Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosted international summer school as part of the project, Institution-Centered Conflict Studies (ICCS) on 17-27 August. The summer school had international participants, experts, as well as professors, scholars, educators and students of BSU. The summer school focused on the study of institutional approaches to the conflict resolution, ways of their research and application in practice.
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University and Graz University, Austria, jointly organized III international summer school through the cooperation framework European Law in the South Caucasus (EULISC).
The summer school was opened by Merab Khalvashi, Associate Professor, Acting Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Professor Adam Makharadze, Dean of the Faculty of Law at BSU, Giorgi Ermakov, Batumi Mayor, Zaza Vashakmadze, Chairman of the Religious Issues State Agency, Giorgi Barabadze, Chairman of the Georgian Agency of Competitiveness. The project participants came from various international high schools, including Georgian, German, Austrian, Chez, Serbian, Armenian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Azerbaijani, Russian, Kazakh, Polish students. The future lawyers are being trained by the international experts. The summer school intends to rise interest and motivation of the students to study legal and political issues of the EU and the South Caucasus.
A famous scientist-Orientalist, Feride Atsamba who is the BSU alumna and currently a professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University, has been awarded honorary doctorate of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University by the Academic Council. Acting Rector, Associate Professor Merab Khalvashi awarded Professor Atsamba the Shota Rustaveli Medal.
Professor Feride Atsamba is a significant contributor to the development of the BSU. She has kept scientific and educational ties with the BSU, providing scientific, methodological and professional assistance. Professor Atsamba has published 2 monographs and over 60 scientific papers on the problems and the social structure of Arabic countries and on the issues of operation of Islamic religious institutions.
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University co-organized jointly with Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Caucasus 4th International Symposium on Polymers and Modern Materials. The forum was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, hosting 80 researchers participating from 10 countries. The goal of the symposium is to support scientists working in the field of innovative materials and polymers present their research and discoveries. The symposium is also an opportunity for the Georgian and Caucasian research groups of lesser representation to successfully introduce their scientific research to the global scientific community.
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University opened a two-day meeting within the framework of the Tempus project: Remote Engineering and Industrial Cooperation and Creative Engineering Education based on the Virtual Instruments. The professors of the partner higher education institutions will share their experiences and summarize the project deliverables. The project aims to create and implement a methodology for the development of engineering resources in Georgia, Ukraine and Armenia. In this regard, there will be developed a new educational program in engineering which will train students with alternative technologies. The group of scholars will also determine the methodology in accordance with requirements of the labor market. Earlier, a study lab at BSU was equipped for the theoretical and practical courses in physics, computer science and engineering students under the auspices of the project.
