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WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
MAIA SHUKHOSHVILI
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, CULTURE AND SPORT OF GEORGIA
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
• in the Caucasus region
• On the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe
• East: Azerbaijan
• West: Black Sea
• South: Turkey, Armenia
• North: Russia
Surface Area: 69,700 km2
Capital - Tbilisi
• In 2014 Georgia signed an Association Agreement with EU
• In 2015, the Government of Georgia adopted the 2015National Action Plan for the Implementation of the AssociationAgreement
• From 2017 Georgian citizens can travel visa-free to the 26countries of the Schengen Area - Visa liberalization
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
Georgia is the birthplace of the first European civilization.
1.8 million years old human remains have been discovered in
the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains.
Dmanisi Hominid – as it’s called – was quite literally the first Europeantourist
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
The Legend of Argonauts
Jason, a warrior in
ancient Greek
mythology, and his
Argonauts came to
Georgia for the Golden
Fleece.
Promeheus who has presented men with the gift of fire was also chained to Caucasus Mountains by Zeus.
Medea, the
daughter of King
Aeethes of Colchis
and later wife of
Jason, is a real
Symbol of the
Black Sea coast of
Georgia.
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
• According to Doing Business Index and World BankGroup in 2018, Georgia is on the 9th place from 190Countries
• GDP Annual Growth Rate at 5.30%
• Foreign Direct Investments 1 861.9 USD Million
• According to Corruption Perception Index 2018,Georgia takes 46th place from 180 countries
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
Education System
• The Law of Georgia on Higher Education, adopted in December 2004
• Bologna Process – from 2005
• Three cycle system (Bachelor, Master, Doctoral)
• National Qualification Framework - 2010
• Students and Staff Mobility
• Internal and External QA Systems
• Unified Entrance Exams
Doctoral Program (180 ECTS)
Master’s Program(60-120 ECTS)
Bachelor’s Program (180-240 ECTS)Intermediate Qualification (120
ECTS)
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X-XII Secondary Education
VII-IX Basic Education
I-IV Primary Education
Pre- School Education
First Stage of Vocational Education
Second Stage of Vocational Education
Third Stage of Vocational Education
Forth Stage of Vocational Education
Fifth Stage of Vocational Education
Vocational Education
Georgian Educational System
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
Quality of Education:
• National Accreditation Center (2006)
• National Center of Education Quality Enhancement - NCEQE(2010)
• Special Law “On Quality of Education“
• The European Association for Quality Assurance in HigherEducation (ENQA) granted affiliate status to the NCEQE in2013
• NCEQE aims to become the full member of ENQA in the end of2018
Quality of Education:
• Authorization - institutional evaluation, which determinescompliance of an institution with the AuthorizationStandards, obligatory for all HEIs in order to be allowed tocarry out educational activities and issue a diploma that isrecognized by the state.
• Accreditation - external quality assurance mechanismwhich determines educational programs’ compliance withHigher Education Accreditation standards. Higher educationprogram have to be accredited in order to be eligible fornational grants.
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
Types of Higher Education Institutions:
University - institution of higher education which carries outhigher educational programs of all three stages and scientificresearches
Teaching university - institution of higher education whichcarries out higher educational program/programs (except doctorateprograms). Teaching university necessarily carries out educationalprograms of second stage - master program/programs
College - institution of higher education which carries out only firststage educational program of higher academic education
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
Types of Higher Education Institutions:
Internationalization:
• ERASMUS+ - Georgia is in top ten ICM partner countries
• Specific Funding Window for Georgia – 6 Million Euro
• 40 Georgian Universities participate in Erasmus+ programme
• 6 Georgian Universities - full and associate partners in EMJMDprogrammes
• Participation in Horizon 2020 programme, COST actions,Europaea Academia…
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
The main branches of higher education studies in Georgia:
• Social Sciences, Business and Law
• Arts and Humanities
• Technical and Technology Sciences
• Natural Sciences and Mathematics
• Health
• Interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and trans-disciplinary sciences
• Agriculture and Veterinary
• About 160 programs offered in Foreign Languages
• Programs are available in following languages: English, German, French, Russian
• About 10000 Foreign Students (mainly: Medicine, BusinessAdministration)
• The tuition fees for programmes in foreign languages aredifferent
• There are also differences in tuition fees depending on the fieldof study
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
San Diego State University engineering school
Special State Regulations
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
• 30 million US dollars investment
• Bachelor Programs in electrical engineering, computer science, chemistry (biochemistry studies) and Computer Engineering
• Graduates receive San Diego State University and Georgia’s State University Diplomas
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIAUniversities administrate double/joint degree awarding
programs in cooperation with the following foreign HEIs:
• Friedrich Schiller University, Jena (Germany)
• The University of Paris VIII (France)
• University of Bologna (Italy)
• Emory University (USA)
• French Academy of Management and Performance (France)
• International Business School, Budapest (Hungary)
• French National School of Administration (France)
• Potsdam Center for Policy and Management (Germany)
• Grenoble business school (France)
• Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)
• Saarland University (Germany)
• European University of Kiev (Ukraine)
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
Programs include all of three levels of education and following fields:
• Economics• Business• Health• Humanities• Social Sciences• Political Sciences
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
• Program “Study in Georgia” a part of the overallstrategy and new initiative of the Ministry waslaunched aimed at promoting Georgian highereducation and attracting more students fromabroad (2017)
• Program fully funded from State budget
• www.studyingeorgia.ge
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
The aims of initiative:
• creation of the appropriate infrastructure• facilitation of admission procedures for
international students• development of international standards for
accreditation of programs offered in foreignlanguage
WHY STUDY IN GEORGIA
Georgian HEI’s participating in
ICEF Berlin:
• East European University
• University of Georgia
• David Tvildiani Medical University
