Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) is the first national university in Georgia and the first higher education institution in the South Caucasus region. It established formal education in the country, created the local intellectual workforce and paved the way for human development and democracy. For over 100 years TSU has granted degrees to men and women and promoted the ideals of equality, justice and progress.

The mission of TSU is:
·       To establish comprehensive national and international   academic values and to support the intellectual, cultural and socio-economic development of the society;
·       To produce and further new knowledge;
·       To sustain and further on research capacity and innovation tradition;
·       To train competitive staff;
·       To have an exemplary offer of student-centered-, fuller-, longer- and further education (LLL);
·       To maintain an honourable and distinguished position in the international Higher Education Community.

TSU shares the ideals promoted by the Magna Charta Universitatum and its values are based on critical, creative and progressive thinking, the principles of academic freedom and academic ethics; open, dynamic and transparent relations.

 
Facts and figures
There are 7 Faculties (Law, Humanities, Business and Economics, Exact and Natural Sciences, Social and Political Sciences, Psychology and Education Sciences, Medicine) at TSU with over 200 accredited academic programs in various disciplines serving almost 26,000 students.

To achieve its goals, TSU employs 3011 staff members, including 730 faculty members, 853 researchers, 116 lecturers; 61 senior administrators and 1251 junior administrative officers.

TSU resources include 8 million book volumes, 22 million patented works, 13 buildings in Tbilisi and Kutaisi housing 85 laboratories, several Smart Labs (SMART AtmoSim, SMART|EDM_Lab, SMART|SmR_lab), Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Centre and a Fabrication Laboratory.

TSU follows the modern European system of education and quality assurance; it has been part of the Bologna process since 2005 and shares the principles of the EUA. This also implies building quality assurance and expert evaluations and compliance with the ESG standards. The quality of study programs is assured by the evaluation processes including internal assessment, external review, international participation and cooperation.

Among more than 200 programs offered by TSU, more than 20 are delivered fully or partially in English; this includes programs that lead to joint or double degrees, and many of them have international accreditation (ABET or FIBAA). At the same time, TSU offers regular teaching of more than 40 languages including some extinct as well as several endangered languages.

TSU is an active member of prestigious international networks, including:
−        International Association of Universities (IAU)
−        European University Association (EUA)
−        Black Sea University Network (BSU)
−        Eurasian Universities Union (EURAS)
−        Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
−        Compostela Group of Universities
−        UNICA
−        European University Foundation (EUF)