Riga Stradiņš University
| Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte | |
| Latin: Universitas Rigensis Stradina | |
| Motto | Ars longa, vita brevis |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1 September 1950 |
| Endowment | €25 million |
| Rector | Jānis Gardovskis |
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Academic staff
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367 |
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Administrative staff
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1,420 (2015) |
| Students | 6,385 (2015) |
| Undergraduates | 5,102 (2015) |
| Postgraduates | 1,283 (2015) |
| 139 (2015) | |
| Address | 16 Dzirciema Street, Riga, Latvia |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colours | Red White Silver |
| Nickname | Stradiņi, RSU |
| Website | www |
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Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) (Latvian: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, Latin: Universitas Rigensis Stradina) is a public university located in the city of Riga, Latvia. The Stradiņš (pronounced ˈstradiɲʃ) name in the university’s title is fitting, since members of the Stradiņš family have had a significant influence on the course of community and academic life in Latvia for over a century. The professional work of Pauls Stradiņš, Dean of the University of Latvia Faculty of Medicine, ensured the passing on of the values, standards, and quality of education in medicine, creating a bridge between pre- and post-war Latvian education and science, and placing a firm foundation for the creation and development of Rīga Stradiņš University.
In 1950, Riga Medical Institute was established on the basis of the Faculty of Medicine of the State University of Latvia. The initiators were professors Pauls Stradiņš (1896–1958) and Ernests Burtnieks (1950–1958) - the first Director of Riga Medical Institute, and Healthcare Minister of the Republic of Latvia Ādolfs Krauss. Initially the institute included the faculties of medicine, dentistry and pharmacy, as well as 45 departments.
Rīga Stradiņš University is a state-funded university which offers various study programmes and ensures the realisation of scientific projects, providing training of experts in health care and social sciences who work in Latvia and across the world. Rīga Stradiņš University is the only university in Latvia which has traditionally been integrated into the healthcare system of the country, and therefore ensures a successful run of the university, which is a precondition for an effective existence of the health care system in Latvia.
RSU is autonomous and academically free to pursue its goals and tasks, working for the benefit of the state and society, and offering a wide array of academic and professional education and research opportunities in the fields of health care, social care, social sciences and natural sciences.
On 2 February 1920, Swedish professor Gaston Bakman held the first lecture on human anatomy in the Theatrum Anatomicum Rigense (currently Anatomical Theatre in Riga). This lecture was the forebearer of higher education in medicine in Latvia. Professor Gaston Bakman believed that this was also the beginning of the Institute of Anatomy and Histology, as well as the Museum of Anatomy in Riga.
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