The institute conducts scientific research and implements professional Bachelor and Master study programmes «Technical Translation». The main aim of the IAL is to provide opportunity for the RTU students to develop their foreign language competence that is a major precondition for successful studies in the international environment.
The institute implements different socio-humaniratian courses; its core activities are to provide opportunities for all students to participate in various social activities.
Riga Technical University Distance Education Study Centre (RTU DESC) is a structural unit of Riga Technical University participating in both national and international research programmes.
RTU Research Center for Engineering History conducts interdisciplinary research, preserves, promotes, exhibits and collects tangible and intangible cultural heritage of RTU. Throughout its history, the Center has been a role model for innovations in the interdisciplinary research.