2016-02-08
98th Anniversary of Tbilisi State University
An event marking the 98th foundation anniversary of the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) will be held at 2pm on February 8. Rector of TSU, Academician Vladimer Papava, professors, students and invited guests will attend the event.
In frames of solemn events, TSU Rector, students and academic staff will lay wreaths at the graves of TSU founders in the TSU Pantheon. A solemn meeting will also be held where the employees of the TSU faculties and research institutes will be awarded with the University and Ivane Javakhishvili medals for their contribution to the university’s development.
Presentation of a documentary film (Dilogy) “At the Origins” will be held by the end of the event (screenwriter and film director, Tinatin Dabrundashvili, Pulse TV). The film is dedicated to the first steps of introduction of higher medical education in Georgia, establishment of the Faculty of Medicine at the Tbilisi University and the contribution of various persons to this process; the second part of the film is about the establishment of the departments of human anatomy, surgery and anatomical pathology, their first heads and educational-scientific processes ongoing at these departments.
The first-ever national university in the Caucasus was opened on January 26, 1918, the day of commemoration of King David the Builder (new style February 8), laying the foundation for a European-type higher school in Georgia, based on Georgian educational traditions. Upon the nomination of Ivane Javakhishvili, the Council of Professors elected Petre Melikishvili as the first rector of the university. Ivane Javakhishvili took charge of the faculty of philosophy.
The following persons delivered lectures at the newly established university: Ivane Javakhishvili, Iustine Abuladze, Giorgi Akhvlediani, Philipe Gogichaishvili, Ekvtime Takaishvili, Korneli Kekelidze, Shalva Nutsubidze, Elisabed Bagrationi-Orbeliani, Dimitri Uznadze, Vanda Gambashidze, Ilia Kipshidze, Ioseb Kipshidze, Akaki Shanidze, Andria Benashvili, Andria Razmadze, Ivane Beritashvili, and Grigol Tsereteli.
In 1989 the Tbilisi State University was named after its founder, Ivane Javakhishvili.
Today the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University is one of the first scientific-research institutions of Georgia. It implements about 200 local and international scientific grant programs annually. The Tbilisi State University is one of the largest higher educational institutions by its scales. Today over 20 000 students are undergoing studies at seven faculties of TSU.
Along with over 200 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs, the Tbilisi State University also implements higher vocational education, as well as short-term and long-term certification programs. Based on close collaboration with foreign universities, Georgian students have opportunities to participate in exchange and joint international educational programs and gain double academic degrees.
Address: 1, I. Chavchavadze Ave., TSU, Building I, conference hall
In frames of solemn events, TSU Rector, students and academic staff will lay wreaths at the graves of TSU founders in the TSU Pantheon. A solemn meeting will also be held where the employees of the TSU faculties and research institutes will be awarded with the University and Ivane Javakhishvili medals for their contribution to the university’s development.
Presentation of a documentary film (Dilogy) “At the Origins” will be held by the end of the event (screenwriter and film director, Tinatin Dabrundashvili, Pulse TV). The film is dedicated to the first steps of introduction of higher medical education in Georgia, establishment of the Faculty of Medicine at the Tbilisi University and the contribution of various persons to this process; the second part of the film is about the establishment of the departments of human anatomy, surgery and anatomical pathology, their first heads and educational-scientific processes ongoing at these departments.
The first-ever national university in the Caucasus was opened on January 26, 1918, the day of commemoration of King David the Builder (new style February 8), laying the foundation for a European-type higher school in Georgia, based on Georgian educational traditions. Upon the nomination of Ivane Javakhishvili, the Council of Professors elected Petre Melikishvili as the first rector of the university. Ivane Javakhishvili took charge of the faculty of philosophy.
The following persons delivered lectures at the newly established university: Ivane Javakhishvili, Iustine Abuladze, Giorgi Akhvlediani, Philipe Gogichaishvili, Ekvtime Takaishvili, Korneli Kekelidze, Shalva Nutsubidze, Elisabed Bagrationi-Orbeliani, Dimitri Uznadze, Vanda Gambashidze, Ilia Kipshidze, Ioseb Kipshidze, Akaki Shanidze, Andria Benashvili, Andria Razmadze, Ivane Beritashvili, and Grigol Tsereteli.
In 1989 the Tbilisi State University was named after its founder, Ivane Javakhishvili.
Today the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University is one of the first scientific-research institutions of Georgia. It implements about 200 local and international scientific grant programs annually. The Tbilisi State University is one of the largest higher educational institutions by its scales. Today over 20 000 students are undergoing studies at seven faculties of TSU.
Along with over 200 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs, the Tbilisi State University also implements higher vocational education, as well as short-term and long-term certification programs. Based on close collaboration with foreign universities, Georgian students have opportunities to participate in exchange and joint international educational programs and gain double academic degrees.
Address: 1, I. Chavchavadze Ave., TSU, Building I, conference hall
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