RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, LATVIA [RTU]
Founded in 1862, Riga Technical University is the oldest and the first university of technology in the Baltic countries, located in Riga, Latvia. It is an accredited internationally recognized European University with high rankings.
The Riga Technical University has Riga School of Business [RSB] within its campus, offering management education. RSB has 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 MBA programs in English.
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.
RUT consists of 9 Faculties. Its advanced teaching methods, new technologies and innovative approach allows RUT gain excellence in research and offer exciting full-time or part-time studies.
RTU collaborates extensively with major industries in Latvia and abroad as well as with state and local government institutions. Supported by European Structural Funds, RTU is taking active part in various research projects as well as in establishing of Competence Centres and national Research Centres.
Rankings
RTU was ranked the first place among universities in Latvia in the international U-Multirank rating in 2017. Employment of RTU graduates is rated the highest (at the A level). RTU’s Bachelor's programs in English for self-created or spin-off companies, the post-doctoral study process and creativity in science area all rated very high.
Times Higher Education Rating has ranked the Latvian higher education institution very highly in the 2020 Sustainability Assessment, which evaluates the performance of universities in sustainable development.
RTU was rated the highest in the category "Planet protection" in 2020 and recognized as the 14th best in the world in this field.
RTU is also included in other European and world-class university rankings such as "QS World University Rating", "Eduniversal" and "GreenMetric".
