Georgian National University SEU: Rankings, Courses & Admissions

Additional requirements for admission to the Master's program at SEU are internal university examinations in the specialty and foreign language (B2 level).

 

Passing English is required for all specialties, except for the specialty of Law, where an MA candidate has also the right to choose and pass German or French.

Samples of exam questions are posted on each graduate program page.

B2 level can be confirmed by a document certifying the relevant level of English:

• BEC exam and CELS exam – Vantage
• Cambridge exam – FCE
• Pritman ESOL International
• TOEIC – 541
• TOEFL – 500 (Paper - based) 173 (Computer - based) 72 (Internet - based)

1. Go through the registration at the mobility e-portal: https://students.emis.ge/
2. Make an e-application for mobility: state the choice (USD, program) and sort it into priorities (maximum 5 USD, program)
3. Pay the mobility fee (40 GEL) to JSC Bank of Georgia.
4. Get acquainted with the results of mobility on the e-portal in the personal registration window.
5. In case of a positive answer, immediately apply in writing to the recipient higher education institution and submit copies of the personal file.
6. Get acquainted with the number of credits recognized by the recipient USD and confirm the consent/refusal in a written statement.
7. The last step is to sign a contract in case of a positive conclusion on the enrollment project from “emis”.

• Master’s degree candidates with the relevant higher education document from a foreign country.
• Foreign nationals, (except for the students participating in a joint higher educational program) who are studying/have studied and have earned M.A. credits/qualification under the relevant legislation of the foreign country. SEU Academic Process Regulation p.7/28
• Georgian citizens, (except for the students participating in a joint higher educational program or an exchange educational program) who are living/have lived and are studying/have studied, and have earned M.A. credits/qualification under the relevant legislation of the foreign country within the deadlines specified by the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia (living in a foreign country counts at least 75 days of either semester).
• Master's degree candidates who have been enrolled in a higher education institution without passing the Unified National Examinations in accordance with the procedure established by Paragraph 3 of Article 52 of the Law of Georgia on Higher Education.
• Foreign nationals, who have obtained the right to continue their studies in a higher education institution of Georgia before the enactment of the Law of Georgia on Higher Education and have a document certifying higher education issued by the state in Georgia.

The above-mentioned persons must apply to the Rector for written consent in order to continue their studies at SEU.

Based on the review of the application submitted by the persons referred to in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article to continue their studies at SEU, SEU shall conduct an interview to determine the language proficiency of the entrant/student/master’s degree candidate, seeking to take a Master’s degree without passing the Unified National Examinations. The video recording of the interview will be accessed to the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia.

In the learning process, the successful completion of each academic year requires the student to make the appropriate effort to accumulate 60 credits (30 credits per semester).

 

The student will receive credit only after the completion of the course, as a result of successful completion of the mandatory work for mastering the specific components and a positive evaluation of the learning outcomes.

A prerequisite for awarding credit in each course is to earn at least 51 points out of 100 and to cross the minimum competency threshold for midterm assessments and final exams.

The cost of one credit is calculated as follows: the annual cost of tuition divided by 60 credits. (E.g. 2990/60 = 49.83)

One academic year includes 60 credits, depending on the specifics of the higher education program and/or individual curriculum; the student's annual workload may be less than 60 credits or more but not more than 75 credits.

A credit is a unit that indicates the amount of work to be done by a student to master the subject given in units of time.

Form 26 is required to be submitted to the military recruiting station, which can be requested by the student both remotely and on-site at the Department of Student Affairs

There is an electronic (billing) system of tuition fee accounting at SEU allowing the student to pay the tuition fee through banking institutions, online portals and fast payment machines.

 

Partner bank - Bank of Georgia

 

• Tuition fees can be paid from fast payment machines.

A student who pays tuition from a partner bank will only need an ID to pay the tuition.

In case the student pays the tuition fee from the fast payment machine, he/she should choose the following modules:
Education -> SEU -> Student Personal Number -> Enrollment

• Social Psychology 2250 GEL
• Education Administration 2250 GEL
• Banking 2250 GEL
• Human Resource Management 2490 GEL
• Law 2770 GEL

Tuition can be paid in 10 installments or according to the individual schedule preferred by the student.

• Personal statement (without specifying the reason);
• Completion of the relevant educational program;
• Transferring to another higher educational institution;
• Passing 5 years after the suspension of the student status;
• Death;
• Violation of the Code of Ethics.

• Personal statement (without specifying the reason);
• Financial debt;
• Failure to get registered (administrative/academic);
• Pregnancy, childbirth, childcare or deterioration of health;
• Studying in a foreign higher education institution, except for exchange educational programs.

To suspend the status, the student from the website (emis.seu.edu.ge), in the module of e-chancellery selects the application template - suspend the status and sends the application.

(Application review period is 5 working days)

It is possible to restore student status and continue studies within a maximum of 5 years after the suspension of status.

To restore the status, the student from the website (emis.seu.edu.ge), in the module of e-chancellery selects the application template - restore the status and sends the application.

(Application review period is 5 working days)

It is possible to restore student status and continue studies within a maximum of 5 years after the suspension of status.

