Practice
After 3.5 years of in-class studies in bachelor study program, the last year is spent in practical placement where students develop their Bachelor Thesis and design their Engineering Project.
Practical placement is either in Latvia or abroad inside any type of organization or company by the only main condition that their daily duties are closely related to the study program:
- Cars, trucks, buses and other vehicles, their assemblies, spare parts or manufacturing, servicing or repair equipment
- design
- manufacturing
- sales and aftersales
- maintenance
- repairs
- Road traffic safety organizations
- Road transportation or freight forwarding companies
- Technically equal operations containing work with road vehicles.
Most of the students start their practical placement in February or March. Companies who have practical placement offers are welcome to contact us at auto@rtu.lv . RTU have prepared three side contracts between RTU, the practical placement company and the student - please ask us to supply with a sample. Students have access to the contract form in ORTUS.
RTU TMF Automobile Transport institute are grateful to companies who have provided our students with practical placement opportunities and from our students have found qualified employees.