Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvilis saxelobis Tbilisis saxelmts'ipo universit'et'i'', often shortened to its historical name, Tbilisi State University or TSU) is a

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research university established on 8 February 1918 in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million pe ...

, Georgia. Excluding academies and theological seminaries, which have intermittently functioned in Georgia for centuries, TSU is the oldest university in Georgia and the

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region. Over 23 500 students are enrolled and the total number of faculty and staff (collaborators) is 5,000. According to the U.S. News & World Report university rankings, TSU is ranked 398th in the world, tied with the University of Warsaw. The university has five branches in the regions of Georgia, six faculties, 60 scientific-research laboratories and centers, a scientific library (with 3,700,000 books and periodicals), seven museums, publishing house and printing press (newspaper ''Tbilisis Universiteti''). The main founder of the university was a Georgian historian and academician,

Ivane Javakhishvili Ivane Alexandres dze Javakhishvili ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილი; 23 April 1876 – 18 November 1940) was a Georgian historian and linguist whose voluminous works heavily influenced the modern scholarship of the history ...

. Among the co-founders were also several scientists, including Giorgi Akhvlediani, Shalva Nutsubidze, Dimitri Uznadze, Grigol Tsereteli,

Akaki Shanidze Akaki Shanidze ( ka, აკაკი შანიძე) (Born: 26 February 1887 in Nogha, Samtredia, Georgia (country), Georgia – Died 29 March 1987 in Tbilisi, Georgia (country), Georgia) was a Georgia (country), Georgian linguist and philolog ...

Andrea Razmadze Andrea Mikhailovich Razmadze (sometimes spelled Andria/Andrei Razmadze, 12 August 1889 – 2 October 1929) was a Georgian mathematician, and one of the founders of Tbilisi State University, whose Mathematics Institute was renamed in his hono ...

, Korneli Kekelidze, Ioseb Kipshidze,

Petre Melikishvili Petre Melikishvili ( ka, პეტრე მელიქიშვილი; July 11, 1850 — March 23, 1927) was a Georgian chemist. He was the co-founder of Tbilisi State University (TSU), the first Rector of TSU, Head of the Department of Organ ...

and Ekvtime Takaishvili. Professor

, a Georgian chemist, became the first rector of TSU. The Rector of TSU since September 2016 has been Giorgi Sharvashidze. TSU has six faculties: Law, Economics and Business, Humanities, Medicine, Social and Political Sciences, Exact and Natural Sciences, and the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University as an autonomous graduate school of economics.

History

Tbilisi State University was founded in 1918 owing to the leadership of Georgian historian

and the group of his followers. It was the first and the only educational body of this type in Caucasus Region by that time. The university is housed in the former building of Georgian Nobility Gymnasium constructed by the architect

Simon Kldiashvili Simon Kldiashvili ( ka, სიმონ კლდიაშვილი; 2 February 1865 – 26 May 1920) was a Georgian architect best known for his eclectic projects in Tbilisi, including a college building which, in 1918, became the Tbilisi S ...

from 1899 to 1906. Georgia has a tradition of education, as evidenced by the functioning of the School of Philosophy and Rhetoric of Phazisi in Colchis (4th century); as well as the setting up of cultural-enlightenment centers in Palestine (5th century), Syria (6th century), Greece (10th–15th centuries) and Bulgaria (11th century); Gelati and Iqalto Academies in Georgia (11th–12th centuries); However, as a result of political-economic decrease and at last becoming the colony of Russia, there had been no national higher educational Institution in Georgia for the next few centuries. Ivane Javakhishvili

After Georgia became independent and declared itself a national democratic state, one of the first achievements of the Georgian people at the beginning of the 20th century was the foundation of the Georgian National University in Tbilisi. Afterwards, through the Bolshevik and Communist period, in spite of the forced ideology and fierce censorship, Tbilisi State University maintained schools in mathematics, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and historiography. The foundation of the Academy of Science of Georgia and other higher educational institutions was encouraged by the university. The university was opened on 26 January 1918, the day of remembrance of the Georgian King David the Builder. A church in the University garden, named after the King, has been functioning since 5 September 1995. In 1989 the university was named after its founder - Ivane Javakhishvili.

, a chemist and professor, was elected as the first rector of the university. At its commencement, the university had one faculty - that of philosophy.

