Riga Stradiņš University

Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) is a public university in Riga, Latvia (Latvian: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, Latin: Universitas Rigensis Stradina). The Stradiņš name is owed to members of the Stradiņš family, who have had a significant influence on the course of community and academic life in Latvia for over a century.

Riga Medical Institute was founded in 1950 on the foundation of the Faculty of Medicine of the State University of Latvia. Professors Pauls Stradiņš (1896–1958) and Ernests Burtnieks (1950–1958) - the first Director of Riga Medical Institute, and Healthcare Minister of the Republic of Latvia Ādolfs Krauss - were the initiators. The institute's initial structure included faculties of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy, as well as 45 departments.

Riga Stradiņš University is a state-funded university that offers a variety of study programs and ensures the completion of scientific projects, as well as training experts in health care and social sciences who work in Latvia and around the world. It is the only university in Latvia that has traditionally been integrated into the country's healthcare system, ensuring the university's successful operation, which is a prerequisite for the health care system's effective existence in Latvia.

RSU is autonomous and academically free to pursue its goals and tasks, working for the benefit of the state and society and providing a diverse range of academic and professional education and research opportunities in health care, social care, social sciences, and natural sciences. According to the QS world rankings, Riga Stradiņš University is among the top 801–1000 universities in the world, and among the top 501–550 in medicine.

Riga Stradiņš University's nine faculties offer undergraduate and postgraduate studies in a variety of programs. High school students and doctors of science can study at RSU to further their education and contribute to the creation of knowledge and new technologies.

Website: www.rsu.lv/eng