Riga Civil Aviation Engineers Institute

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Riga Civil Aviation Engineers Institute

Rīgas Civilās Aviācijas Inženieru Institūts
Former names	Riga Higher Military Aviation Engineering School Riga Civil Air Fleet Engineers Institute Riga Civil Aviation Engineers Institute (RIIGA) Lenin Komsomol Riga Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers
Type	Public
Active	24 May 1919–1999
Location	Riga , Latvia 56°56′22″N 24°09′20″E / 56.9395°N 24.1556°E / 56.9395; 24.1556

The Riga Civil Aviation Engineers Institute (RCAEI) (Latvian: Rīgas Civilās Aviācijas Inženieru Institūts (RCAII), Russian: Рижский институт инженеров гражданской авиации (РКИИГА until 1991), Рижский авиационный университет (РАУ until 1999)) was an engineering university in the USSR and Latvia. It was founded in 1919 and closed in 1999. Thousands of students graduated from the institute from over 93 countries. The institute had several different names during its history as well as moving from Kiev to Moscow to Petrograd to Riga. Riga Aviation University closed in 1999, with its programmes moved to Riga Technical University.^[1]