. The university currently consists of 9 faculties:[2]

  • Department of Architectural Design
  • Department of History and Theory of Architecture
  • Department of Fine Arts
  • Department of Telecommunications Networks
  • Department of Transmission Systems
  • Department of Transport Electronics and Telematics
  • Department of Radiosystems
  • Department of Electronics Equipment
  • Department of Fundamentals of Electronics
  • Faculty of E-Learning Technologies and Humanities
  • Department of Sport
  • Department of Social Sciences
  • Department of Engineering pedagogy and Psychology
  • Department of Languages for Special Purposes
  • Department of Technical Translation
  • Faculty of Electrical and Environmental Engineering
  • Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics
  • Department of Industrial Electronics and Electrical Technologies
  • Department of Power System Control and Automation
  • Department of Electrical Machines and Apparatus
  • Department of Electric Power Supply
  • Department of Environment and Energy Systems
  • Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
  • Department of Modelling and Simulation
  • Department of Management Information Technology
  • Department of Image Processing and Computer Graphics
  • Department of Computer Networks and Systems Technology
  • Department of Computer Control Systems
  • Department of Applied Computer Science
  • Department of Software Engineering
  • Department of Artificial Intelligence and Systems Engineering
  • Department of Engineering Mathematics
  • Department of Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics
  • Department of Roads and Bridges
  • Department of Geomatics
  • Department of Structural Analysis
  • Department of Structural Engineering
  • Department of Computer Aided Engineering Graphics
  • Department of Heat and Gas Technology
  • Department of Water Engineering and Technology
  • Department of Civil Building Construction
  • Department of Construction Technology
  • Department of Composite Materials and Structure
  • Department of Building Materials and Products
  • Department of Occupational Safety and Civil Defence
  • Department of International Business, Transport Economics and Logistics
  • Department of Customs and Taxes
  • Department of Civil Engineering and Real Estate Economics and Management
  • Department of the Territorial Development Management and Urban Economics
  • Department of Quality Technology
  • Department of Innovation and Business Management
  • Department of Corporate Finance and Economics
  • Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry
  • Department of Silicate, High Temperature and Inorganic Nanomaterials Technology
  • Department of Polymer Materials Technology
  • Department of General Chemical Engineering
  • Department of Materials Physics
  • Department of Semiconductor Physics
  • Department of Optics
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Chemical Technology of Biologically Active Compounds
  • Department of Design and Materials Technologies
  • Department of Clothing and Textile Technologies
  • Department of Aeronautical Technologies
  • Department of Avionics
  • Department of Aircraft Theory and Design
  • Department of Transport Systems and Logistics
  • Department of Medical Physics and Engineering
  • Department of Nanoengineering
  • Department of Instrument Engineering
  • Department of Material Processing Technology
  • Department of Theoretical Mechanics and Strength of Materials
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design
  • Department of Heat and Power Engineering Systems
  • Department of Railway Transport
  • Department of Automotive Engineering
  • Department of Railway Automatics and Telematics

As of 2019, it had 14,383 students.

Riga Business School
Main article: Riga Business School

The Riga Business School is a management–education institution within Riga Technical University. It was founded in 1991, in close cooperation with the State University of New York at Buffalo (USA) and the University of Ottawa (Canada), and it was the first higher education institution in the Baltic states that offered Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs in English.[3]

The school currently has more than 800 MBA graduates, mostly middle- and upper-level level managers both in Latvia and abroad. The education standards and structure are adopted from the North-American style MBA, which contains case studies, working in groups, and active participation in classrooms.

Rankings
University rankings
Global – Overall
QS World[4]701-750 (2021)

Riga Technical University is ranked in the 800+ bracket in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019.[5] In the 2019 edition of QS World University ranking, it placed in the 751-800 bracket. [6] RTU has been ranked 57th among EECA (Eastern Europe and Central Asia) universities, making it the second highest ranking university in Latvia (behind the University of Latvia) and the 7th in the Baltic states.[7] The Webometrics ranking also places RTU as Latvia's second best university after UoL.[8]

Notable faculty and alumni

Some of its most notable graduates are the Latvian-born Nobel Prize laureate Wilhelm Ostwald, the legendary Mayor of Riga George Armitstead, the former President of Latvia Andris Bērziņš, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and many others who have earned distinction in science and society.

Wilhelm Ostwald, by Nicola Perscheid

Affiliations and alliances

The Riga Technical University is one of the eight holders of the European University of Technology, EUt+[9], with the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria, the Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus, the Hochschule Darmstadt, University of Applied Sciences, Germany, the Technological University Dublin, Ireland, Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Spain, the University of Technology of Troyes, France, the Technological University Dublin, Ireland and the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

The European University of Technology, EUt+ is the result of the alliance of eight European partners who share in common :

  • the "Think Human First" vision towards a human-centred approach to technology
  • the ambition to establish a new type of institution on a confederal basis

Through EUt+, the partners are committed to creating a sustainable future for students and learners in European countries, for the staff of each of the institutions and for the territories and regions where each campus is anchored.

References
  1. Krastins, Janis (2006). "Architecture and Urban Development of Art Nouveau – Metropolis Riga". International Review of Sociology. 16 (2): 395–425. doi:10.1080/03906700600709327.
  2. Structure and administration: RTU Structure
  3. Riga Business School. "History of RBS".
  4. [QS ranking 2021 https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2021]
  5. "Riga Technical University Profile". Times Higher Education University Rankings. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  6. "Riga Technical University Profile". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  7. "QS University Rankings: EECA 2019". Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  8. "Latvia | Ranking Web of Universities". www.webometrics.info. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  9. "European University of Technology, EUt+ Website". European University of Technology. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

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