History of the Faculty of Energy 

In the field of energy, the foundation for the training of national engineering personnel was laid in the 20s of the last century. In 1922, at the Polytechnic Faculty of Tbilisi State University, whose first dean was Professor Alexander Didebulidze, the founder of electrotechnical science and education in Georgia. In 1928, among the first ten Georgian engineers who graduated from the Polytechnic Faculty of Tbilisi State University, five received the qualification of engineer-electromechanics. 

Since 1928, the Faculty of Energy has existed independently in the Polytechnic Institute of Georgia. The original scientists and learned engineers in this field were professors: Alexander Didebulidze, Besarion Chichinadze, Alexander Muskhelishvili, Stefane Kirkesali, Artemi Ter-Khachaturian, Levan Khizanishvili, Evgeni Petkevichi and others. 

During its existence, the faculty has trained more than 25,000 specialists in the fields of energy and telecommunications. A significant contribution to the development and progress of the Faculty of Energy was made by the persons working in the position of dean of the faculty at different times: Prof. A. Ter-Khachaturov, engineer V. Karakhanyan, engineer V. Arshba, Prof. A. Didibulidze, engineer P. Kiknadze, engineer A. Metonidze, Assoc. M. Kassian, Assoc. G. Makharadze, Assoc. G. Kupradze, Prof. A. Kotias, Assoc. O. Asatiani, Prof. N. Ninua. Prof. O. Kervalishvili, Assoc. N. Tsivtsivadze, Prof. D. Laoshvili, currently the faculty is headed by prof. G. Arabidze

The basis for the training of communication engineers in Georgia was laid in 1970, when the Faculty of Communication and Electronics was established at the Polytechnic Institute of Georgia (now the Georgian Technical University) on the basis of the departments of radio engineering and industrial electronics. The faculty at different times, prof. Sh. Razmadze, Prof. A. Kereselidze, Prof. T. Kupatadze were in charge. In 1974, the Faculty of Communication and Electronics was transformed into the Faculty of Communication, and since 2007, the "Telecommunications" and "Radio Engineering and Broadcasting" departments have been operating at the faculty. 

In 1978, the first Union Symposium on Videotelephony was held throughout the Soviet Union, and the first trial videotelephone network was launched in the city of Tbilisi. 

In 1982, based on the results achieved in the field of efficient image coding, a new device was created, which made it possible to transmit two television programs in digital format, in one high-frequency channel of the satellite communication system. The experiments were conducted at the satellite communication center in Dubna (Russia).

In 1983, at the World Exhibition of Communication Achievements in Geneva (Switzerland), the exhibition space of the Soviet Union was equipped with an automatic videotelephone system prepared by the Faculty of Communication of the Polytechnic Institute of Georgia, which is kept in the Department of Telecommunications of the Georgian Technical University.

In 1985, in the field of communications, the defense of the first doctoral thesis (N. Kharatishvili) was held at the Scientific Council of the Moscow Electrotechnical Institute of Communications. 

In 1998, the presentation of the curriculum and course programs of the Faculty of Communications was held in England, at the Metropolitan University of Manchester, and the faculty started the training process with the European university training system (coordinator Prof. O. Zumburidze). 

Over the years, the employees of the Department of Telecommunications have been invited as professors from Drexel (Prof. N. Kharatishvili) and Cornell (Prof. S. Gdzelishvili) of the United States of America, Darmstadt, Ulm, Konstanz and Essen, Germany, to conduct joint scientific and research work and to deliver lectures. In the universities of Lyngby in Denmark, Linkoping in Sweden and Lund, Lancaster in England (Prof. S. Shavgulidze), where up to 10 doctoral theses were defended under their guidance.

Based on the ongoing higher education reforms in Georgia, as a result of the reorganization of the Technical University of Georgia, in 2007, the faculties of energy and communication were united, as a result of which the faculty of energy and telecommunications was formed.

Since 2020, the faculty is headed by Professor Lena Shatakishvili.

Currently, the Faculty of Energy and Telecommunications includes eight departments: Telecommunications, Radio Engineering and Broadcasting, Thermal Energy and Energy Efficiency, Electric Power and Electromechanics, Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Power Consumption Technologies, Hydropower and Main Pipeline Systems, Production Innovations and Operations Management.

Teaching takes place at three levels of academic programs: bachelor's, master's and doctoral. 

Seven scientific-research and one educational center "Schneider Electric-Thelas" are operating at the faculty. Students have the opportunity to use the libraries of foreign partner universities and colleges.

Among the graduates of the Faculty of Energy and Telecommunications are world-renowned scientists and engineers who made a significant contribution to the development of civilization with the results of their multifaceted activities: the former vice-president of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia, the founder and former first president of the Engineering Academy of Georgia, the scientific-researcher of management problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences Former Director of the Research Institute, Academician Iveri Prangishvili, Former First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Georgia Professor Giorgi Chogovadze, Former President of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Academician Valerian Metreveli, Former President of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences Khalilov, Academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia: Vakhtang Gomelauri and Vakhtang Chichinadze, member-correspondent of the National Academy of Sciences, professor Nikoloz Gabashvili, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Shota Lutidze, chief designer of electric machines Lodochnikov, academician of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Boris Timofeev.