This month marked the conclusion of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) business incubator B-Space incubation programme, during which 13 student teams spent four months developing their business ideas, working with mentors and experts, developing prototypes, and improving their entrepreneurial skills. At the end of the programme, known as Demo Day, the teams presented solutions in the fields of health technology, sports, wellness, beauty, and construction.
Those who follow the activities and research of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) in the media are likely to recognise the name of Ilze Maldupa, the recipient of the RSU Annual Award in the Resident of the Year 2025 category. She has researched and promoted gentler, evidence-based yet less widely known methods of treating children’s teeth, helped provide scientific evidence of the harmful effects of excessive sugar consumption, and even contributed to exposing fraudulent scientific publications.
Dins Sumerags will defend his doctoral thesis on Tuesday, 7 July, in an open meeting of the Doctoral Committee of Clinical Medicine. His dissertation is titled 'Voice Type Classification and Aerodynamic Measurements in Professional Singers in Combinations with an Analysis of the Morphopathogenesis of Singers's Nodules as the Most Frequent Vocal Fold Complication.'
For more than 10 years, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has offered student athletes the opportunity to combine their academic education with professional sports, thereby implementing a dual career approach. In the 2026/2027 academic year, the university will continue to support high-performance athletes by providing tuition fee discounts, individual approach, and a comprehensive support system.
The conference at the RSU Institute of Stomatology will bring together internationally renowned experts from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil), one of the world’s leading institutions for fluoride research, alongside Latvian experts specialising in antimicrobial resistance.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), the reputation leader in Latvia’s higher education sector for the tenth consecutive year, hosted its summer graduation ceremonies this week, with nearly 1,500 graduates receiving their diplomas, including 217 international students. These young professionals will continue their careers in medicine, healthcare, social sciences, entrepreneurship, sports and other sectors in Latvia and abroad.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) held its traditional Midsummer celebration on 16 June.
To shelter from the rain, the musical programme and the celebration of all the Jānises and Līgas celebrating their names days took place in the modern Pharmaceutical Education and Research Centre, but as soon as the sun came out, participants headed out into the courtyard.
The event was hosted by Lilija and Edgars Lipori, with music provided by the folk group Dārdari.
Researchers from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) played a significant role in the international Healthy Ageing and Longevity Assembly 2026, held in Lithuania from 8 to 14 June. The event series brought together leading scientists, clinicians, public health experts, innovators, and policymakers from across the Baltic region and beyond to discuss evidence-based approaches for promoting healthy ageing and advancing longevity science.
On 16 June 2026, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed a memorandum of cooperation with the University of Latvia, Riga Technical University and Rīga Stradiņš University to draw on the universities’ expertise, research and innovation capacity, infrastructure and talent during Latvia’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2028. The Secretariat of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union will coordinate the implementation of the memorandum.
