Ilia State University (ISU) is a flagship public research and comprehensive university in Georgia, located in its capital, Tbilisi. It was established in 2006 as a merger of six different institutions, each having a long history and a diverse institutional profile. Shortly afterwards it transformed itself into a multi-profile university with its significant research outputs visible at the national and international levels. ISU’s four faculties – the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Medicine, the Faculty of Business, Technology and Education, and the School of Law – offer a variety of unique academic programs, including joint and double degree programs in their respective disciplines. Along with 47 large and small-scale research institutes, laboratories and centers, the University creates in-depth research opportunities in arts, social sciences, education, humanities, business, law, medicine, public health, life sciences, basic sciences, earth sciences, engineering and architecture. Over the past 16 years ISU’s student body has been growing gradually. Currently, the University serves approximately 15944 students, 600 international students among them. It has an academic community of 338 high caliber academic faculty members, 803 invited instructors and 239 researchers. Its educational and research processes are supported by 1,453 staff members. Coupled with its highly qualified human capital and modernized research facilities in Tbilisi and in the regions of Georgia, ISU has become one of the most desirable universities for students and faculty members today.

The University’s four academic units – Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Medicine, Faculty of Business, Technology and Education and School of Law – deliver over 100 academic programs at all three levels of instruction.