Mission of the University 

The mission of the TSU Faculty of Medicine is to educate medical professionals and researchers whose efforts are aimed, on the one hand, at improving the national health system and promoting the development of a healthy environment essential for the well-being and harmonized progress of society, and on the other hand, for the development of international medical-scientific thoughts. 

The aim of the TSU Faculty of Medicine is to be established as a center of medical education and science developed in accordance with international standards and to be a leader within the country and an institution with a growing scientific and educational reputation at the international level - having the modern educational programs of all three levels, material-technical infrastructure and clinical centers, academic staff and graduates with international authority, and the scientific researches of world-wide recognition. 

Mission of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) is a spiritual and intellectual successor of multi-century Georgian culture, humanistic traditions and old Georgian educational, scientific and cultural centers. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University is a multi-branch research university, whose mission is: 

• To establish national and universal

 Values; 

• To promote the intellectual, moral, cultural and socio-economic development of the society; 

• To create, keep and disseminate new knowledge;

• To develop the university traditions through research and innovations; To ensure student-centered learning and to train competitive staff; 

• To promote continuing education; 

• To be a dignified member of the free world.

The mission of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University is to worthily bear the name of the first Georgian university; to maintain leadership, along with historical leadership, within Georgia’s higher educational space; to belong to the list of the world’s leading universities; to promote national and universal welfare. Values Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University shares the ideals promoted by the Magna Charter of the European Universities; the University’s values are based on critical, creative and progressive thinking, the principles of academic freedom and academic ethics; open, dynamic and transparent relations. 

Vision 

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University strives to become a higher educational and research center with European values and international significance by 2024 that will ensure: 

• Harmonization of educational programs with public and labor market requirements including through constantly developing information and communication technology; 

• Increased number of basic and applied research; 

• Internationalization of educational, research and administrative processes. 

History of the University 

The first-ever national university in the Caucasus was opened in 1918 laying the foundation for a European-type higher school in Georgia, based on Georgian educational traditions. The idea of foundation of the university first emerged as far back as the early 19th century amid intensification of the struggle for liberation from Russian empire. A new generation led by great Georgian public figure Ilia Chavchavadze, with whom a new stage of spiritual revival in the history of our country is connected, appeared on the scene in the sixties of the 19th century. 

The struggle for establishing the university became especially vigorous during those years. Real possibilities of establishing a higher school have opened up after the Nobiliary Manorial Estate Bank was founded in Tbilisi. It was the only bank throughout the Russian empire, which spent its incomes to promote the cultural-educational and economic interests of the nation. From the beginning of the 20th century Ivane Javakhishvili, who underwent his studies in Petersburg and became its assistant professor, started to organize the foundation of the Georgian University. From the very first days of the February 1917 revolution, Ivane Javakhishvili, who was in Petersburg by then, started active preparations for the opening of a higher educational institution. 

The first gathering of the founders of the University Society was held at the apartment of Petre Melikishvili in Tbilisi on May 12. The gathering was chaired by Ekvtime Takaishvili. It was just on that day, when the Georgian Free University Society was established, which later played a huge role in the foundation of the University. In autumn 1917 the founders of the University intensified their efforts to open a higher educational institution. It was decided to establish only one faculty initially – the faculty of philosophy, which would have united humanitarian fields as well as natural science and mathematics. In late December Georgian press already reported about the enrollment of the first students into the Georgian University. 

Thus, 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). Upon the nomination of Ivane Javakhishvili, the Council of Professors elected Petre Melikishvili 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. 

FACULTY OF MEDICINE 

Medical education in Georgia was established at TSU in 1918 with the establishment of the first Faculty of Medicine in Georgia. In 1919 the Faculty of Medicine was founded as an independent faculty, and at the end of the academic year of 1929-1930 it ceased the operation at the University. 

Admission of students to the medical program has resumed since 1994 year. Educational programme Medicine was accredited in 2011 and the first admission of international students was announced. According to the Round University Ranking, Tbilisi State University ranks 452nd place among the world universities in the field of medicine (Copper League category) in 2020. 

This category includes the evaluation of the Faculty of Medicine with the following four main components: Indicators of teaching, research, international diversity and financial sustainability. According to the teaching criteria, TSU Faculty of Medicine is ranked in the 327th place in the world university ranking (silver category). According to the research component, it ranks 524th and international diversity – 205th place (silver category). Also, according to the financial sustainability Faculty of Medicine ranks 320th (bronze category)