Riga Stradiņš University
[citation needed] In 1950, Riga Medical Institute was established on the basis of the Faculty of Medicine of the State University of Latvia.
The initiators were professors Pauls Stradiņš (1896–1958) and Ernests Burtnieks (1898–1958) - the first Director of Riga Medical Institute, and Healthcare Minister of the Republic of Latvia Ādolfs Krauss.
[citation needed] RSU is autonomous and academically free to pursue its goals and tasks, working for the benefit of the state and society, and offering a wide array of academic and professional education and research opportunities in the fields of health care, social care, social sciences and natural sciences.
Its ranking is on a downward trend since 2023[7] On 2 February 1920, Swedish professor Gaston Bakman held the first lecture on human anatomy in the Theatrum Anatomicum Rigense (currently Anatomical Theatre in Riga).
In 1950, during the Soviet occupation, the Riga Medical Institute (Latvian: Rīgas Medicīnas institūts; Russian: Рижский медицинский институт, romanized: Rizhskiy meditsinskiy institut; Latin: Institutum Medical Riga) was established on the basis of the Faculty of Medicine of the State University of Latvia.
[citation needed] In 1990, the institute was renamed Medical Academy of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Medicīnas akadēmija, Latin: Academia Medicinaei Latviensis), but already on 5 April 1998, the Constitutional Assembly made the decision to rename Medical Academy of Latvia, based on its actual activities as Riga Stradiņš University.
Riga Stradiņš University in time developed into a university type higher education institution,[citation needed] as it trains experts not only in the fields of medicine and pharmacy, but also offers study programmes in social sciences, natural sciences, public health and law.
[citation needed] Riga Stradiņš University's nine faculties provide undergraduate and postgraduate level studies in various programmes.
High school students, as well as Doctors of Science, have the opportunity to study at RSU, enhance their education, and make a contribution to the creation of knowledge and new technologies.
[8] Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) Liepāja branch is the place where for over 70 years various health care professionals have been trained.
[3] RSU has also developed partnerships with more than 150 Erasmus+ partner universities and welcomes international exchange students form different countries every semester.
[14] • The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) student media network Skaļāk (Louder) is like a laboratory where students (future photographers, multimedia specialists, journalists and public relations specialists) can practice and hone their skills by filming, recording podcasts, shooting photo series and interviewing unusual people.
Over the years, the choir has been led by many talented conductors, e.g. Centis Kriķis, Kārlis Beinerts, Edvīns and Inga Dziļums, Ints Teterovskis, etc.
