Grand Opening of Kutaisi International University held Yesterday
"It is the most significant and greatest occurrence that has happened in our country in recent years!" announced Giorgi Gakharia, Prime Minister of Georgia at the grand opening of Kutaisi International University today.
According to the Head of Government of Georgia, Kutaisi International University will give a new function to the city.
"I wish to congratulate the local residents, as Kutaisi as a city is acquiring a new function and a new mission. It has always been a center of Georgian science, culture and development, but today it should also turn into an education center and I wish to once again underline the importance of fundamental science manifested by Kutaisi International University. Unfortunately, in recent decades we had a quite significant gap towards this end. I congratulate and wish you a successful future and great victories for a stronger Georgia and bright future of our country!" stated Giorgi Gakharia.
Kutaisi International University (KIU) admitted its first undergraduate students in three studies taught in English: management, math and computer science.
Eligibility criteria of KIU are one of the most challenging among the higher education institutions currently operating in Georgia and they are compatible with those of the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
KIU cooperates with the leading European higher education institution - Munich Technical University (TUM) - and its programs are designed according to the operating model of TUM. KIU conveys knowledge in the English language through Georgian and European professors and teachers.
KIU is located in an ecologically clean environment in Kutaisi. Campus spans out at 153 ha and comprises state-of-the-art academic buildings, libraries, cafeterias, streamlined infrastructure, common working spaces, dorms and accommodation buildings for the faculty. Idea for the creation of KIU comes from Bidzina Ivanishvili and his family. Cartu Fund is investing over 1 billion Euros in the implementation of the project.
KIU cooperates with IBA being a world leader in the manufacturing of equipment and machinery for proton therapy of cancer diseases for the establishment of the first proton therapy center in Georgia. It will lead to the treatment of cancer with advanced methods. Scientific studies will be carried out here as well and an experimental base will be created for physics of elementary particles, radiation physics and biophysics.