, a Georgian historian, delivered the first lecture. At the beginning of 1918 the board of professors and lecturers numbered 18, the student body of the university counted 369 students and 89 free listeners. Today the number of professors involved in tuition and training amounts to 3275, including 55 academicians and corresponding member of the academy, 595 professors and doctors, 1246 assistant professors and candidates of sciences. Over 35 thousand students are studying at the University and its eight regional branches. Important changes at the university began on 25 April 1994, when the scientific council of the University adopted "The Concepts of University Educatio
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according to which since the year 1994 the university has transferred to the two-stage form of study (the step-by-step rearrangements were launched in 1992). At the end of the I stage of the reform implemented, at the beginning of 2005, the bodies functioning at TSU were: 22 faculties with 184 chairs, 8 branches with 46 faculties, 3 scientific-research and study-scientific institutes, 81 scientific-research laboratories and centers, 161 study laboratories and rooms, clinical hospitals and diagnostic centers, publishing and editorial houses, the library with 3,650,000 items, 5 dormitories. 95 educational programs were used at the bachelor's course, 194 at master's studies, and 16 at the single-step tuition. Schools that came into being at Tbilisi University were: * Mathematics (

for whom the department was renamed in 1944,

Nikoloz Muskhelishvili Nikoloz (Niko) Muskhelishvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ (ნიკო) მუსხელიშვილი ; – 15 July 1976) was a renowned Soviet Georgian mathematician, physicist and engineer who was one of the founders and first Presiden ...

, Ilia Vekua, Viktor Kupradze, Andro Bitsadze and others), * Physics ( Elephter Andronikashvili, for whom the Institute was renamed in 1999, Mate Mirianashvili, Vagan Mamasakhlisov, Givi Khutsishvili Albert Tavkhelidze and others), * Psychology (Dimitri Uznadze and others), * Physiology (Ivane Beritashvili and others). * National Scholarly Schools of Georgian Historiography (Ivane Javakhishvili and others), * History of Literature (Korneli Kekelidze and others), * Georgian Philosophy (Shalva Nutsubidze and others), * Art Studies (Giorgi Chubinashvili and others), * Georgian and Caucasian Linguistics (Akaki Shanidze, Giorgi Akhvlediani, Arnold Chikobava and others), * Oriental and Classical Philology (Grigol Tsereteli, Simon Qaukhchishvili, Giorgi Tsereteli and others). * Kartvelology (Kartvelian Studies) The chairs and scientific research departments serve for preparation of postgraduate students and scientific degrees. 26 qualification councils operate for conferring scientific degrees in almost all fields of science. Medical education was restored at the university in 1994. Originally the specialty of medicine was opened at the faculty of biology and medicine, and the faculty of medicine became an independent unit in 2000. A center for the Management of Health Care and the Department for Continuous Medical Education were opened, and the board of trustees of medicine and medical information service were founded. The university diagnostic center provides the health care of the professors and lecturers and collaborators of the University. A printing press was set up in 1923 and a publishing-house in 1933. The University Archive was founded in 1933. The scientific edition "The Proceedings of Tbilisi University" has been publishedisince 1919. The program Textbooks for Students has been functioning since 1996. The University publishes two weekly newspapers "Tbilisis Universiteti" (since 1927) and "Kartuli Universiteti" (since 1998). International conferences and symposia have been held at Tbilisi University such as International symposia of psychologists (1979, 1986), symposia on Georgian art (II-1977, IV- 1983, VI- 1989), international symposia on the teaching of the Russian language and literature (1980, 1984, 1988), problems of German literature (1983, 1989), Classical philology (1969, 1975, 1980,1990, 1995, 1996), religion and ethics (1907, international private law (1985), international symposia on Kartvelian Studies (I-1987, II-1988, III-1995). Caucasian studies is one of the major trends of scholarly research. "Caucasica", an international scholarly journal, has been published since 1998. International conferences dedicated to major problems of the present day have been held at the University: "Caucasus, problems of democratization" (1995), "The law reform in Georgia" (1995), "The University reform in Georgia" (1995), "Hellenistic Studies over the centuries" (2000). Summer schools are held for foreign scientists in Kartvelian studies (Kartvelologists).

