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Alexey Leontyev will defend his doctoral dissertation on 10 January at 13:00 in an open meeting of the RSU Economics & Business Degree Committee online. His dissertation is titled 'Integrated Approach to Taxation Optimisation in Latvia'.

Līna Butāne will defend her doctoral dissertation on 20 January at 13:00 in an open meeting of the RSU Health and Sports Sciences Degree Committee online. Her dissertation is titled 'Comprehensive Home-Based and Remotely Supervised Physiotherapy Programme within Interdisciplinary Treatment Approach in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension'.

SHARE Study Reveals the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthy Ageing

Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) joined the international Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) in 2017, and our researchers have already accumulated a wealth of experience. Ieva Reine, RSU’s Lead Researcher and Head of the SHARE country team in Latvia, explains how far the study into the living conditions of elderly people in Latvia, the Baltic States, and the EU has come.

Congratulating the Most Outstanding International Medical Students

At the end of November, the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Medicine honoured the most outstanding international students. These students have proven themselves both through their achievements as well as with their particularly selfless contribution to the development of the faculty. A total of 27 students were honoured at the event.

Government Decides to Affiliate the Latvian Academy of Sport Education to RSU

On Tuesday 13 December, the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers unanimously decided to reorganise the Latvian Academy of Sports Education (LASE), which is subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Science (MoES), by affiliating it to Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) as of 1 January 2026. LASE will retain its academic and scientific autonomy and will continue to operate as a separate unit of RSU.

Will You Take Part in the University Blood Donation Competition?

The State Blood Donor Centre's social responsibility campaign Asins draudzība 2022 (Blood Friendship 2022) is open to everyone who wants to enter until 30 December. Donate your blood and take part in a friendly competition between universities. It might be your donation that can help our university win the main prize! The campaign is open to everyone: students and staff, as well as their relatives, friends, and colleagues who can participate by indicating which university they represent.

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