Dr. Habil. Sc. Ing. Leonids Ribickis is the Rector of Riga Technical University.
Before taking office on February 2, 2011, he served as a Vice Rector for Science at Riga Technical University for 11 years.

Additionally to the duties of Rector, L. Ribickis is also a professor in the Faculty of Power and Electrical Engineering and a Director of the Institute of Industrial Electronics and Electrical Engineering.

L. Ribickis received an engineer degree in Electromechanics from Riga Polytechnic Institute in 1970 and PhD in 1980. He is a Dr. Habil. Sc. Ing. in Riga Technical University since 1994.
L. Ribickis is a Full Member of Latvian Academy of Science, Senior Member of IEEE, President of Association of Latvian Universities and Executive Council member of European Power Electronics and Drives Association (EPE).
The scientific work of L. Ribickis is connected with power electronics, electric drives, electrical machines, process control systems and electrical transport as well.

L. Ribickis has more than 420 scientific publications including 20 scientific monographs. He is the owner of 77 patents, including 2 US and 4 International patents.

Modern administration of a university requires new approaches and solutions. More complex information technology systems are becoming everyday necessity to foster quality and accessibility of education, scientific key performance indicators, sustainable valorisation and internal information exchange in technology focused university. Still questions remain how to link these IT platforms with processes at university and achieve desired goals and increase their popularity within university. Riga Technical University has developed more than 20 different inter-linked IT frameworks that help to achieve strategic goals and increase key performance indicators.