Faculties

TSU has six faculties:

Exact and Natural Sciences

The faculty has eight departments, in

mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which ...

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, proper ...

geography Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, an ...

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary ...

geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other Astronomical object, astronomical objects, the features or rock (geology), rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology ...

, electric and

electronic engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current ...

. 11 bachelor, 18 master and 10 doctoral degree programs operate at the faculty.

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at t ...

''History and Present Day:'' The Faculty of Humanities of the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University is the successor of the Faculty of Philosophy of the first Georgian University established in 1918. The mission of the faculty is to promote the introduction of modern researches and methodologies, the development of scientific work and research-based educational activities in the fields of humanities.

Social and Political Sciences

In May 2005, during the university reforms, six faculties were established out of 22 faculties at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences was one of them. The mission of the faculty is to prepare qualified specialists through education and research and to develop social science. The faculty has seven educational-scientific directions and offers its students the following Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral programs:

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and ...

Journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the " news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (p ...

International Relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such ...

Human Geography Human geography or anthropogeography is the branch of geography that studies spatial relationships between human communities, cultures, economies, and their interactions with the environment. It analyzes spatial interdependencies between social ...

Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

and Social Work.

Psychology Psychology is the science, scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immens ...
and
Educational Sciences Education sciences or education theory (traditionally often called ''pedagogy'') seek to describe, understand, and prescribe education policy and practice. Education sciences include many topics, such as pedagogy, andragogy, curriculum, learning ...

In October 2014 the direction of psychology was separated from the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, and the Teaching and Research Institute of Pedagogy was separated from the Faculty of Humanities. Thus, the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences was established as a result of merger of the above-mentioned educational directions. Presently about 1400 students are undergoing their studies at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (three stages of education) and about 60 professors are teaching them; 4 bachelor's degree programs and up to 15 master's and doctoral degree programs are being implemented at the faculty.

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...
and Business

''Faculty History'': The Faculty of Economics and Business was established as an independent entity at the Tbilisi State University in 1931 on the basis of the Social-Economic Faculty founded in 1922. Until 1944, the Faculty of Economics was the first and the only educational and research center in the country. Now nearly all Georgian universities offer courses in economics, where lectures are delivered by the alumni of the Faculty of Economics. Until 2005 four faculties of the Tbilisi State University (Faculty of Economics, Microeconomics and Management, Marketing and Commerce, International Business) were preparing specialists in the field of economic and business. Establishment of the Faculty of Economics and Business, which is the largest faculty at the Tbilisi State University, is the result of the reforms that have been carried out in Georgian educational system and in TSU in 2005.

Law

The country's political unification and strengthening, economic growth and development created all necessary grounds for cultural development in Georgia that can perfectly be confirmed by the existence of cultural-educational centers of Gelati and Ikalto.

Medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pr ...

The history of higher medical education originates from October 1918 when the Faculty of Medicine was established at the Tbilisi State University. Since May 1919, by decision of the Board of Professors, the Medical Faculty continued to exist as an independent unit until 1930 when the Tbilisi State Medical Institute was founded on the basis of the Medical Faculty. In 1995, higher medical education was restored at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, first at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine as medical specialization, and in 2000 as an independent faculty. The faculty runs one-tier academic programs for physicians and dentists. Since 2006, within the framework of TEMPUS project, there has been operating a new bachelor program in occupational therapy in full accordance with the Bologna Process and Tuning Methodology. In clinical and theoretical departments of the faculty, teaching process is conducted in the leading medical institutions. Distinguished students receive professional training in Germany, at the academic study clinics of the Universities of Leipzig and Dresden. The faculty is running alternative to residency post-diploma academic programs, as well as Master's (Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and Doctoral programs.

Institution and administration

TSU has no central campus, its buildings are spread over the city. The oldest building is #1 where the administration of the university is seated. In the yard of the 1st TSU campus lie the founders of Tbilisi State University, whose names imply establishment and development of various scientific schools in Georgia. The Pantheon of Tbilisi State University is one of the special cultural and historical places.

Board of Representatives

The Board of Representatives is the university representative body, which is elected by the faculties. Senate members are elected separately from the students and the academic personnel in proportion to their number at each structural uni
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The Board of Representatives is elected from within the university on the basis of general, direct and equal elections, by secret ballot. Students comprise one-third of the board. The board includes a representative from the University's library.

