Universitäten in Lettland

Die Persönlichkeiten, die ideologische Ausrichtung und die Ressourcenbasis belegen, dass die Geschichte der RSU eng mit der Geschichte der medizinischen Hochschulbildung in Lettland im Allgemeinen verknüpft ist. Die Geschichte der Rigaer Stradiņš-Universität (RSU) beginnt am 1. September 1950. An diesem Tag öffnete in Riga, am Z. A. Meierovica bulvāris 12 (damals Padomju bulvāris genannt), in dem Gebäude, das der Vorkriegsmäzen Kristaps Morbergs für Bildungszwecke gestiftet hatte, erstmals seine Pforten – das Rigaer Medizinische Institut (RMI).

The University of Latvia (LU) was founded on September 28, 1919, but its origins can be traced back even earlier – to the second half of the 19th century, when Latvian public and cultural figures called on Latvians to strive for knowledge and quality education.\n\nThe Congress of Latvian Teachers and Education Workers, which took place in Estonia, Tērbat, from June 7 to 13, 1917, played a decisive role in the implementation of the idea of ​​a national university. The Congress established a Higher Education Committee, which published the resolution “On a Latvian Higher Education Institution”, emphasizing that the new university required the unity of natural sciences, humanities and technical sciences.