Riga Technical University Latvia

The historical backdrop of Riga Technical University goes back to 14 October 1862, when the Riga Polytechnicum (RP) was established. It was the first multi-discipline specialized tertiary training foundation in the Russian Empire. The RP was created after the model of the most dynamic specialized colleges of that time. As a private instructive foundation it was financed by the Baltic respectability. The RP initially consolidated six divisions: Engineering, Chemistry, Agriculture, Mechanics, Commerce, and Architecture. Affirmation was open just to male understudies for an educational cost expense, independent of nationality, religion or economic wellbeing. There were no doorway examinations. The dialect of educational cost was German. 

In 1896, the Riga Polytechnicum was transformed into an authority higher school of the Russian Empire – the Riga Polytechnical Institute (RPI), with Russian as the authority dialect of educational cost. Taking after the sample of European higher schools, the establishment held its self-sufficiency. The scholarly staff included numerous researchers of world eminence, particularly in such ranges as science and designing sciences. On 28 September 1919 the combination of the autonomous Latvia State prompted the foundation of the University of Latvia, which consolidated nine staffs. Without precedent for the historical backdrop of Latvia, educational cost was directed in Latvian. 

In 1958, specialized staffs of the Latvian State University were differentiated to structure the reestablished Riga Polytechnical Institute, giving educational cost both in Latvian and Russian, contingent upon the course framework. The RPI was a free tertiary training foundation with 3000 understudies. In the initial 5 years the quantity of understudies expanded more than triple. Toward the end of the 1980s, the RPI had effectively 10 personnel: Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chemistry, Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Technical Appliances and Automation, Textile and Clothing Technology, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Radio Engineering and Communications, Engineering Economics and Social Sciences. Understudies were likewise offered extramural studies and preparing at instructive discussion focuses. 

On 19 March 1990 the Riga Technical University was renamed to its available name. From that point forward the college has been effectively rearranging its study procedures to guarantee agreeability of scholastic and expert tertiary training, concentrated on the circles ordinary for the national economy of Latvia, alongside the necessities of the European Union. The scholastic execution of RTU has gotten positive assessment by universal specialists and the college is licensed by the Tertiary Education Council of the Republic of Latvia. The study projects offered by the RTU have experienced worldwide ability and are authoritatively licensed. 

To date RTU involves 8 workforces: Architecture and Urban Planning, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology, Electronics and Telecommunications, Power and Electrical Engineering, Engineering Economics and Management, Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Transport and Mechanical Engineering. There are likewise low maintenance and extramural offices. RTU has affiliations in the biggest urban areas of Latvia – Daugavpils, Liepāja, and Ven.