Kipsalas street 6A
Riga, LV-1048
Latvia
- Environment/Sustainable development
- Youth and education
Riga Technical University (RTU) is internationally recognized European university that consists of 9 faculties and 35 institutes. RTU is leading Latvian technical university - active in knowledge society technologies. RTU has a strong vision to transform the large set of multi-disciplinary expertise into a reusable knowledge of networked society. RTU has installed the HPC facility and serving it to RTU institutes, and international research community as well. Distance Education Study Centre www.vu.lv (DESC) of Riga Technical University www.rtu.lv , the partner in FuturICT2.0 ERA-NET project, has a long term experience in twelve cutting edge EU FP5/FP6/FP7/CIP-PSP-ICT /H2020 projects and more than 30 international R&D projects related to eLearning, learning analytics, data mining, creativity development, knowledge management, interactive television, intelligent street lighting research. DESC has got Riga City Council Innovation Award 2010 for contribution in eLearning and National research strategy, and Baltic Sea region BOLDIC 2013 award for the best e-learning innovation in Scandinavia and Baltics - multi-screen e-learning technology eBig3 (www.eBig3.eu). DESC has long term experience working with MOODLE, EdX, MOOCs, and other eLearning technologies. DESC team has introduced concept and technology of multi-screen eLearning eBig3. DESC has modern video/audio studio for MOOCs recording and editing. RTU DESC team is co-operating with many Latvian Higher education establishments in framework of national eLearning development/delivery projects.
Mission of Riga Technical University is to ensure internationally competitive high quality scientific research, tertiary education, technology transfer and innovation for Latvian national economy and the society. The strategy is based on the three key objectives of the University while the following five main priorities of the University cut across the strategy – internationalization, interdisciplinarity, organisational efficiency, financial efficiency and infrastructure efficiency. RTU uses these five horizontal priorities as a prism to see implementation of its objectives and ensure internationally competitive high quality scientific research, tertiary education, technology transfer, commercialization and innovation activities for Latvian national economy and the society. RTU is a modern internationally recognized university. It is the only polytechnic university in Latvia and the largest university in the country – it educates and trains almost 15 thousand students. RTU is focused on becoming a third generation university that not only provides high quality education, but also conducts advanced research and ensures innovation and technology transfer, practically implementing scientific discoveries. In the nine faculties of RTU it is possible to obtain high quality education not only in engineering, but also in social sciences and humanities.
EU programme Horizon 2020 projects: - MORE-CONNECT: Development and advanced prefabrication of innovative, multifunctional building envelope elements for MOdular REtrofitting and CONNECTions - SUNShINE: Save your bUildiNg by SavINg Energy – towards 202 020m2 of deeply renovated multifamily residential buildings - RealValue: REALising VALUE from electricity markets with local smart electric thermal storage technology - INPATH-TES PhD on Innovation Pathways for TES amongst other projects. RTU has probably the largest number of international students in Latvia in undergradute, postpgradute and doctoral studies, including students from Mediterranean countries.
RTU can contribute towards supporting the network members providing up-to-date knowledge in several fields, but in particular, in e-studies technologies, language studies and by engaging international and national students in the network's activities and projects.
We would like to expand cooperation with parties in EU Neighbourhood policy target countries and strenghten cooperation with universities there.