Large-Scale Event to Mark the Start of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at GTU
21-10-2025
“It is necessary to maximize your opportunities, creative energy, and direct your efforts towards intellectual and professional development. It is education that is the basis of personal development, and an educated and responsible young person lays the foundation for the country’s progress,” said Academician David Gurgenidze, Rector of the Georgian Technical University, at an event dedicated to the start of the new academic year at GTU.
With the support of the University Rector and the organization of the administration, the start of the new 2025-2026 academic year and the admission of the 103rd batch of freshmen to the Georgian Technical University were celebrated with a large-scale event in the open university space adjacent to the 3rd and 4th academic buildings, in which students and professors of all three levels of GTU participated. Photo collages showcasing the research and academic achievements of GTU scientists and students, as well as exhibitions featuring works by students from various faculties, were displayed in the university space.
The event was opened by the Rector of the Georgian Technical University, Academician David Gurgenidze. The Rector congratulated the students, especially the first-year students, the representatives of the university administration - the Chancellor, the President of the GTU Supervisory Board, and the Vice-Rectors - Deans of Faculties, scientist-researchers, and teachers on the start of the new academic year and wished them success.
“Dear youth, congratulations on the start of the new academic year! First of all, congratulations to the freshmen - you have become part of the intellectual space where engineering, design, architecture, construction, business technologies, mining and geology and sustainable mountain development, agricultural and chemical directions, law, social sciences, information systems and new technologies are united in innovative thinking; you will be taught the most demanded programs of the modern world by prominent scientists, researchers and professors-teachers who have dedicated their lives to educating new generations and forming them into professionals.
Youth is a period when the mind is sharper, the ability to perceive is sharper, and the creative potential is greatest; therefore, it is necessary to maximize the use of opportunities, creative energy, and direct your efforts towards intellectual and professional development. It is precisely education that is the basis of personal development, and an educated and responsible young person is the future of the country. It lays the foundation for progress.
Georgian Technical University is strong in that it is here that thought is born, which creates matter; your generation lives in an era where knowledge is an intellectual responsibility. That is why we wish you to think more, read and understand, seek and find. We, your teachers, as partners, will be by your side on the great path that runs through education and science. Remember - knowledge is power only when you combine it with purpose and responsibility.
Young people, along with studying, you will have the opportunity to participate in university sports and creative activities, thereby diversifying student life and become continuers of the rich traditions of Georgian Technical University.
On the start of the new academic year, together with the students, I congratulate teachers and scientists, our colleagues who must pave the way for the next generation of Georgia in the work of building our country! I wish success to the entire university community,” the rector of the Georgian Technical University noted in his speech.
According to Academician David Gurgenidze, it is gratifying that almost 90% of those enrolled in the Georgian Technical University through the Unified National Exams this year indicated GTU as their first higher education institution and made the appropriate choice, which indicates the growing rating of the Georgian Technical University in the country’s education space. As the rector noted, the young people were not mistaken in their choice, because the Georgian Technical University is the oldest and one of the most successful engineering higher schools in the South Caucasus, where about 23,000 students study in 170 educational programs. According to David Gurgenidze, the university is meeting the new academic year with renewed energy and offering several innovations to students of all three levels of education, including first-year students enrolled in bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral studies.
The Chancellor of the University, Professor Carlo Kopaliani, congratulated the students and faculty on the start of the new academic year. According to him, the Georgian Technical University, which has been training highly qualified personnel for more than a century, has achieved exceptional and significant academic, scientific, and administrative success in recent years. As the Chancellor of the GTU noted, graduates of the Georgian Technical University, who are highly competitive in the employment market, are successfully employed in both state and private organizations and various industrial enterprises.
The President of the GTU Supervisory Board, Professor Zurab Gudavadze, Vice-Rectors Tamar Tsereteli and Tamar Lominadze, and the President of the Student Self-Government, David Leshkasheli, wished the university community and young people success.
The event dedicated to the start of the new academic year and new student adventures continued with a concert in the open university space of the Georgian Technical University. The students were entertained by live performances by university student musical groups of various genres: Music Art House, duet - Sounds like Love, girls’ vocal trio - DayDream, singer - Nutsa Khujadze, band - Next station, ethno group “Mare”; the second part of the concert program was dedicated to GTU graduate - DJ Lasha Sultanishvili, who offered the best compositions to the youth. The concert dedicated to the start of the academic year ended with a festive fireworks display.
