The rector of the Georgian Technical University, Academician David Gurgenidze, met with the professors of the geoengineering faculty of Olsztyn Technical University of Warmia-Masur (Poland) - Joanna Pavlovich and Aldona Skotnitska-Szepshak, and together with Polish researchers, discussed the prospects of future collaboration between the two universities in the scientific and educational field.
The professors of the Olsten Technical University of Warmia-Masur are on a research mission in Georgia, in particular, they are participating in the international scientific and technical conference dedicated to the 99th anniversary of the establishment of the GTU Tsotne Mirtskhulava Institute of Aquaculture – “Modern Problems of Aquaculture, Environmental Protection, Architecture, and Construction”.
The meeting of the rector with the Polish researchers was attended by the President of the Supervisory Board of GTU, Professor Zurab Gudavadze, Vice Rector, Associate Professor Tamar Tsereteli, Deputy Rector in the field of Science, Professor Tamar Lominadze, and Director of the GTU Tsotne Mirtskhulava Institute of Aquaculture, Academician Givi Gavardashvili.
At the meeting, the parties discussed the possibilities of multilateral cooperation in the scientific and educational sphere.
As the rector David Gurgenidze stated, the Georgian Technical University is linked with a long-term fruitful partnership with the leading universities and scientific centers of Europe, America, and Asia, including the Bialystok University of Technology and Lublin University of Life Sciences of the Republic of Poland, which includes exchange programs for students and scientific-academic personnel, and take account of the format of joint research and scientific conferences.
“The Georgian Technical University has a close scientific and educational collaboration with the world’s leading universities and organizations. Our groups of scientists, young researchers, students, and scientific research institutes are actively involved in global scientific experiments with huge international research organizations, such as CERN in Switzerland, KEK and J-Parc in Japan, FERMILAB in the USA, and others.
The university infrastructure is constantly being improved. Almost all faculties have modern educational-scientific and expert laboratories equipped with the latest equipment, where our students and professors conduct research. Among them is the laboratory complex of the Faculty of Informatics and Management Systems, which is unique in the South Caucasus region. More than 700 laboratory, scientific, and expert research can be conducted here simultaneously, including with CERN.
It should be noted that we have close contacts with the Białystok University of Technology and Lublin University of Life Sciences in Poland, with which we implement several projects in the direction of academic, scientific staff, and student mobility, and our doctorate and master’s students conduct joint research in these Polish universities.
We are glad that you are cooperating with the Institute of Water Management named after Tsotne Mirzkhulava, and participating on behalf of Poland in the international scientific conference dedicated to the 99th anniversary of one of the oldest university research institutes in our country.
The Georgian Technical University expresses its readiness to deepen the collaboration with the Olsten Technical University of Warmia-Masur, develop joint research projects, plan scientific conferences, and activate exchange programs, both for our successful students and scientific-academic staff” – noted David Gurgenidze.
Joanna Pavlovich and Aldona Skotnitska-Szepshak, professors of Olsten Technical University of Warmia-Masur, thanked Academician David Gurgenidze and the Georgian Technical University for their willingness to cooperate.
As the Polish scientists mentioned during the conversation with the rector, cooperation with the Georgian Technical University will be the beginning of mutual success. As they said, the Polish University is interested in deepening the educational and research processes with the GTU, implementing joint research and scientific projects, and activating the mobility of students, researchers, and academic staff, which will allow the two universities to establish a solid partnership collaboration.