The department has a long-standing history. At the time of establishing the Tiflis Higher Technical School (1917), one of the four existing departments was the Department of Production Economics and Organization. Instruction at the institute was carried out in Russian, and accordingly, the majority of the department’s members were of Russian and Armenian origin. The engineering training program followed the model of other higher technical schools within the Russian Empire, where subjects in economics and organization occupied a significant share of the curriculum.
In 1928, after the merger of the Polytechnic Faculty of the State University and the Higher Technical School into the “Georgian State Polytechnic University,” the department continued to operate under the same name—a practice maintained later at both the “Georgian Industrial” and “Georgian Polytechnic” Institutes.
Starting in 1992, within the newly established Georgian Technical University, departments with similar profiles were created across several faculties based on the Department of Production Economics and Organization: the Aviation Faculty (now an independent university), the Mining and Metallurgy Faculty, the Transport Faculty, and the Energy Faculty.
From 1995 onwards, in addition to teaching subjects in economics, planning, organization, and management for engineering specialties, the department expanded its programs to train students in the following fields:
At the same time, it remained a general university-level department responsible for teaching subjects in the field of “Management.”
After the introduction of the unified classifier of higher education specialties, the department was renamed and is currently known as the Department of Transport and Industrial Management. Within the Faculty of Transport Systems and Mechanical Engineering, it teaches economic and managerial disciplines and serves as the core department for bachelors in the specialty "Entrepreneurial Business Organization and Management", masters in "Business Organization and Management", and doctoral students in "Business Administration".
The Department of Transport and Industrial Management is staffed by highly qualified, internationally recognized professors and teachers, whose scientific publications are dedicated to the following scientific issues: macroeconomic and microeconomic stability; transport economics and management; economics and management of industry and its constituent sectors; logistics; accounting; audit, etc.
The department is currently headed by Professor Goderdzi Tkeshelashvili, Doctor of Economic Sciences. The high professionalism, experience, scientific contributions, work ethic, strong erudition, and deep education of the professors and teachers of the department serve as a guarantee for the preparation of highly qualified specialists.
At present, the department provides academic support for the accredited program “Entrepreneurial Business Organization and Management” (Business Administration – Management). This program is unique in Georgia and has no analogues nationwide. It was developed in collaboration with British partners and is specifically oriented toward entrepreneurial sectors (transport and industry). The program aims to prepare specialists equipped with practical and transferable skills, as well as broad knowledge in business management - professionals who are highly sought after both in private enterprises and in public institutions.
Contact Information
Goderdzi Tkeshelashvili — Head of Department
💧 68 M. Kostava St., 1st Academic Building, Room 613
✉️ g.tkeshelashvili@gtu.ge
Salome Mujiri — Junior Specialist, Second Category
💧 68 M. Kostava St., 1st Academic Building, Room 613
✉️ s.mudjiri04@gtu.ge