Riga Technical University is an accredited, internationally recognized European level university offering a wide range of academic and professional degree programmes across various fields of study. RTU is the only many branched technical university in Latvia. At the moment there are almost 16 000 students, including 400 Doctoral degree students, 3200 Master's degree students and 10000 Bachelor's degree students.
Several faculties of the Riga Technical University integrate occupational safety and health into their studies - for bachelor degree, master degree and, in the future, even for the doctoral degree.
The principal goal of the university is to provide the Latvian national economy with qualified human resources for its stable growth and development. RTU is supposed to be a cornerstone of European studies, scientific research, and Innovation centre.