Tbilisi State University
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| Formation | 8 February 1918 |
| Headquarters | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| The main university in Georgia. | |
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, often shortened to its historical name, Tbilisi State University is a public research university established on 8 February 1918 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Excluding academies and theological seminaries, which have intermittently functioned in Georgia for centuries, TSU is the oldest university in Georgia and the Caucasus region. Over 23 500 students are enrolled and the total number of faculty and staff (collaborators) is 5,000.
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.
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.
An Alumnus on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Nationality | Summary | Description |
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| Tedo Japaridze | 18 September 1946 | Georgia | Diplomat Spook | Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs who inadvertently exposed Le Cercle by mentioning it on his online biography. |
