Riga Technical University

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Riga Technical University
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founding 1958 (1862)
Sponsorship state
place Riga , Latvia
Rector Leonīds Ribickis
Students 14322
Employee approx. 1,200
Website www.rtu.lv

The Riga Technical University ( Latvian Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte , RTU for short ) is a state technical university in the Latvian capital Riga . It comprises 8 faculties.

history

Riga merchants and Baltic German corporations initiated a polytechnic institute in Riga. After Tsar Alexander II had given permission in May 1861, it was built on the model of Central European technical universities and opened on October 2, 1862 as the Riga Polytechnic ( Latvian Rīgas Politehniskā augstskola ). With a preschool it was maintained by the Baltic Germans until 1896 as a private German technical university. It was not until April 25, 1875, that the state government approved an annual subsidy of 10,000 rubles.

In addition to four technical faculties (architecture, engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry), the polytechnic also comprised an agricultural and a commercial faculty. The first lecturers came from Germany, Switzerland and Austria-Hungary. The language of instruction was German . The number of students grew from sixteen to ninety students between 1863 and 1869. In 1869 the polytechnic moved into a new building. Since there was a lack of technical universities in Russia, many students - especially from the Baltic Sea Governments - went to study at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich , the TH Karlsruhe , the TH Dresden and the TH Hannover . That should be changed. On January 1, 1874, Tsar Alexander introduced general conscription. Now all men over the age of 21 had to serve fifteen years, six in the Imperial Russian Army and nine in the reserve . For graduates of the Russian university who wanted to study, the service period was only six months. This difference led to a significant increase in the number of students. At the beginning of the academic year 1874/75 59 students enrolled, the total student body comprised 201 members. In the course of Russification , Tsar Nikolaus nationalized the university by decree of May 6, 1896. From 1896 to 1918 it was called the Riga Polytechnic Institute ( Rīgas Politehniskais institūts - RPI). The number of students continued to grow and amounted to 2088 students in 1913/14. In 1918/19 the Polytechnic was called the Baltic Technical University ( Baltijas Tehniskā augstskola ).

In 1919 the university was incorporated as the technical faculty of the University of Latvia ( Latvijas Augstskola , since 1923: University of Latvia ), which was founded after the newly gained independence . On September 1, 1958, their technical faculties were spun off again and raised to an independent university . From 1958 to 1983 it was called the Riga Polytechnic Institute , and then was renamed the Riga Polytechnic Arvīds Pelše Institute ( Arvīda Pelšes vārdā nosauktais Rīgas politehniskais institūts ). In the mid-1970s, the university became the largest university in the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic . Since March 1990 it has been called the Riga Technical University . A student parliament was founded on April 23, 1992. It is the oldest student self-government in Latvia.

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Historical photo of the Riga Polytechnic

Shortly after the establishment of the university, the Fraternitas Baltica was founded in Riga on November 13, 1865 as the first corporation . Non-corporates formed the Wild Association. This merged with the Fraternitas Baltica in the general polytechnic convent. Its constitution and statutes are the Allgemeine Polytechniker-Comment (A! P! C!), Which was valid with a few changes until the 1920s. All corporation students had to guarantee it before joining the connection they had chosen, as did "savages" who wanted to be able to satisfy themselves. According to the German code of honor, the A! P! C! a court of honor order and provisions on the criminal norms of a boys' court (B! G!). The director and the board of trustees of the Polytechnic immediately accepted the comment . Ultimately, however, there was no authorization from the Tsar to wear the colors in public. On September 12, 1868, almost three years after the first request, it was refused by the minister in St. Petersburg. It was not until February 18, 1877, that the Tsar confirmed the corporations.

The Fraternitas Baltica had a double struggle in its first years. On the one hand, it fought for recognition of the Polytechnic as a university with equal status, and on the other hand for recognition as a corporation that was equivalent to the Dorpater associations. Only in December 1873 was a cartel concluded between the Chargierten-Conventen in Dorpat and Riga. Members of both universities were then obliged to give themselves satisfaction and submit to an arbitration tribunal in the event of honorary trades. Those punished with disrepute had to be reported to the respective other Chargierten-Convent (C! C!) Stating the reason. From the beginning the Fraternitas Baltica was open to students from all Baltic provinces, but also to Poles coming to Riga . In 1869 internal disputes led to the resignation of some Germans and most of the Poles. Discord should become unity. Therefore they gave the new association founded on November 29, 1869 the name Concordia Rigensis . Their Polish influence was soon lost. It became an emphatically German corporation that performed a special task at the Polytechnic, namely to win over Germans from Russia for Germanness. Only after the founding of Latvia (1918) did the Concordia become emphatically “Baltic”. Both corporations were initially in a bitter feud. The "Balts" knew how to bind the "savages" to themselves, so that both groups were united against the Concord. Then in April 1875 the rumor surfaced that a third corporation wanted to be formed at the Polytechnic. It was no accident. Some students who came to Riga from the German Empire in 1874 had formed a coetus of foreigners. Much of the Riga's boyhood life and customs seemed strange to them. The upbringing of the foxes was felt to be particularly “crass” . The need for a third corporation was recognized. The Corps Rubonia was created . Today the Presidential Convention is in a state of upheaval.

Faculties

Main building of the Riga Technical University
  • Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning
  • Faculty of Civil Engineering
  • Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
  • Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
  • Faculty of Technology and Economics
  • Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry
  • Faculty of Energy and Electrical Engineering
  • Faculty of Transportation and Mechanical Engineering
    • Extra-university department
    • Institute for the Humanities
    • Institute for Languages
    • Institute of Aviation
    • Institute for Materials and Structures
  • Distance learning study center
  • FernUniversitat Hagen Study Center Riga
  • Center for environmental design
  • Latvian technology park

management

List of honorary doctors

  • Arvids Upesleja Grants
  • Gunars Birkerts
  • Gundars Kenins-Kings
  • Juris Soikans
  • Janis Bubenko
  • Andris Palejs
  • Reinhard's Vitols
  • James Kenney
  • Heribert J. Oil
  • Heinrich Hellmann
  • Anatolijs Netusils
  • Talis Millers
  • Algirdas Matukonis
  • Stephen Dunnett
  • Henri Muller-Malek
  • Guntis Bole
  • Valdis Jakobsons
  • Flodström is different
  • Juris Ekmanis
  • John Middleton
  • Rudolf Taurit
  • Andrzej Bledzki
  • Janis Bubenko junior
  • Juris armband
  • Francesco Profumo
  • Ivars Kalviņš
  • Kjell Gunnar Hoff
  • Olli Antero Seppänen
  • Edvīns Vedējs
  • Rik W. DeDoncker
  • Eberhard Blümel
  • Franco Milano
  • Vytautas Milašius
  • Āris Žīgurs
  • Rik W. DeDoncker

Personalities

In alphabetical order

Professors and lecturers

students

literature

  • Points of excellence , Riga Technical University 2016.

Web links

Commons : Riga University of Technology  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.rtu.lv/en/university/history
  2. ↑ https://www.rtu.lv/en/university/rectors-welcome
  3. ↑ year 2018 https://www.rtu.lv/en/university/facts-and-figures/number-of-students
  4. ^ A b c d Paul Georg Lankisch : Rubonia - history of a corps in Riga . Once and Now, Yearbook of the Association for Corps Student History Research, Vol. 63 (2018), pp. 185-258.
  5. ↑ a b Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte: Vēsture (History of the Riga Technical University), accessed on June 14, 2018 (Latvian).


Coordinates: 56 ° 56 ′ 49.7 ″  N , 24 ° 6 ′ 18.5 ″  E