partner presentation: shota rustaveli state university
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The history of Shota Rustaveli State University dates back to 1935.
Initially it was founded as the Pedagogical Institute which had trained many teachers for all over the Western Georgia throughout its history.
How the original building looked like
University Building now
The classical university was founded on the basis of the Pedagogical Institute in 1990.
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BSU used to be the classical type of the University until 2006;
In 2006 several research and educational institutions joined BSU following the high educational system reforming;
The institutions had carried out applied research and trained personnel in engineering, technologies, agrarian sector and etc.;
BSU comprises 7 faculties and 3 Scientific Research Institutes:
Faculty of HumanitiesFaculty of Humanities Faculty of EducationFaculty of Education Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences,
Business and LawBusiness and Law Faculty of Natural Sciences and Faculty of Natural Sciences and
HealthHealth Faculty of Physics-Mathematics Faculty of Physics-Mathematics
and Computer Scienceand Computer Science Faculty of TechnologyFaculty of Technology Faculty of TourismFaculty of Tourism
Niko Berzenishvili Institute Niko Berzenishvili Institute (Direction of Humanities and (Direction of Humanities and Social Studies)Social Studies) Institute of Agrarian and Membrane TechnologiesInstitute of Agrarian and Membrane Technologies Phytopathology and Biodiversity InstitutePhytopathology and Biodiversity Institute
Main Priorities of our University: integration in the international educational networks,
sharing the experience of leading foreign universities, taking into consideration the needs of the employers and the labour market while preparing the specialists;
relevance and integration of academic and scientific-research activities.
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BSU offers wide range of options to students at all the three stages of education: there are about 42 vocational, 43 Bachelor’s, 23 Master’s, 9 doctoral and 2 single-level programs.
At present about 6000 students study at the University.
The staff consists of 245 professors, 67 researchers, over 300 part time staff.
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International ProjectsPrograms of ERASMUS MUNDUS action 2
“ALRAKIS I”; “ELECTRA”; “EUROEAST”, “WEBB” “MEDIA”
18 TEMPUS1 FP 71 Jan Monnet
Following programmes are being implemented at our university too: USAID , MEVLANA, Norwegian state grant and number of projects financed under the national scientific fund;
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Department of Mathematics is involved in the projectBriefly on the Department of Mathematics: -The department counts its history from the very
first day of the foundation of the university; -It carries quite a wide scale research: Algebra,
Mathematical and Functional Analysis, Topology, Geometry, Theory of Probability and others;
-15 professors working; -5 contracted staff ; - 2 Bachelor programmes: 1. Mathematics;2.
Financial Mathematics- Master programme in Mathematics- PhD programme in Maths
Geographical location of the University The University is housed in four campuses located in Batumi and outskirts of it. The university has also two scientific centers in the outskirts of Batumi and in Kobuteli;
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Batumi is a seaside town along the Black Sea coast. Batumi is the capital of Ajara Autonomous Republic in southwest Georgia. Sometimes the town is considered to be Georgia's second capital, with the population of about 125 000. Batumi serves as an important port and a commercial center.
It is situated in a subtropical zone, rich in agricultural produce such as citrus, fruit and tea. Most of its economy revolves around tourism.
Batumi
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Piazza
6 May Park
Old Boulvard
Square of Europe
Monument of “Medea”
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The Black Sea coast of Green Cape
The Black Sea Batumi beach
The Black Sea Kobuleti shore
Batumi Sea Port
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Again on the University
Contact Information:
www.bsu.edu.geVladimer Baladze , Professor [email protected] Turmanidze Lela, Associate
Professor e-mail:
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
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Thank you for your attention!
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