Ivane Javakhishvili 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. The total enrollment is over 23,500 students, and there are 5,000 faculty and staff members (collaborators) overall.
Tbilisi State University, Corpus I on Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, Vake
Tbilisi State University building backside in 1918
Founder Ivane Javakhishvili
Elizabeth Orbeliani, the first woman lecturer and co-founder of TSU.
Tbilisi, in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis, is the capital and largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of around 1.2 million people. Tbilisi was founded in the fifth century AD by Vakhtang I of Iberia, and since then has served as the capital of various Georgian kingdoms and republics. Between 1801 and 1917, then part of the Russian Empire, Tiflis was the seat of the Caucasus Viceroyalty, governing both the northern and the southern parts of the Caucasus.
Image: Tbilisi, Georgia. View on historical neighborhoods from a hill
Image: Freedom Square, Tbilisi, Georgia
Image: Sameba Cathedral, Tbilisi کلیسای سامبا در تفلیس گرجستان 11
Image: 2018 The Sioni Cathedral
