On 29 August, eight Latvian higher education lecturers will travel to the USA and start their studies in the Buffalo Programme coordinated by Riga Business School as a unit of Riga Technical University (RTU) and funded by the European Union. After passing the competition, the lecturers will travel to the State University of New York at Buffalo (USA) to improve their digital skills and the quality of teaching information and communication technologies and learn the latest methods in preparing and delivering IT course content.
From 15 to 19 August, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) will host a summer school on "Modelling and Simulation in Health Care", organised in cooperation with two German universities – the APOLLON University for Health Care Management in Bremen, and the Schumpeter School of Business and Economics at Bergische Universität Wuppertal. The summer school will be held on RSU premises this year and will be attended by students from Latvia and abroad.
The 31st International Biometric Conference was held on 10-15 July in Riga, at the Radisson Blu Latvija Conference & Spa Hotel. The conference gathered 519 participants from 54 countries, among them 163 students. A total of 124 sessions were delivered during the event.
Latvian state scholarships will be granted to 34 international students from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) in the 2022/2023 academic year. The scholarship is granted by the State Education Development Agency (SEDA) of Latvia after a careful evaluation process. This is the largest number of recipients compared to other higher education institutions in Latvia. The University of Latvia comes in second with 23 international students receiving the scholarship.
The summer admissions period for undergraduate and master's programmes in Latvian at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has successfully come to an end. RSU has received a total of 7,973 applications, which is an increase of several percentage points compared to last year.
Dental therapy and oral health researchers from Latvia, Canada, and the US collaborated on a three-year long study to investigate the effects of MI Varnish which is a special coating made from a fluoride, calcium, and phosphate on caries and tooth decay prevention in 6-12-year-old children.
The Ministry of Health has committed to working in cooperation with the health care industry on new digital solutions to improve the quality, accessibility, and useability of healthcare services. The aim is to make treatment and care more accessible to patients and facilitate the work of doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has just published the latest issue of the investigative journalism magazine Inquisitio. The magazine was created by students from the Faculty of Communication and is edited by Anda Rožukalne, RSU professor and public media ombudsman.
On the 30th of June, the first of the EIT Health Morning Health Talks of 2022 took place. The topic of this talk was the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on digital health care. During the talk experts Terje Peetso, who is a member of the management board of North Estonia Medical Centre, and Tarja Heponiemi, who is a research professor from the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare shared their experiences. The talk was moderated by the director of the International Department of Riga Stradiņš University Baiba Pētersone.
On 17 June, 20 brave students who started their journey without knowing what was expected from them, graduated from the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Business Incubator. We are proud to say that this year’s graduates proved their determination through the ups and downs of working on an idea. With outstanding presentations, our graduates demonstrated the results of their diligent, four-month-long work to a jury.
