Tbilisi State Medical University

Tbilisi State Medical University began in 1918 as the medical faculty of Tbilisi State University and became an independent medical institution in 1930. It is one of the best-known medical schools in the Caucasus and teaches a large international student body.

Its programmes cover medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health and physical medicine, with the six-year medicine programme following the familiar structure of pre-clinical years followed by clinical training in affiliated hospitals.

English-medium instruction is long established for international students, with Georgian taught alongside because clinical years require communicating with local patients. That language expectation should be planned for from the first year rather than discovered later.

Requirements are stricter than for non-clinical programmes and are applied without flexibility.

• Completed Class 12 with physics, chemistry and biology, at the minimum marks the university and, separately, your own medical regulator require.
• Any eligibility or qualifying examination your home country requires before studying medicine abroad — this is set by your national regulator, not by the university.
• Legalised and translated academic documents, usually with apostille certification.
• Evidence of English ability, through a recognised test or the university's own assessment, depending on the programme.
• A medical fitness certificate and immunisation records.

If you intend to practise in your home country, confirm your regulator's recognition and licensing position before you apply. That check matters more than any other part of the application.

A specialist medical university where the great majority of international students are on the English-taught medical programme, and where the fee is the main financial question.

• Set per programme and per year, published by the university and revised annually.
• The English-taught medical degree is priced separately from Georgian-taught programmes.
• Considerably lower than medical study in Western Europe or North America, which is the principal reason international students choose Georgia for medicine.
• Limited funding available — merit discounts exist but the realistic plan is to budget for the full published fee.
• Additional costs — residence permit, insurance, attestation, and clinical materials or uniform.
• Licensing examination costs at home are a separate and significant expense to plan for.

For medical study, budget for the whole degree rather than the first year, and include the licensing examination you will sit at home. Work from the university's own fee schedule for your intake for your specific programme and year of entry — it is the only figure that will be correct for you, and it is republished every year. We will confirm the current cost and what it includes before you commit to an application.

Medical programmes draw the majority of international students to Georgia, and funding for them is limited. What exists is set by the university as a discount on tuition, generally tied to academic performance and reassessed as the programme progresses.

• Merit tuition discounts — decided on academic record and reviewed against continuing results.
• Programme reductions — occasionally offered on particular intakes.

For medical study in Georgia the realistic plan is to budget for the full published fee. We will confirm with the university what, if anything, is available for your intake rather than assume.

A focused medical university in Tbilisi with a large international intake, and a student experience organised around clinical training.

• University buildings and affiliated teaching hospitals across Tbilisi, with clinical rotations at partner facilities.
• A large international student community, with a substantial cohort from India and South Asia.
• Study is intensive and clinically oriented from relatively early in the programme.
• Some university hostel accommodation, with most students renting privately nearby — inexpensive by international standards.
• Established student networks among international cohorts, which are a practical source of help.
• Tbilisi is affordable and safe, with a growing familiarity with international students.

The most important thing to settle before enrolling is not campus life but recognition: confirm how this degree is treated by the medical regulator where you intend to practise, and which licensing examination you will need to pass.