Academic Council

The Academic Council is the highest representative body of the university. Council is elected by the members of the faculties academic personnel and those representatives of students' self-governance who are the members of faculty council, on the basis of direct, free and equal elections, by secret ballot. Only professors may be elected as the members of the Academic Council.

Rector

The Rector is the highest academic authority of the university, serves as a chair of the Academic Council, represents the university in academic and research spheres both domestically and internationally. The Rector is elected by the majority vote of Academic Council members, through secret ballot.

Chancellor

The Chancellor is the highest administrative manager at the university in the sphere of financial issues, material and human resources and represents the institution in financial and economic relationships. The Chancellor is nominated by the Academic Council and approved by the Board of Representatives, through secret ballot. The term of office of the Chancellor is four years.

Other

There are museums of History, Georgian Emigration, Mineralogy, Geology and Paleontology, Geography, Zoology and Botany. The five dormitories can accommodate up to 2200 living rooms. The University has eight branches in Sukhumi, Meskheti, Ozurgeti, Sighnaghi (kakheti), Zugdidi, Qvemo Qartli (Marneuli), Javakheti and Poti. University schools are Ivane Javakhishvili school N53, the N. Muskhelishvili school N55, prof. T. Georgia physical-mathematical boarding school, Tbilisi lyceum, Rustavi gymnasium, Gurjaani college and Khobi school.

Affiliations

The university has contacts with foreign scientific and educational centres: RWTH Aachen University,

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and Georgia State University (USA), Saint Mary's University (Canada), Warsaw University and University of Łódź (Poland), University of Málaga and University of Salamanca (Spain), Nantes, Paris 8, Paris 13, Grenoble and Toulon Universities (France), Bristol Polytechnical Institute, Brunel and London Universities (Great Britain), Budapest Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary), Bilkent, Trabzon Black Sea and Ankara Universities (Turkey), Palermo, Rome and Sapienza, Piza and Venice Universities (Italy), Athens, Pirueus, Ioanina and Saloniki Universities (Greece), International Centre of Nuclear Physics, Aarhus University (Denmark), Bucharest University (Romania), University of Vienna (Austria), Tehran and Gilan Universities (Iran), Cairo University (Egypt). TSU has relations with Association of European Universities, UNESCO, the Council of Europe and other international organizations.

Rectors

- 1918/I - 1919/XII *

- 1919/XII -1926/VI *Tedo Ghlonti - 1926/IX - 1928/IX *Malakia Toroshelidze - 1928/IX - 1930/IX *Ivane Vashakmadze - 1930/I - 1931/IX *Aleksandre Erkomaishvili - 1931/X - 1932/XII * Levan Agniashvili - 1933/IV - 1935/VI *Karlo Oragvelidze - 1935/VI - 1937/VI *Giorgi Kiknadze - 1937/VII - 1938/IX *Davit Kipshidze - 1938/X - 1942/II *Aleksandre Janelidze - 1942/II - 1945/VII *Nikoloz Ketskhoveli - 1945/VII - 1953/VI *

Ilia Vekua Ilia Vekua ( ka, ილია ვეკუა; russian: link=no, Илья́ Не́сторович Ве́куа; 23 April 1907 in the village of Shesheleti, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire (modern day Gali District, Abkhazia, Republic of Geor ...

- 1953/VII - 1953/IX, 1966/IV - 1972/IV *Ermile Burchuladze - 1953/IX - 1954/IX *Victor Kupradze - 1954/IX - 1958/III *Giorgi Dzotsenidze - 1958/IV - 1959/III * Evgeni Kharadze - 1959/III - 1966/III *Davit Chkhikvishvili - 1972/V - 1980/II *Vazha Okujava - 1980/III - 1985/IX *Nodar Amaghlobeli - 1985/IX - 1991/VIII *

Tamaz Gamkrelidze Tamaz (Thomas) Valerianis dze Gamkrelidze ( Georgian: თამაზ ვალერიანის ძე გამყრელიძე, 23 October 1929 – 10 February 2021) was a Georgian linguist, orientalist public benefactor and Hitti ...

