h. Engineering High School

RTU Engineering High School (EHS) was established in 2015 in order to provide opportunity to the most talented Latvian schoolchildren to study exact study courses in depth under the guidance of the best teachers in Latvia and after graduation to connect their future with engineering. The EHS was recognized the best school in Latvia, since for the fifth consecutive year it was ranked first in the Small School Ranking system of Atis Kronvalds Foundation. In 2020 , EHS students demonstrated the highest results at the state centralized exams in mathematics and the Latvian language, and the second-best results at the exams in English, as well as won numerous national and international student Olympiads.

RTU Engineering High School (EHS) was recognized as the best school in the small school category and for the sixth consecutive year received Atis Kronvalds Foundation award “Large Owl”, which is awarded for secondary school student achievements in the city and state level Olympiads. EHS achievements were evaluated in the small school group, where the number of pupils in the 10th–12th grades did not exceed 100. In the 2020/2021 ranking, EHS got 123.33 points, demonstrating considerably better results than their competitors in the group – Rudzātu Secondary School and Daugavpils Saskaņas Elementary School. On the national scale, EHS traditionally demonstrated very high achievements as well, slightly lagging behind only Riga State Gymnasium No 2, which was the highest evaluated school in the group of gymnasiums. EHS achievements are promoted by highly qualified academic staff, excellent training facilities, as well as motivated and purposeful pupils.

RTU Engineering High School was recognized as the best school in the city secondary school group of the best school ranking by Friendly Appeal Foundation. It received awards in several nominations – for achievements of students in mathematics, the Latvian language, and the English language. The Friendly Appeal Foundation awards the best schools in different nominations by evaluating the data summarized by the National Centre for Education (NCE) on the results of the centralized exams. EHS students demonstrated the highest results at the state centralized exams in mathematics, the Latvian language, and the English language.

Student of RTU Engineering High School Jonathan Miks Melgalvis – the most titled winner of the national Olympiads in Latvia

The 12th-grade student of RTU Engineering High School Jonathan Miks Melgalvis became the most titled winner of

Olympiads in the study subjects in Latvia, having received awards at seven national Olympiads. He won awards at the national Olympiads in chemistry, physics, biology, geography, philosophy, history, and the English language. Jonathan also won a silver medal in the prestigious International Mendeleev Olympiad in Chemistry, showing the best result in the Baltic States.

The President of Latvia greets EHS teacher Laura Fjodorova acclaiming her contribution to educating talented students

The President of LatviaEgils Levits granted the Atis Kronvalds award to Laura Fjodorova, a chemistry teacher of RTU Engineering High School for her contribution to educating talented students and supervising their research activities. In academic year 2020/2021, Laura Fjodorova’s students showed remarkable results at the international Olympiad in chemistry – Jonathan Miks Melgalvis won a silver medal and Edvards Jānis Treijs received bronze.

In academic year 2020/2021, EHS students demonstrated successful results at different international Olympiads, having confirmed the high level of EHS education. For example, Valts VītumsJaunzems won the silver medal at the international Olympiad in economics. His teacher Līga Kamola, whose students received gold, bronze and silver medals also at previous international Olympiads, helped him prepare for the Olympiad. In turn, a geography teacher Agra Lipsberga guided Jonathan Miks Melgalvis to receiving the gold medal at the 17th international Olympiad in geography and the silver medal at the European Olympiad in geography. EHS students demonstrated excellent achievements also at the Genius Olympiad in global environment issues, the European Olympiad of Experimental Sciences, the International Mendeleev Olympiad in Chemistry, and the international Olympiad in philosophy.

The team of RTU Engineering High School won the BIO-GO-Higher erudition contest for pupils organized by the Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence (BBCE). They gained a valuable prize – a trip to Switzerland and an opportunity to be involved in the research of biomaterials at AO Research Institute Davos. BBCE organizes the contest to strengthen the knowledge of pupils in engineering and natural sciences, as well as to increase interest in the usage of implant materials in medicine. Teams of pupils from Forms 10 and 11 from all over Latvia can take part in this contest. The competition is organized in several rounds and is run remotely. The teams have to solve tasks prepared and assessed by BBCE partners. BBCE is a large-scale project for increasing the scientific capacity, which promotes excellence in research and development of new biomaterials to restore bone tissues, face, mouth, and jaw surgery, orthopedics, and other areas. The project is implemented by RTU Rudolfs Cimdins Riga Biomaterials Innovation and Development Centre jointly with Riga Stradins University (RSU), RSU Institute of Stomatology, the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, AO Research Institute Davos, and the Centre of Biomaterials of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität ErlangenNürnberg (FAU) in Germany.

Students of RTU Engineering High School together with over 100 other participants