Meza street 1/4-345, LV-1658
Riga,
Lettonie
- Youth and education
Mission of BEST-Riga: to introduce students of Riga Technical University (RTU) with Europe, technical universities in Europe and possibilities of education in these universities, to bring up educational level of students of RTU, to enable connection with foreign students and universities, to involve students of RTU in international events and exchange programmes and organize internal and educational events – courses, seminars, engineering competitions etc.
Objectives: to provide possibilities for students of RTU to take part in BEST seasonal courses in European countries, to provide information about facilities of education and membership in projects of research in European universities, to represent BEST-Riga in BEST organized events (General Meetings, RTU events, national and other organization events in Republic of Latvia and other countries).
Main events we organize to gain our aims are our external events: BEST Courses on Technology (1-2 weeks, 22+ students from all Europe, intensive academical part + cultural and social part) and BEST Engineering Competition (2 categories: Team Design and Case Study, students use their knowledge solving provided tasks, 3 levels – Local, Regional, European), but also there are Educational Symposiums (discussions, workshops, trainshops about educational problems together with other organizations, universities and European and national governing bodies) and other events on education. Also many kind of internal events (workshops, trainshops, trainings, seasonal meetings, general meetings etc.) to improve the organization and its processes