Free University of Tbilisi
Georgia | |
Campus | Kakha Bendukidze University Campus, David Aghmashenebeli Alley № 240 |
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Director of the Knowledge Fund | Anastasia Bendukidze |
Colors | |
Website | freeuni |
Free University (
The main goal of Kakha Bendukidze, FreeUni's founder, was to provide opportunities for a quality education to every motivated person in Georgia, regardless of his or her financial conditions. Benudkidze believed that clarity of purpose and the future were essential to any human endeavour.[2]
The Free University is organized into 7 constituent schools: the university's oldest, International Relations (Institute of Asia and Africa), School of Business, Law, Physics, Computer Sciences and Math, Visual Arts and Design, Governance and Social Sciences. While the Free University is governed by a combination of its Board of Overseers and the
The current Rector of The Free University is Vakhtang Lezhava.[3] There are 56 full-time and 84 part-time lecturers. 44 hold PhDs; 25 are PhD students. The programs are run on a daily basis by deans and academic coordinators.[4]
Kakha Bendukidze
The Free University was founded by
A biologist by education, Bendukidze started his own business, Bioprocess, which manufactured biochemicals for scientific research in 1987. Soon he became known as one of Russia’s leading
After the
The appointment of Bendukidze and his service as the Minister of Economics gave Georgia a yearly 9.3%
He created a charity called the
Faculties
The School of
The program in international relations prepares students for careers in
The Business School began as the independent European School of Management and for more than 20 years has been the leader of business education in Georgia. The program includes a rich variety of courses at both undergraduate and graduate (MA) levels, such as: management, marketing, accounting and finance, business studies, operations management, business in action, etc. The principal defining feature of the program is teaching business in action. This ensures breadth and generality and encourages flexibility, creativity, and entrepreneurship.[9]
The Computer Science and Mathematics (MACS) program offers a bachelor's degree with two concentrations, one in mathematics and the other on computer science. Students choose one of the concentrations to better focus their education in that particular direction. The MACS program has the highest-performing students in Georgia according to their performance on the Georgian Unified National Examinations. For example, the top seven scorers on the 2014 Exam are currently enrolled in the MACS program.[10]
The undergraduate program in
The four-year undergraduate program in Physics provides a solid foundation leading to a B.S. degree in Physics. The program exposes students to both traditional and cutting-edge areas of physics:
References
- ^ "The Man Who Remade Georgia". The New Yorker. November 28, 2014.
- ^ "'About Us' of The Free University of Tbilisi". The Free University of Tbilisi. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ "Faculty page of The Free University of Tbilisi". The Free University of Tbilisi. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ "University Today". Archived from the original on 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
- ^ a b Herszenhorn, David M. "Kakha Bendukidze Dies at 58; Pushed Post-Soviet Market Change". nytimes.com. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Famous Reformist Kakha Bendukidze Dies at 58". tabula.ge. Tabula, 2009–2014.
- ^ "Obituaries". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ a b "'International Relations' of The Free University of Tbilisi". The Free University of Tbilisi. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "'ESM' of The Free University of Tbilisi". The Free University of Tbilisi. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "'Mathematics and Computer Sciences' of The Free University of Tbilisi". The Free University of Tbilisi. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "'Governance and Social Sciences' of The Free University of Tbilisi". The Free University of Tbilisi. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "'Physics' of The Free University of Tbilisi". The Free University of Tbilisi. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.