Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) is a multidisciplinary research university in Tbilisi, Georgia. It opened on 26 January 1918 as the first university in the Caucasus, and in 1989 it was renamed after its founder, Ivane Javakhishvili. According to the university, about 22,000 students study in its seven faculties, and it carries out around 200 local and international research grant programmes each year.

• Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
• Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences
• Faculty of Economics and Business
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Law

TSU offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, medical residency, higher vocational education and short- and long-term certification programmes, as well as a Georgian language preparation programme. Some degree programmes and short-term courses are taught in English, for example an English-language master's programme in Public Health. The university works with up to 400 international partners, and students can take part in exchanges and joint programmes leading to double degrees.