Riga Technical College was founded on the basis of State Electrical Equipment Factory (VEF) Vocational School in 1935. It has become one of the most stable and significant higher vocational education institutions in Latvia. On March 21, 2002 College was accredited as a state higher vocational education institution. In 2011 College was granted the name of Vocational Education Competence Centre ‘Riga Technical College’. Riga Technical College has its symbols: a graduate’s signet ring approved in 2002, the College flag blessed by priest Juris Rubenis in 2005 and the College emblem approved in 2014. In 2005 the College anthem was written by Dina Kristîne Bitçna and the music was composed by Atvars Sirmais.