On August 10–16 Rector, prof. Ribickis will pay a working visit to the Peoples Republic of China, at the invitation of Mr. Hao Ping, Vice Minister of Education of the Peoples Republic of China.
During the visit rector will attend the Worlds University Presidents Forum, which will be dedicated to the theme: university of the 21st century – a new mission and personnel training, and meet more than 150 collegues from 76 universities worldwide, and also attend the opening ceremony of 26th Universiade. This year two athlets from RTU will take part in universiade – Baiba Bogdasarova in table tennis and Normunds Pupols in high jump.
The Universiade is an International multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a combination of the words «University» and «Olympiad».