Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) joined the international Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) in 2017, and our researchers have already accumulated a wealth of experience. Ieva Reine, RSU’s Lead Researcher and Head of the SHARE country team in Latvia, explains how far the study into the living conditions of elderly people in Latvia, the Baltic States, and the EU has come.
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The Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) mixed choir Rīga invites you to a concert Vasks. Ešenvalds. Kahidze. at the Riga Cathedral. The choir is conducted by Zane Zilberte and Evita Taranda and will be accompanied by organist Aigars Reinis.
At the end of November, the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Medicine honoured the most outstanding international students. These students have proven themselves both through their achievements as well as with their particularly selfless contribution to the development of the faculty. A total of 27 students were honoured at the event.
On Tuesday 13 December, the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers unanimously decided to reorganise the Latvian Academy of Sports Education (LASE), which is subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Science (MoES), by affiliating it to Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) as of 1 January 2026. LASE will retain its academic and scientific autonomy and will continue to operate as a separate unit of RSU.
As the students are getting ready for the Spring semester to start, we have come closer to the next international students’ Orientation Week organised by our International Department.
During the event the new international students will learn more about the university and the country they have chosen for their studies - study process, healthcare, safety, immigration, student life and organisations. Incoming Erasmus+ students will attend an information session outlining important issues for exchange students. Find the full programme below.
The State Blood Donor Centre's social responsibility campaign Asins draudzība 2022 (Blood Friendship 2022) is open to everyone who wants to enter until 30 December. Donate your blood and take part in a friendly competition between universities. It might be your donation that can help our university win the main prize! The campaign is open to everyone: students and staff, as well as their relatives, friends, and colleagues who can participate by indicating which university they represent.
The international EECA INTERACT conference took place on 13-14 December to strengthen scientific capacity and transnational cooperation in controlling HIV, tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis.
Dr. Juha Hernesniemi is a celebrated Finnish neurosurgeon. His book Aivokirurgin muistelmat (Memoirs of a Brain Surgeon) was just published in Finland. He visited Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) on Friday 9 December to speak to an audience of over 200 students about his life and experience. He was introduced by RSU Alumni Johanna Nisula who graduated in 2021.
Here, both of them reflect on their careers - one looking forward, and one looking back.
The publication China in the Baltic States - From a Cause of Hope to Anxiety will be presented online on 20 December 2022 at 13:00. It was developed within the framework of the project "China's Role and Perception in the Baltic States: Implications for National Security and NATO" funded by NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division.
