Riga Technical University
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technical university in Latvia
Key facts
- Former name
- Riga Polytechnical Institute (1862–1918)
- Type
- Public
- Established
- 1862 ; 164 years ago ( 1862 )
- Affiliations
- EUA , AESOP , BSRUN, BALTECH, NORDTEK, EUt+ , NAFSA , APAIE, ASM
- Budget
- EUR 85,339,354 (2021)
- Rector
- Tālis Juhna
- Academic staff
- 882 (2022)
- Students
- 10,689 (headcount 2022, 22% foreign nationals)
- Undergraduates
- 7696 (2022)
- Postgraduates
- 2993 (2022)
- Address
- Ķīpsalas Street 6A , Riga , Latvia
- Campus
- Urban, 11.8 hectares (29 acres)
- Colours
- Dark green
- Website
- rtu.lv
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1862
- Location
- Riga, Latvia
- Also known as
- RTU
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.6973.b · ISNI 0000 0004 0567 9729
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Arvīds Pelše
- Official name
- Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte
- Located in
- Riga
- Headquarters
- Riga
- Official website
- rtu.lv
- Image
- Riga Tech Uni.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Riga Technical University
- Commons category
- Riga Technical University
- native label
- Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte
- IPv4 routing prefix
- 195.216.176.160/27
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Riga Technical University alumni
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Academic staff of Riga Technical University
- inception
- 2018-03-29
- short name
- RPI
- rector
- Leonīds Ribickis
- phone number
- +371 67089999
- street address
- Ķīpsalas iela 6A, Rīga, LV-1048
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
Riga Technical University (RTU) (Latvian: Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte) is the oldest technical university in the Baltic countries established on October 14, 1862. It is located in Riga, Latvia and was previously known as Riga Polytechnical Institute and Riga Polytechnicum.
In 1958, the Riga Polytechnic Institute was established as a separate institution, separating the departments of engineering from the Latvian State University. Over the years, the Riga Polytechnic Institute evolved and expanded its academic offerings, becoming one of the leading technical universities in the region. In 1990, it was renamed Riga Technical University (RTU), and today, it has nine faculties and is the largest STEM-oriented university in Latvia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Riga Technical University” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.