- 1991/VIII - 1991/IX *Otar Japaridze - 1991/IX - 1991/X *

Roin Metreveli Roin Metreveli ( ka, როინ მეტრეველი) is a Georgian academician and historian. He was the first elected rector of the Tbilisi State University, after Petre Melikishvili and Ivane Javakhishvili. Metreveli served as a se ...

- 1991/X - 2004/X *Rusudan Lortkipanidze - 2004/XII-2006/IV *Giorgi Khubua - 2006/IV - 2010/VIII *

Alexander Kvitashvili Alexander "Sandro" Kvitashvili ( ka, ალექსანდრე ��ანდროკვიტაშვილი, ''Alek'sandre Kvitashvili''; uk, Олександр Мерабович Квіташвілі, ''Oleksandr Merabovych Kvitashvili'' ...

- 2010/VIII - 2013/VII *

Vladimer Papava Vladimer Papava (Georgian: ვლადიმერ პაპავა) (born March 25, 1955) is a professor of economics at the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, an Academician at the Georgian National Academy of Sciences (2013), th ...

- 2013/VII - 2016/III *Darejan Tvaltvadze (acting) - 2016/IV - 2016/IX *Giorgi Sharvashidze - 2016/IX -

Alumni

Prime Ministers

* Aleksandre Akhobadze *

Giorgi Gakharia Giorgi Zauris dze Gakharia ( ka, გიორგი ზაურის ძე გახარია; born 19 March 1975) is a Georgian politician who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Georgia from 8 September 2019 until his resignation on 18 ...

Mamuka Bakhtadze Mamuka Bakhtadze ( ka, მამუკა ბახტაძე; born 9 June 1982) is a Georgian politician who served as the country's Prime Minister from 20 June 2018 until 2 September 2019. Bakhtadze announced his official statement about resi ...

* Giorgi Kvirikashvili *

Irakli Garibashvili Irakli Garibashvili ( ka, ირაკლი ღარიბაშვილი, also transliterated as Gharibashvili; born 28 June 1982) is a Georgian politician and a former business executive who serves as the prime minister of Georgia since 2 ...

* Bidzina Ivanishvili * Giorgi Arsenishvili *

Nikoloz Gilauri Nikoloz "Nika" Gilauri ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ��იკაგილაური, ; born 14 February 1975) is a Georgian politician who was 8th Prime Minister of Georgia from 6 February 2009 to 30 June 2012. He had served as Minister for Ener ...

* Vladimer Gurgenidze * Zurab Zhvania

Speakers of the Parliament

* Tamar Chugoshvili (acting) *

Irakli Kobakhidze Irakli Kobakhidze ( ka, ირაკლი კობახიძე; born 25 September 1978) is a Georgian politician, serving as Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia from 2016 to 2019 and serving as Member of Parliament since 2016. He was the ...

Davit Usupashvili David Usupashvili ( ka, დავით უსუფაშვილი, ''Davit Usupašvili'') (born March 5, 1968) is a Georgian lawyer and politician who was the chairman of the Parliament of Georgia from 2012 to 2016. He served as the chair ...

David Bakradze Davit Bakradze ( ka, დავით ბაქრაძე) (born 1 July 1972) is a Georgian politician and diplomat who served as the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia from 7 June 2008 to 21 October 2012. Bakradze's previous assignments in ...

* Nino Burjanadze

Others

Ilia Abuladze Ilia Abuladze ( ka, ილია აბულაძე) (November 24, 1901 – October 9, 1968) was a distinguished Georgian historian, philologist and public figure, a Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS) (1950), Meri ...

, philologist *

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, historian * Givi Alkhazishvili, author, poet, essayist * Diana Anphimiadi, poet * Tamar Beruchashvili,

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს საგარეო საქმეთა მინისტრი) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the governmental body of Georgia r ...

* Vakhtang Butskhrikidze, CEO of

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* Arnold Chikobava, linguist *

Levan Chilashvili Levan Chilashvili () (August 17, 1930 – April 26, 2004) was a Georgian archaeologist and historian, an academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS), Meritorious Scholar of Georgia, Doctor of Historical Sciences, and Professor. In 1 ...

, archaeologist * Juansher Chkareuli, physicist * Gia Dvali, physicist * Ana Dolidze, activist *

Guranda Gvaladze Guranda Gvaladze (In Georgian გურანდა ღვალაძე, June 23, 1932 – January 24, 2020) was a notable Georgian botanist, one of the founders of Plant Embryology in Georgia, Academician of the Abkhazian Regional Academy ...

