On 17 April, the management of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) met with the Foreign Investors Council in Latvia (FICIL) and agreed on mutual cooperation for the development of higher education. 

FICIL was impressed by the rich and positive experience of RSU in education export and representatives of the parties discussed the necessity of reforms in higher education. 

From 14 to 19 September Rīga Stradiņš University Institute of Public Health is organising the International Summer School 2020 Riga (ISSR 2020) "Economic Modelling in Health Care: An Application-Oriented Approach". Deadline for participant applications: 14 August.

From 20 to 24 August Rīga Stradiņš University Institute of Public Health is organising the International Summer School 2018 Riga (ISSR 2018) "Economic Modelling in Health Care"

Looking ahead to the future when Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) medical and healthcare students will be taking up employment, our university has and always will treat patient safety as a priority. According to a Eurobarometer poll, for the population of Latvia, well-trained medical staff are a fundamental precondition for high-quality healthcare. The patient should be attended to by a well-prepared young specialist who has successfully completed the theoretical subjects and all stages of practical training.

From 16 to 17 March Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) was proud to host the international  student conference "Health and Social Sciences" bringing together an audience of 1130 listeners, 270 participants and 80 jury members from over 25 countries.

On March 22 Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Medicine Department of Human Physiology and Biochemistry held a Physiology Olympiad for RSU 2nd year medical students. This was the first Physiology Olympiad organised by RSU after a 20 year hiatus and honouring traditions, the topic of the restored Olympiad was – the heart and the coronary system. 

This Wednesday 11 April, Associated Professor Jana Pavāre was unanimously elected as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine by the Council of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Medicine.

Jana Pavāre is a lecturer at the RSU Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics with extensive academic, research and clinical experience. Previously she has taken the position of Vice-Dean of RSU Faculty of Continuing Education. J. Pavāre is a state-level paediatric specialist and Deputy Head of the Clinic of Paediatrics at the Children’s Clinical University Hospital.

Applications for the next intake at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) will be accepted by 1 July this year. Starting with the spring semester of the current academic year, the range of study programmes offered to international students has been supplemented by the Bachelor study programme Nursing and the Master's study programme Public Health with students from seven countries already studying in this course. RSU currently offers six undergraduate and five postgraduate study programmes in English.