University of Latvia

After the end of World War I, empires collapsed in the world and new national, independent states were founded, including Latvia. Latvia's independence was proclaimed on November 18, 1918. In order for an independent state to strengthen and exist, the country must have academically educated citizens. Therefore, it was precisely at the time of the birth of the state that the idea of ​​a national university became particularly relevant. Many considered it impossible to establish a large institution of higher education in the internationally difficult and economically unstable conditions that existed in Latvia at the beginning of the 20th century, but it was accomplished. On September 28, 1919, the University of Latvia was solemnly opened in the building of the former Riga Polytechnic Institute in Riga, at Raina Boulevard 19. After the drafting of the Constitution, it was given the name University of Latvia.