Tbilisi State University (TSU) (Tbilisi)
Tbilisi State University (TSU) was founded in 1918 by a western educated famous Georgian historian Ivane Javakhishvili and the group of his followers. It was the first institution of higher educational in Caucasus at that time.
Georgia has an ancient tradition of education the evidence of which are the education centers scattered throughout the world: the School of Philosophy and Rhetoric of Phazisi in Colchis (IV c.); the cultural-enlightenment centers in Palestine (V c.), Syria (VI c.), Greece (X-XV cc.) and Bulgaria (XI c.); Gelati and Iqalto Academies in Georgia (XI-XII cc.); However, because of strained political and economic situation in the middle ages and then joining Russia, there was not a single institution of higher educational Institution.
The opening of the University, on 26 January 1918, was the day commemorated to the memory of Georgian King David the Builder. A church in the TSU garden, named after the King, has been functioning since 5 September 1995. In 1989 the University was named after its founder - Ivane Javakhishvili.
One of the founders of TSU Petre Melikishvili, an eminent chemist, was elected as the first rector. At the start, the university had only one faculty – the faculty of philosophy. In the beginning of 1918 the board of professors and lecturers numbered 18, the student body of the university accounted 369 students and 89 free listeners.
Despite the Communist ideology and censorship, Tbilisi State University managed to maintain enthusiasm, devotion to national ideals, and establishment of scientific centers and raised the prominent members of Georgian intelligentsia.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, in the end of the 20th century, a new era started for TSU: Together with Christianity, the historical mission of the country- to grow the sense of national self-consciousness and care for the spiritual ideals was included among the university goals.
Today the number of professors involved in teaching and training is around 3275, including 55 academicians and corresponding members of the academy, 595 professors and doctors, 1246 assistant professors and candidates of sciences. Over 35 thousand students are pursuing their degrees at 8 regional branches of the university. A very important step toward modernization was in 1994 when the university scientific council adopted "The Concepts of University Education”. The document officially introduced new instruction structure at the University that transferred from one level (5 years) study system to two-level system and advanced to integrate in the European educational environment.
Tbilisi State University (TSU) was founded in 1918 by a western educated famous Georgian historian Ivane Javakhishvili and the group of his followers. It was the first institution of higher educational in Caucasus at that time.
Georgia has an ancient tradition of education the evidence of which are the education centers scattered throughout the world: the School of Philosophy and Rhetoric of Phazisi in Colchis (IV c.); the cultural-enlightenment centers in Palestine (V c.), Syria (VI c.), Greece (X-XV cc.) and Bulgaria (XI c.); Gelati and Iqalto Academies in Georgia (XI-XII cc.); However, because of strained political and economic situation in the middle ages and then joining Russia, there was not a single institution of higher educational Institution.
The opening of the University, on 26 January 1918, was the day commemorated to the memory of Georgian King David the Builder. A church in the TSU garden, named after the King, has been functioning since 5 September 1995. In 1989 the University was named after its founder - Ivane Javakhishvili.
One of the founders of TSU Petre Melikishvili, an eminent chemist, was elected as the first rector. At the start, the university had only one faculty – the faculty of philosophy. In the beginning of 1918 the board of professors and lecturers numbered 18, the student body of the university accounted 369 students and 89 free listeners.
Despite the Communist ideology and censorship, Tbilisi State University managed to maintain enthusiasm, devotion to national ideals, and establishment of scientific centers and raised the prominent members of Georgian intelligentsia.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, in the end of the 20th century, a new era started for TSU: Together with Christianity, the historical mission of the country- to grow the sense of national self-consciousness and care for the spiritual ideals was included among the university goals.
Today the number of professors involved in teaching and training is around 3275, including 55 academicians and corresponding members of the academy, 595 professors and doctors, 1246 assistant professors and candidates of sciences. Over 35 thousand students are pursuing their degrees at 8 regional branches of the university. A very important step toward modernization was in 1994 when the university scientific council adopted "The Concepts of University Education”. The document officially introduced new instruction structure at the University that transferred from one level (5 years) study system to two-level system and advanced to integrate in the European educational environment.