about university

About University

The Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU) is the main center of higher medical education in Georgia, with an almost hundred-year history. Actually, higher medical education in Georgia is of the same age as well. It is noteworthy to emphasize that thousands of TSMU graduates continue their professional careers in many leading clinics and institutions in Georgia, Europe, and the world as a whole.

The core role and responsibility of TSMU in providing the country’s population health care activities is of great importance and respectable. In 2018, the TSMU successfully and unconditionally passed the authorization process. According to the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME), since 2023 the Medical Degrees issued by a medical school are recognized within the Euro-Atlantic space. Successful undergraduate, postgraduate, continuous professional development programs, Master’s, doctoral as well as higher vocational educational programs make TSMU attractive for prospective students not only in Georgia but different countries around the world. 

TSMU is a member of the European Education Area representing its active involvement in the functioning of this educational system, determining directions for development and implementation, and establishing free and close scientific and academic relationships with the educational, scientific, and clinical centers throughout the world. 

Faculties and Institutes

• Medicine/MBBS
• Stomatology
• Pharmacy
• Public Health
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• International Faculty of Medicine and Stomatology
• Nursing and Midwifery
• Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education 

Postgraduate Degree Programs 

• Epidemiology and Environmental Medicine
• Health Promotion, Health Education
• Public Health
• Clinical Pharmacy
• Pharmacy 
• Pharmaceutical Analysis
• Pharmacy Management
• Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Technologies
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Advisor in Rehabilitation
• Rehabilitation in Sport
• Pediatric Rehabilitation
• Biomedical Engineering

Joint Academic Programs

• American MD (US MD) Program – developed with Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta, U.S.); 
• Joint International Bachelor’s Program in “Public Health and Management” with UniMan Academy of Management and Performance (France). Upon completion, two – Georgian and French Diploma will be issued; 
• Joint International Master’s Program in “Public Health Management and Health Policy” at TSMU Faculty of Public Health; 
• Joint Georgian-Austrian Bachelor of Nursing program with Tyrol hospitals Union – the Western Education Centre (AZW) (Austria), allowing Georgian nurses to pursue proficiency in accordance with European standards and gain international experience in the Clinics of Austria.

At present, TSMU is the partner of more than 120 universities and University Clinics from over 30 countries worldwide; collaboration with them is regulated on the basis of bilateral agreements and/or joint international projects (ERASMUS +, HORIZON, MEVLANA and etc.). Within the frames of the programs, every year more than 600 students, academic and administrative staff, researchers, doctors, and nurses of TSMU participate in short- or long-term international mobility programs at the undergraduate, master, and doctoral levels. Many professors and students from partner universities often pay a visit to Tbilisi State Medical University for training or to share good experiences.  

Accommodation 

At the moment TSMU does not provide on-campus accommodation facilities. Therefore, we will help you find an apartment for rent in the nearby areas (which are mostly residential).