, botanist *

Evgen Gvaladze Evgen (Geno) Gvaladze ( ka, ევგენ (გენო) ღვალაძე) (May 13, 1900 – October 15, 1937) was a Georgian lawyer, journalist and politician, and one of the leaders of the anti-Soviet national-liberation movement in Geor ...

, lawyer and politician *

Koba Gvenetadze Koba Gvenetadze (born 26 December 1971) has been Governor of the National Bank of Georgia since March 2016. Education and career Gvenetadze was educated at Tbilisi State University and graduated with a masters in economics from The American Unive ...

, Governor of the

National Bank of Georgia The National Bank of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული ბანკი, ''Sakartvelos Erovnuli Bank’i'') is the central bank of Georgia. Its status is defined by the Constitution of Georgia. According t ...

* Gia Getsadze, lawyer * Nikoloz Janashia, historian * Sergi Jikia, historian, orientalist and founder of the Turkology in Georgia. *

Kakha Kaladze Kakhaber "Kakha" Kaladze ( ka, კახაბერ (კახა) კალაძე, ; born 27 February 1978) is a Georgian politician and former footballer who serves as the Mayor of Tbilisi since November 2017. A versatile player, he was ...

, politician and retired

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* John Khetsuriani, lawyer *

Dimitri Kumsishvili Dimitri Kumsishvili ( ka, დიმიტრი ქუმსიშვილი; born 7 September 1974) is a Georgian politician who has served as the country's First Deputy Prime Minister from 27 November 2016 to 13 June 2018 and Minister of Eco ...

, Minister of Finance *

David Lordkipanidze David Otaris dze Lordkipanidze ( Georgian: დავით ლორთქიფანიძე) (born 5 August 1964, in Tbilisi) is a Georgian anthropologist and archaeologist, Professor (2004), Dr.Sc. (2002), Corresponding Member of the Georgi ...

, anthropologist *

Giwi Margwelaschwili Giwi Margwelaschwili ( ka, გივი მარგველაშვილი ''Givi Margvelashvili''; 14 December 1927 – 13 March 2020) was a German- Georgian writer and philosopher. Born in Berlin to Georgian parents, he was raised as a Ge ...

, a philosopher, writer, Nobel Prize candidate * Giorgi Melikishvili, historian *

Miho Mosulishvili Mikheil "Miho" Mosulishvili (; ka, მიხეილ "მიხო" მოსულიშვილი; born December 10, 1962) is a Georgian writer and playwright. Biography Mosulishvili graduated in 1986 from the Tbilisi State University. ...

, writer, playwright *

Aka Morchiladze Aka Morchiladze ( ka, აკა მორჩილაძე) is the pen name of Giorgi Akhvlediani (გიორგი ახვლედიანი) (born 10 November 1966), a Georgian writer and literary historian who authored some of the best ...

, writer * Jaba Mujiri, footballer * Gia Nodia, Minister of Education and Science of Georgia,

politologist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

, political scientist *

Irakli Okruashvili Irakli Okruashvili ( ka, ირაკლი ოქრუაშვილი) (born 6 November 1973) is a Georgian politician who had served on various important posts in the Government of Georgia under President Mikheil Saakashvili, including bei ...

, politician * Bulat Okudjava, noted writer, poet, musician * Stepan Pachikov, founder of Evernote * Baia Pataraia, women's rights activist *

Grigol Peradze Saint Grigol Peradze ( ka, გრიგოლ ფერაძე; 13 September 1899 – 6 December 1942) was a prominent Georgian ecclesiastic figure, philologist, theologian, historian, and professor of patristics in the interwar period. Life ...

, theologian and historian *

, mathematician, Tbilisi University co-founder * Viktor Saneyev, track and field athlete * Anna Schchian, botanist * Giorgi Targamadze, politician * Maya Tskitishvili, Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure *

Lasha Zhvania Lasha Zhvania ( ka, ლაშა ჟვანია; born on 14 October 1973 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Georgian politician, diplomat, businessman, and social activist who currently serves as Head of the Presidential Administration of Georgia for ...

, politician, diplomat * Davit Osepashvili, political scientist, politician, public relations and media specialist

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