In the future, only disciplines taught at the Georgian Technical University prior to the 1990s will remain part of its academic program, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced at a briefing at the Government Administration.

He added that admissions to other disciplines will no longer be announced from the next academic year.

“In accordance with the ‘One City, One Faculty’ principle, the Georgian Technical University will be transformed into a purely technical university, one of the main directions of our higher education concept. In the future, only disciplines that were taught at the university before the 1990s and were included in its core academic program will remain. Starting from the next academic year, the Technical University will no longer announce admissions to programs that were not part of its pre-1990 curriculum. Non-technical programs will continue temporarily in a transitional phase over the next two years. The two universities will no longer be merged. Accordingly, admissions to non-technical specialties at the Technical University will no longer be offered starting this year. This is the common decision we agreed on,” the Prime Minister said.