Georgian Technical University

Key Highlights

• Authorized by Georgia’s national quality authority through 27 September 2030
• Institutional history begins on 16 January 1922
• Public university headquartered at 77 Kostava Street in Tbilisi
• Academic scope extends beyond engineering into design, agriculture, business, law, and social sciences

Student Life & Environment

GTU’s student-facing structure includes tutoring and mentoring, career development, exchange programs, scholarships, student self-government, student services, culture and sports, clubs, activities, and psychological counseling. The Tutoring and Mentoring Center publishes weekday office hours and offers academic-advising contacts from its location at 68 Kostava Street. These services give students identifiable points of support, although eligibility and appointment procedures should be checked directly. Organized life extends beyond technical coursework. University reporting for the 2025–2026 academic-year opening specifically invited students to participate in sports and creative activities. Recent examples include university volleyball teams and the long-running public theater-studio Modinakhe. Such examples show active organized opportunities, but they do not establish that every club or team recruits every year; incoming students should check the current activities calendar. Career preparation is visible in both university services and events. Employment Week 2025 brought participating public and private organizations to different university buildings on separate faculty-focused days. The FAQ also describes internships with partner organizations and career-development support. These are useful access points, not guarantees of placement or employment. Reliable current details about university-operated housing, room prices, meal arrangements, and housing guarantees were not found in the strongest official sources reviewed. Students moving to Tbilisi should therefore obtain written confirmation from the international admissions office before budgeting or committing to accommodation.

Location & Surroundings

Georgian Technical University is based in Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital. Its central published address is 77 Kostava Street, while the tutoring center and some events use Building I at 68 Kostava Street. The 2025 Employment Week schedule also shows teaching and faculty activity at several nearby Kostava Street buildings and at 17 Guramishvili Street. GTU is therefore better understood as an urban, multi-building institution than as a single self-contained campus. This arrangement places students in a major city environment where study, work experience, cultural activity, and daily life are integrated with Tbilisi rather than separated behind a campus boundary. It also makes faculty location a practical consideration: commuting time and the most convenient neighborhood may differ according to the program and timetable. Applicants should ask their faculty where most first-year classes and laboratories take place before choosing accommodation. The university publishes a dedicated international-student recruitment email as well as central contact details. That office is the appropriate source for arrival, enrollment, and institution-specific visa-support questions. GTU provides general visa information online, but immigration requirements are government-controlled and can change; international students should verify them against current Georgian government guidance before travel.

Costs & Career Outcomes

GTU’s official FAQ, accessed in August 2026, lists annual tuition of GEL 2,250 for students admitted through the Unified National Examinations to Georgian-, Russian-, or English-language bachelor’s programs. It lists the same GEL 2,250 annual amount for master’s programs and GEL 4,000 for Georgian- or English-language doctoral study. Separately, the FAQ lists international-student tuition of GEL 5,500 for Russian-language programs and GEL 12,500 for English-language programs across the three levels. Because the page does not label these figures with a specific academic year, applicants should treat them as published reference amounts and obtain a 2026–2027 fee confirmation for the exact program before accepting an offer. The FAQ also says some undergraduate programs receive full state funding and describes installment arrangements and state benefits for certain eligible groups. Eligibility is not universal and may depend on admission route, program, or personal status. No verified current figures were found for housing, food, insurance, transport, books, or visa-related costs, so tuition alone is not a complete budget. Career support includes a university career-development function, faculty-industry cooperation, internship opportunities described in the FAQ, and employer events. Employment Week 2025 was organized across faculty locations and involved 163 state and private organizations. This demonstrates employer engagement in that year, but it should not be read as a placement rate or employment guarantee. GTU does not provide a sufficiently supported institution-wide graduate salary or employment-outcome figure in the reviewed sources, so students should ask individual faculties about recent outcomes, required practical training, and the relevance of Georgian-language ability to their intended career.