Starting from the 2024/2025 academic year, Riga Technical University (RTU) Faculty of Science and Technology offers a new specialization, "Biotechnology," in the academic Master's level study program "Chemistry and Chemical Technology," which combines knowledge of natural sciences with entrepreneurship. This innovative specialization has been developed in collaboration with RTU Riga Business School, offering students the opportunity to combine practical knowledge in natural sciences with the skills essential for starting and running a business. The main advantages of specialization: Combination of biotechnology knowledge and entrepreneurship: alongside [...]

Riga Business School, as a unit of Riga Technical University in cooperation with the National Centre for Education and the programming school "Learn IT," invites technology educators to join professional development courses in the summer. The professional development program includes four different courses that will teach teachers the content of computing, coding, design and technology, as well as the methodology for teaching this content to the appropriate age group of students. During the course, educators will actively participate in group work, project development, planning, analysis [...]

The Riga Technical University (RTU) Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology Master's study programme "Materials Science and Nanotechnologies" has undergone significant improvements with the new intake year - it has been supplemented with knowledge acquisition opportunities in entrepreneurship and innovation to promote the future commercialization of new materials development, as well as to prepare leaders in materials technology entrepreneurship and innovation. In the new academic year, the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology will implement this program with Riga Business School (RTU Riga Business School). [...]

Riga Business School as a structural unit of Riga Technical University announces the application for a new summer school "Future Changemakers Academy: Summer Edition", designed for young people with a passion to become leaders and promote positive and sustainable change. This five-day summer school is designed to inspire and train the next generation of leaders. The programme will run from 12 to 16 August 2024, offering students in grades 9-12 a unique opportunity to become the future innovators in sustainable transport. "Future Changemakers Academy: Summer [...]

Last weekend, on 1 June, Riga Business School, as a unit of Riga Technical University, celebrated its 30th commencement ceremony. This year 88 Bachelor and Master students of Business Administration, as well as Bachelor students of Computer Science and Organisation Technology graduated from Riga Business School. Diplomas were awarded to 5 high-level executives in the Executive MBA programme, 35 graduates in the Professional MBA programme, 19 graduates in the Computer Science and Organisational Technologies programme and 29 graduates in the Bachelor of Business Administration programme. [...]

A business conference on Generative Artificial Intelligence and its applications in the year of digital transformation. This is the CEE region's AI event-meeting "GEN AI Summit Riga" with a multifaceted agenda and networking opportunities, bringing together AI experts, startups, academics, executives, and investors from diverse industries united by one goal - to integrate AI into everyday life and transform the digital future. Experiences and practical tips from leading experts from Latvia, Liechtenstein and Switzerland The central themes of the conference are digital literacy, sustainable innovation, [...]

Riga Business School proudly announces the successful gathering of its Visiting Committee, including representatives from industry, academia, and public administration. The committee, which meets three times a year, plays a crucial role in guiding the institution’s development by providing valuable external perspectives. The May meeting brought together members from the Bachelor Programs' Committee and the Master Programs' Committee to discuss key issues impacting higher education and the advancement of RBS. The agenda featured discussions on the importance and impact of the Visiting Committee, insights from [...]

Last weekend, on 11 May, the final of the Programming competition organized by Riga Business School as a unit of Riga Technical University took place. Nine of the strongest Latvian teams presented their ideas out of 28 submitted projects. The 1st place went to Anastasija and Sofja Kizikas from Rezekne State Gymnasium No 1. They presented a didactic mathematics computer game „Exciting Mathematics” developed in the subject of Programming, which helps students to learn mathematics in an exciting way. The main aim of the Programming competition [...]

To showcase to the wider public the ideas of high school students that use programming to solve a problem of a social group and to stimulate young people's interest in programming, Riga Business School, as a department of Riga Technical University, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science and the technology company LMT announced this spring a programming competition for high school students who developed their projects in the subject of Programming. 28 project applications were received from 20 Latvian schools. A total [...]

On 27 April, design and technology teachers are invited to take part in the "Design in Education" workshop to get inspiration from design experts and to get hands-on experience with the teaching materials and methodology developed for the "Design and Technology II" secondary school course. The seminar is organised by Riga Business School as a unit of RTU. In the seminar, Jānis Ķīnasts will dispel myths about design thinking, draw attention to the interconnectedness of design in time and space, and provide critical insights into [...]