RSU Student Union

What is the RSU SP?

The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Student Union is called SP by the University’s students, an abbreviation derived from its Latvian name - Studējošo pašpārvalde. RSU SP is an organisation whose objective is to represent the interests of all university students in their academic and social lives.

What does the RSU SP do?

It is not that easy to explain RSU SP activities, but you can see some of the many things that the RSU SP does below.

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Daily activities

Taurenis active recreation festival

International Student Conference (ISC)

Autumn night tournaments

Structure

The Student Council has 36 members - all of them RSU students - representing students from all faculties of the University. Any student can become a member of the council by participating in the elections that are held each November. You can find more information about the elections in the election regulations. The Council has decision-making authority in the RSU SP.

The board is the executive body of the RSU SP and is represented by eight members and three deputies who are overseen by the chairperson. The board of the RSU SP Council is elected every year. The board is responsible for the main self-government activities, implementing specific tasks, and engaging students in various activities.

RSU SP Cooperation Organisations

Latvian Students’ Union (www.lsa.lv), of which we are members;
Latvian Pharmaceutical Students’ Association;
European Medical Students' Association (EMSA, http://emsa-europe.eu);
European Students’ Forum (AEGEE) Riga Organisation (www.aegee-riga.lv);
Latvian Medical Students’ Association (LaMSA, www.lamsa.lv);
Student Councils of RTU, LU, BAT, LLU, RPIVA, RISEBAA, VEA, ViA, LA, BA, EKA, LiepU and other Latvian higher education institutions, including Students' Self-Government of RSU Liepāja Branch and RSU Red Cross Medical College SP;
Student interest groups supported financially by RSU SP are, among others, the Christian student interest group Agape, the Muslim students’ interest group Ibn Sina, the organisation Cavum Oris which represents the interests of dentistry students, the International Students Association (ISA) which represents the interests of international students at RSU, etc.