The aim of the Mentor programme is to enhance the international students' experience at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) through personal interaction by assisting them throughout their first study semester.
Connect with the students before they arrive and serve as a cultural bridge and an advisor to new students in their first study semester. During the mentoring period (Spring semester 2021) get to know foreign cultures and establish contacts and friendships with people from different countries.
The aim of the Mentor programme is to enhance the international students' experience at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) through personal interaction by assisting them throughout their first study semester.
Connect with the students before they arrive and serve as a cultural bridge and an advisor to new students in their first study semester. During the mentoring period (Spring semester 2021) get to know foreign cultures and establish contacts and friendships with people from different countries.
The aim of the Mentor programme is to enhance the international students' experience at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) through personal interaction by assisting them throughout their first study semester.
Connect with the students before they arrive and serve as a cultural bridge and an advisor to new students in their first study semester. During the mentoring period (Autumn semester 2020) get to know foreign cultures and establish contacts and friendships with people from different countries.
The aim of the Mentor programme is to enhance the international students' experience at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) through personal interaction by assisting them throughout their first study semester.
Connect with the students before they arrive and serve as a cultural bridge and an advisor to new students in their first study semester. During the mentoring period (Autumn semester 2020) get to know foreign cultures and establish contacts and friendships with people from different countries.
The aim of the Mentor programme is to enhance the international students' experience at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) through personal interaction by assisting them throughout their first study semester.
Connect with the students before they arrive and serve as a cultural bridge and an advisor to new students in their first study semester. During the mentoring period (Autumn semester 2020) get to know foreign cultures and establish contacts and friendships with people from different countries.
On 6 June Prof. Aigars Pētersons, Rector of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), and Ainārs Stepens, the Head of the Military Medicine Research and Study Centre, had a meeting with Artis Pabriks, the Minister of Defence, to discuss further cooperation in research.
Research company Kantar has observed a slight annual improvement in how local higher education is viewed among Latvian youth since it started conducting the study in 2017. This is significant as many young people in Latvia strongly consider studying abroad. Seeing as last year Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) experienced an 11% increase in both local and international students, this does not seriously affect RSU – the same study also found that RSU is ranked highest among Latvian universities for a third consecutive year.
Research company Kantar has observed a slight annual improvement in how local higher education is viewed among Latvian youth since it started conducting the study in 2017. This is significant as many young people in Latvia strongly consider studying abroad. Seeing as last year Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) experienced an 11% increase in both local and international students, this does not seriously affect RSU – the same study also found that RSU is ranked highest among Latvian universities for a third consecutive year.
On 13 June the RSU International Department held its first mentoring workshop for senior students in order to prepare them to welcome newly admitted international students in August 2019. The aim of the mentoring programme is to help new international students adjust to Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and to Latvia. This mentoring programme also facilitates the integration of local and international student communities.
