Top US educators interested in Tbilisi Technological University
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Professors from South Florida University, the fourth-largest public university in the United States (US) state of Florida, are visiting Tbilisi today to learn more about a new Technological University in Georgia's capital city.
The guests and Georgian Government representatives discussed ways of possible cooperation between South Florida University and the new Tbilisi Technological University, which is planned to open in several years' time.
The Cartu Charity Foundation - a charity fund established and financed by Georgian tycoon and former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili - will finance building of the new university in Tbilisi.
South Florida University Professors Karen Holbrook, Roger Brindley and Robert Bishop met head of the Georgian Government Administration Maia Tskitishvili and talked about their ideas regarding possible cooperation on the university project.
The US professors expressed their interest in enrolling Georgian students in Master and Doctoral programs at the South Florida University.
A charity fund established and financed by Georgian tycoon and former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will finance the building of a new university in Tbilisi.
The Georgian Government and a group of scientists have started working to create a science-education centre for modern technology development in Georgia.
Georgian students are being given the chance to gain and American education and earn internationally-recognised qualifications while remaining on home soil thanks to a fruitful partnership between Georgia and the US.
About 30 schools in Georgia’s regional areas are set to undergo complete rehabilitation to turn them into modern learning environments.
About 40,000 children in Georgia will soon learn at modern school environment thanks to the United States (US) government. The US government has invested $54 million USD (about 129 million GEL) to fully renovate and equip public schools across Georgia.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili says Georgia will introduce the German model of higher education where the Government will fund the most needed professions.