Tbilisi State Medical University is one of the most prestigious high medical schools in Easter European Region. It has one of the leading positions in teaching foreign students. More than 20 years the international students are receiving English Medium education in Tbilisi State Medical University. Our university is becoming more interesting and attractive to them.
Since 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 students at different faculties of TSMU and for quality maintaining and improving reasons, the Department of Oversea Students Education was established in 2008 and in 2017 it was renamed to International Students Education Department.
Our students enjoy an atmosphere of collegiality with one another and they are confident in the correctness of their choice, whereas the mission of the Department of International Students Education is to unite all foreign students of TSMU under “common umbrella” for facilitation and improvement of their academic and social standards.
Russian medium program was launched in 2012.
In 2012 academic year Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU) and Emory University School of Medicine (ESOM) launched the joint project to develop a new “American Program of Medicine” at TSMU that will be modeled after the curriculum at Emory. As a result, US MD – Doctor of Medicine Degree Program was launched in 2013.
International Faculty of Medicine was established in 2018, which in 2019 was joined by the English/Russian programs of Stomatology. Tbilisi State Medical University is a progressive institution focused on student achievement and success. It is an example of respect, trust, integrity, and internationalization. That is why the International Faculty of Medicine and Stomatology, has become “The Second Home” for up to 2800 students of different ethnic, cultural and geographical origins from 82 countries of the world.