riga technical university

Riga Technical University (RTU) (Latvian: Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte) is the oldest technical university in the Baltics established on October 14, 1862. It is Located in Riga, Latvia it was previously known as Riga Polytechnical Institute and Riga Polytechnicum. Riga Polytechnical Institute, 1862–1918 Riga Polytechnicum was first established in 1862 and was the first polytechnical institute in Imperial Russia. It offered degrees in agriculture, chemistry, engineering, mechanics, trade and architecture, with education in German. In 1896, it was renamed Riga Polytechnical Institute and the language of instruction was changed to Russian. When World War I started in 1914, the Riga Polytechnical Institute was evacuated to Moscow and worked there until 1918. After that, part of the faculty returned to Latvia and joined the newly established University of Latvia. Others stayed in Russia and taught at universities there. Riga Technical University, 1958–present Riga Polytechnical Institute was re-established in 1958 by splitting off the engineering departments from the State University of Latvia. In 1990, it was renamed to Riga Technical University. The university currently consists of 8 faculties: Faculty of Architecture and Urban planning Faculty of Building and Civil engineering Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications Faculty of Engineering economics Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry Faculty of Power and Electrical engineering Faculty of Transport and Mechanical engineering As of 2003, it had 17,281 students. Riga Business School Main article: Riga Business School The Riga Business School is a management–education institution within Riga Technical University. It was founded in 1991, in close cooperation with the State University of New York at Buffalo (USA) and the University of Ottawa (Canada), and it was the first higher education institution in the Baltic states that offered Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs in English. The school currently has more than 800 MBA graduates, mostly middle- and upper-level level managers both in Latvia and abroad. The education standards and structure are adopted from the North-American style MBA, which contains case studies, working in groups, and active participation in classrooms. Ranking Riga Technical University is not ranked in any of the major world universities rankings, but it has been ranked 64th among EECA (Eastern Europe and Central Asia) universities, making it the second highest ranking university in Latvia (behind the University of Latvia) and the 7th in the Baltic states.[2] The Webometrics ranking also places RTU as Latvia's second best university after UoL. Thanks with, Anisuzzaman Kiron Managing Director Sunrise Education Consultants Dhaka office: House- 96, Senpara Parbata, Mirpur- 10, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh Comilla Office : House- 1086, Race Course, Comilla, Bangladesh Phone: +88 01911 87 82 74 E-mail: info@sunrise-bd.net Web: www.sunrise-bd.net Facebook: www.facebook.com/SunriseEC