Summer-Winter Schools
Availability
8 August–19 August 2022
Entry requirements
Participants must be enrolled in a degree related to entrepreneurship, creative industries, design, project management, engineering etc.
Tuition Fee
EUR 800
Learning Outcomes
RTU certificate, 6 ECTS
Accommodation
Included upon request only/shared rooms
Introduction to the Summer School
Global Creative Industries Economy in the last ten years made a huge breakthrough and now creative services and production value raised up enormously and reached 624 billion US dollars. In the last decade Creative Industries are considered as not only a remarkable employer, but also it works as an innovation generator that helps to develop also other economic spectrums.
Heavy shock was brought by the global COVID-19 pandemic. The unstoppable disease affected everything including entrepreneurship and especially Creative Industries as cultural and creative industries have been among the first sectors to shut their doors and they will be among the last to reopen.
The COVID-19 crisis revealed that the cultural and creative industries are more economically important than ever as more than 50 million people across the globe are self-registered as working in the creative industries.
Due to the facts mentioned above this is a crucial time for Creative Industries and this is why RTU International Cooperation and Foreign Students Department (ICFSD) is organizing the summer school to develop directions that might help to foster new opportunities in the industry.
The summer school will focus on engineering contributions that can be useful in Creative Industries and might reveal new and attractive business ideas.
Summer school’s approach will emphasize product design, user needs, creative thinking, and sustainability.
Students will be able to implement their ideas starting from catchy vision up to a well-considered and physical prototype.
The summer program’s main aim is to improve participants’ professional abilities that will help them successfully start their captivating voyage in the exciting and dynamic field of Creative Industries.
Foreign Students Foundation and Short-Term Courses Unit
12 Azenes Street, Room 331
Mobilajam 1. daļa
Introduction to the Summer School
Global Creative Industries Economy in the last ten years made a huge breakthrough and now creative services and production value raised up enormously and reached 624 billion US dollars. In the last decade Creative Industries are considered as not only a remarkable employer, but also it works as an innovation generator that helps to develop also other economic spectrums.
Heavy shock was brought by the global COVID-19 pandemic. The unstoppable disease affected everything including entrepreneurship and especially Creative Industries as cultural and creative industries have been among the first sectors to shut their doors and they will be among the last to reopen.
The COVID-19 crisis revealed that the cultural and creative industries are more economically important than ever as more than 50 million people across the globe are self-registered as working in the creative industries.
Due to the facts mentioned above this is a crucial time for Creative Industries and this is why RTU International Cooperation and Foreign Students Department (ICFSD) is organizing the summer school to develop directions that might help to foster new opportunities in the industry.
The summer school will focus on engineering contributions that can be useful in Creative Industries and might reveal new and attractive business ideas.
Summer school’s approach will emphasize product design, user needs, creative thinking, and sustainability.
Students will be able to implement their ideas starting from catchy vision up to a well-considered and physical prototype.
The summer program’s main aim is to improve participants’ professional abilities that will help them successfully start their captivating voyage in the exciting and dynamic field of Creative Industries.
The programme includes workshops and lectures in:
- Design & Technologies for Sustainability
- Design Marketing
- Product Life Cycle and Quality System Management
- User-Cantered Design
- Design Commentary and Criticism
- New Product Design
- Integrated product design and development
Mobilajam
The programme includes workshops and lectures in:
- Design & Technologies for Sustainability
- Design Marketing
- Product Life Cycle and Quality System Management
- User-Cantered Design
- Design Commentary and Criticism
- New Product Design
- Integrated product design and development
More information
Availability
10 August – 4 September 2020
Entry requirements
Participants must be enrolled in a degree related to electronics or programming or similar
Tuition Fee
1200 EUR (including lectures 36 hours, practical classes 62 hours, course materials, accommodation)
Learning Outcomes
RTU certificate, 9 ECTS and a real problem-solving and finding-solutions experience in the field of IoT
Scholarships
Student from the following countries can obtain Latvian government scholarships* for the summer school. Scholarship covers accommodation, catering, lectures, workshops, excursions, field trips and cultural activities except travel, visa and insurance costs
Mobilajam
More information
Availability
8 August–19 August 2022
Entry requirements
Participants must be enrolled in a degree related to entrepreneurship, creative industries, design, project management, engineering etc.
Tuition Fee
EUR 800
Learning Outcomes
RTU certificate, 6 ECTS
Accommodation
Included upon request only/shared rooms
Mobilajam 2. daļa
Foreign Students Foundation and Short-Term Courses Unit
12 Azenes Street, Room 331
