English-Medium Medical Faculty of General Medicine was established in 1996 at Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU). Its first twenty-five (25) students graduated in 2002.
From 2006 the faculty is incorporated into the faculty of Medicine as the Foreign Division. Since then this number has been increasing significantly. Due to ever increasing number from overseas undergraduate and postgraduate students in different faculties of TSMU and for quality maintaining and improving reasons the “Department of International Students Education” - established in 2008.
From September 2012 “Russian MD (Doctor of Medicine) Program” has been launched at the Department of Overseas Students Education and since 2013 - TSMU enacted "USMD - American MD (Doctor of Medicine) Program", which has been developed and implemented by the joint project basis of Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU) and Emory School Of Medicine (Atlanta, USA) .
Since 2018 in Tbilisi State Medical University was established the "International Faculty of Medicine" for the first time throughout Georgia. In 2020 the Faculty has expanded and become the ,,International Faculty of Medicine and Stomatology".
Nowadays the Faculty unites more than 2500 undergraduate international students from 72 different countries throughout the world.
We are a place where a big ideas and small details come together. University is preparing lifelong learners who will lead the way in global researches, science and education. Tbilisi State Medical University is a progressive entity focused on student achievement and success.
It is the obligation of universities to prepare people for a globalized world, including developing the ability to compete economically, to operate effectively in other cultures and settings, to use knowledge to improve their own lives and their communities, and to better comprehend and realities of the contemporary world so that they can better meet their responsibilities as citizens.