About Telavi State University

Telavi State University was founded on the basis of Pedagogical Institute in 1999, which was established in 1939.
It was named after the Great Georgian pedagogue and public figure Jacob Gogebashvili in 1940. On the 60th year of anniversary it was awarded the status of the State University. The University is the autonomous higher educational institution. The teaching goes on the budgetary and non- budgetary sectors with the full-time and extra-mural modes of delivery on the native   language – Georgian.
In 1998 the University Board got the university educational conception according which the university moved to the two staged system: Bachelor’s level ( 4 years),  Master’s level (2 years) and Doctorate ( 3 years) The first stage gives the general university education to the graduated, the second stage-the Master’s academic degree the third – Ph.D.
 There are following offers in the University:

 Bachelor’s level:

6 faculties with 24 specialties of the corresponding departments:

 1. Faculty of Human Sciences:

  • Georgian language and literature
  • Russian language and literature
  • English language and literature
  • German language and literature
  • French language and literature
  • History with law
  • History of Diplomacy and the International Relations

     2. Faculty of Social Sciences, Business and Law

  • Law
  • Sociology
  • Accounting Registration, Control and Audit

    3.Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences

  • Physical and Economical Informatics
  • Mathematics-Informatics
  • Physics-Informatics
  • Biology
  • Geography-Ecology

     4. Faculty of Agriculture and Food Processing

  • Agrotechnology
  • Food Technology
  • Agroecology

    5. Faculty of Medicine

  • Dentistry
  • Bio-pharmacology-pharmacy
  • Bio-medical-ecological Genetics
  • Treatment Physical Training and Rehabilitation

    6. Faculty of Pedagogy 

  • Pedagogy and Methodology of Primary Education
  • Physical Training and Sport

     Masters level:

    Faculty of Human Sciences

      Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences

  • Meteorology, Climatology and Atmosphere Ecology
  • Ecology
  • Mathematical Analysis ( Theory of Function and Functional Analysis)
  • Computer Modeling of Physical Processes  

     Faculty of Agriculture and Food Processing

     Wine Making Technology

     Doctorate level:


    Faculty of Human Sciences
    Recent and Newest History of Georgia
    New Georgian Language
    Newest Georgian Literature 

    Faculty of Agriculture and Food Processing:

     Technology of Alcohol and Non-alcoholic Drinks Production.  

    Facilities and Equipments

  • More than 30 cabinet laboratories
  • Learning workshops
  • Internet network
  • Georgian-French Almanach Kakhioni
  • University encyclopedia
  • Sociological research center
  • Computer center

    There are the following social organizations in the University:

  • Professionals’ unions
  • Students’ unions
  • Graduate and post graduate students scientific societies
  • Marie Brosset society
  • Olympic sport club

     The University possesses the rather strong material-technology base:                                                                                                             

     Four educational campuses, open and close sport grounds, swimming pool, cafeteria, art and cultural centers occupying seven Hectares in the greenish environment of the University.

     The university library serves the students learning and the science researches with more than 200 000 books.

     The collection of scientific works of the University professor- teachers and post graduate students are edited and published in the university every year.

     The University newspaper has been published periodically since 1977. The University has the regular relationships with Tbilisi higher educational institutions and Georgian research institutions of the Academy of Science, where the preparation for the researching degree takes place.