Akaki Tsereteli State University Explained

Akaki Tsereteli State University
Native Name:აკაკი წერეთლის სახელობის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი
Established:1930
Type:Public
Faculty:5000
Rector:Rolandi Kopaliani
City:Kutaisi
Country:Georgia
Campus:Urban
Colours:Red & white
Other Name:ATSU

Akaki Tsereteli State University (Georgian: აკაკი წერეთლის სახელობის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი|tr), also known as Kutaisi University (Georgian: ქუთაისის უნივერსიტეტი|tr), is a university established in July 1930 in Tbilisi, Georgia, and now located in Kutaisi.

History

The university was established on the basis of Tbilisi State University. Tbilisi State University had been founded under guidance of Georgian historian Ivane Javakhishvili in 1918. In July 1930, when Georgia had already fallen under Soviet rule, the authorities abolished Tbilisi State University, creating four independent institutions in its place. State Pedagogical Institute was one of those universities.

On January 8, 1933, Tbilisi State University was re-established and State Pedagogical Institute moved to Kutaisi. Now named Kutaisi University and located in the center of the city, it started functioning from February 13, 1933. Up to 700 students moved to Kutaisi from Tbilisi to continue their studies at the university.

In 1990, the university was transformed into Akaki Tsereteli State University, being named after Georgian poet and national liberation movement figure Akaki Tsereteli. On February 23, 2006, the authorities merged the university with Kutaisi N. Muskhelishvili Polytechnic Institute which was founded on September 1, 1974, enhancing its faculty and curriculum on technical subjects.[1]

Faculties

As of 2019, the Akaki Tsereteli State University operated the following faculties:[2]

Alumni

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kutaisi Akaki Tsereteli State University. History . 2011-04-12.
  2. https://www.atsu.edu.ge/index.php/en/faculties-eng Faculties