With the support of the rector and the decision of the university administration, in connection with the start of the new academic year, all first-year students enrolled in 2025-2026 were presented with commemorative gift packages from the university.
With the support of the University Rector and the organization of the administration, the start of the new 2025-2026 academic year and the admission of the 103rd batch of freshmen to the Georgian Technical University were celebrated with a large-scale event in the open university space adjacent to the 3rd and 4th academic buildings, in which students and professors of all three levels of GTU participated. Photo collages showcasing the research and academic achievements of GTU scientists and students, as well as exhibitions featuring works by students from various faculties, were displayed in the university space.
The event was opened by the Rector of the Georgian Technical University, Academician David Gurgenidze. The Rector congratulated the students, especially the first-year students, the representatives of the university administration - the Chancellor, the President of the GTU Supervisory Board, and the Vice-Rectors - Deans of Faculties, scientist-researchers, and teachers on the start of the new academic year and wished them success.
“Dear youth, congratulations on the start of the new academic year! First of all, congratulations to the freshmen - you have become part of the intellectual space where engineering, design, architecture, construction, business technologies, mining and geology and sustainable mountain development, agricultural and chemical directions, law, social sciences, information systems and new technologies are united in innovative thinking; you will be taught the most demanded programs of the modern world by prominent scientists, researchers and professors-teachers who have dedicated their lives to educating new generations and forming them into professionals.
Youth is a period when the mind is sharper, the ability to perceive is sharper, and the creative potential is greatest; therefore, it is necessary to maximize the use of opportunities, creative energy, and direct your efforts towards intellectual and professional development. It is precisely education that is the basis of personal development, and an educated and responsible young person is the future of the country. It lays the foundation for progress.
Georgian Technical University is strong in that it is here that thought is born, which creates matter; your generation lives in an era where knowledge is an intellectual responsibility. That is why we wish you to think more, read and understand, seek and find. We, your teachers, as partners, will be by your side on the great path that runs through education and science. Remember - knowledge is power only when you combine it with purpose and responsibility.
Young people, along with studying, you will have the opportunity to participate in university sports and creative activities, thereby diversifying student life and become continuers of the rich traditions of Georgian Technical University.
On the start of the new academic year, together with the students, I congratulate teachers and scientists, our colleagues who must pave the way for the next generation of Georgia in the work of building our country! I wish success to the entire university community,” the rector of the Georgian Technical University noted in his speech.
According to Academician David Gurgenidze, it is gratifying that almost 90% of those enrolled in the Georgian Technical University through the Unified National Exams this year indicated GTU as their first higher education institution and made the appropriate choice, which indicates the growing rating of the Georgian Technical University in the country’s education space. As the rector noted, the young people were not mistaken in their choice, because the Georgian Technical University is the oldest and one of the most successful engineering higher schools in the South Caucasus, where about 23,000 students study in 170 educational programs. According to David Gurgenidze, the university is meeting the new academic year with renewed energy and offering several innovations to students of all three levels of education, including first-year students enrolled in bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral studies.
The Chancellor of the University, Professor Carlo Kopaliani, congratulated the students and faculty on the start of the new academic year. According to him, the Georgian Technical University, which has been training highly qualified personnel for more than a century, has achieved exceptional and significant academic, scientific, and administrative success in recent years. As the Chancellor of the GTU noted, graduates of the Georgian Technical University, who are highly competitive in the employment market, are successfully employed in both state and private organizations and various industrial enterprises.
The President of the GTU Supervisory Board, Professor Zurab Gudavadze, Vice-Rectors Tamar Tsereteli and Tamar Lominadze, and the President of the Student Self-Government, David Leshkasheli, wished the university community and young people success.
The event dedicated to the start of the new academic year and new student adventures continued with a concert in the open university space of the Georgian Technical University. The students were entertained by live performances by university student musical groups of various genres: Music Art House, duet - Sounds like Love, girls’ vocal trio - DayDream, singer - Nutsa Khujadze, band - Next station, ethno group “Mare”; the second part of the concert program was dedicated to GTU graduate - DJ Lasha Sultanishvili, who offered the best compositions to the youth. The concert dedicated to the start of the academic year ended with a festive fireworks display.
With the support of the rector and the decision of the university administration, in connection with the start of the new academic year, all first-year students enrolled in 2025-2026 were presented with commemorative gift packages from the university.
