The Riga Medical College of the University of Latvia (LU RMK) is a state-accredited professional higher education institution. After obtaining secondary education, it is possible to obtain first-level professional higher education at the college.
The college was founded in 1980 as the 5th Riga Medical School. It received its current name – Riga Medical College of the University of Latvia – on July 1, 2010. Since then, the university has been modernizing the study process, providing higher professional education in accordance with the requirements of the European Union. From 2004 to 2009 LU RMK was headed by director Jana Savdon, from 2010 Astra Bukulīte is the director of the college.
The college study programs are Nursing, Medicine, Massage and Hydrotherapy, which prepares a professionally qualified specialist – Nurse, Internal Care Nurse, Child Care Nurse, Anesthesia, Intensive and Emergency Care Nurse, Surgical Care Nurse, Outpatient Care Nurse, Physician Assistant, Outpatient Care Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Assistant and Massage Therapist. College
The location next to the largest hospital complex in Latvia – Riga East Clinical University Hospital , provides study and practice opportunities, as well as close ties with a potential employer.
Thanks to the LU RMK infrastructure modernization project implemented with the support of the European Regional Development Fund , LU RMK can be proud of an aesthetic study environment in which it is much more convenient for students to study. The functional building can be entered with both a wheelchair and a pram. Classrooms, kitchens, libraries and facilities have also been adapted to make it easier for students with reduced mobility to study.
A rich base of technological equipment enables students to study in conditions close to the work environment. In college, students learn skills on care dolls and mannequins by playing a variety of situations using a wound treatment simulator, birth stimulator, ethereal feeding pump, defibrillator, spirometer, infusion set, perfuser and other devices.
Every year, more and more students study at LU RMK, evaluating the opportunities provided by the college in the labor market.