E-chancellery - selects the application template - internal mobility - indicates the desired specialty - indicates the desired educational program and sends the application.

(Application review period is 5 working days)

Payment can be made only after the student registers as a user on the online portal and makes a choice. To pay the mobility fee, the student must visit any branch of the Bank of Georgia, apply to the bank operator and submit an ID card.

External mobility deadlines are announced by the Education Management Information System (https://emis.ge/) twice a year - in the autumn and spring semesters.

Mobility is the free movement of students to participate in the teaching, learning and research processes both in Georgia and abroad, in accordance with the rules established by the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, followed by recognition of education and credits received during qualification or study.

Academic registration is the registration of study courses through the electronic learning process management system emis.seu.edu.ge.

Passing administrative registration by a student implies full or partial payment of tuition fees in the fall and spring semesters, which is a prerequisite for academic registration.

• A person with an education received abroad applies to the university with a request to enroll in the desired program.
• The university interviews the student in the language in which the educational program is preferred.
• After the interview, the university issues a letter of consent within the maximum number of students and acknowledges the courses taken by the student.
• The student submits the video recording of the interview, the letter of consent and the conclusion on the recognition of credits to the LEPL Education Quality Development Center, after which the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports issues the enrollment order.
• After issuing the enrollment order, the student will undergo administrative and academic registration at the university.

• Foreign nationals and stateless persons with full general or equivalent education from a foreign country;
• Georgian citizens, who have received full general or equivalent education in a foreign country and the last 2 years of the full general education have been received in a foreign country;
• Foreign citizens, (except for the students participating in a joint higher educational program or an exchange educational program) who are studying/have studied and have earned credits/qualification under the relevant legislation of the foreign country;
• Georgian citizens, (except for the students participating in a joint higher educational program or an exchange educational program) who have lived for at least 75 days of either semester in a foreign country and have earned credits/qualification under the relevant legislation of the foreign country.

The above-mentioned persons must apply to the Rector for written consent in order to continue their studies at SEU.

Based on the review of the application submitted by the persons referred to in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article to continue their studies at SEU, SEU shall conduct an interview to determine the language proficiency of the entrant/student/master’s degree candidate, seeking to take a Master’s degree without passing the Unified National Examinations. The video recording of the interview will be accessed to the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia.

Undergraduate level - student status can be obtained based on the results of the Unified National Examinations.

 

Master's degree - student status can be obtained based on the results of the General Master's Exam and internal university exams.

In the electronic catalog of the library emis.seu.edu.ge> Library

By e-mail: library@seu.edu.ge;

 

Phone: Tel: 032 2 90 00 00/42

To fund the project, a student organizing group needs to set up a student club of their interest and then apply for funding through a special grant application.

SEU has a Career Development and Alumni Relations Office that takes care of the career advancement of students and alumni, including their career development and employment. The office collaborates with companies in the local and international market, systematically providing information on various vacancies and internships to the Career Development and Alumni Relations Office.

Information about vacancies and internship programs is published on the student's personal page (emis.seu.edu.ge) and in the vacancies and internship field at www.seu.edu.ge.

In case of loss of the book, the reader replaces it with a book of the same name.

The book can be deferred if there is no demand for the book you want; you are welcome to write to library@seu.edu.ge;

(Write us your name, surname, student card number and information about the book you want to defer to)

 

library@seu.edu.ge

emis.seu.edu.ge

From the library hall the reader can take out 10 books at a time.

The borrowing time of the book depends on the category of the book and the frequency of demand:

 

• Textbook - 1 semester (if there is a corresponding number in the library);
• Textbook - 1-7 days (if there is no appropriate number in the library);
• Fiction - 2 months;
• Other literature - 14-30 days;
• Periodicals - 1-7 days.

To take the book home, you can contact the librarian in person or order it electronically.

To order a book electronically, you must fill out a Form  where the exact author and title of the book will be indicated. You will receive a reply to the book in the mail within one working day.

emis.seu.edu.ge

The required literature can be found on the SEU portal - in the library section of emis.seu.edu.ge

The library is open Monday-Friday 9:30 - 21:30 and Saturday 9:30 - 18:00. 

During the remote learning periodt the library will be open from 9:30 to 18:30 (except for the weekends)

Any student and alumni can plan and organize a variety of activities. To do this, you need to apply to the Career Development and Alumni Relations Office. Tel: 2 90 00 00/27; shakomeskhi@seu.edu.ge

Any student is given the opportunity to establish a student club, plan and carry out various activities. Student clubs based on social, entertainment or professional interests hold social events, seminars, concerts, sports competitions, charity and other student events.

Any student can create and plan a variety of activities. To do this, the university operates a Career Development and Alumni Relations office, a Sports and Culture Office, and student clubs.

Tel: 2 90 00 00 (27)

The university protects the privacy of students and lecturers. Their personal information is inviolable.

 

Lecturers' contact numbers, any information about the student are not issued including academic performance, status, finances.

The student can come to the dean's office with the parent, or the parent can have a power of attorney from the student to view the academic database emis.seu.edu.ge to find information about the student.

During the examination period (within the timeframe announced by the University) the student can start the test at any time, without prior registration.

The student has the right to take an additional exam in the same semester. The interval between the final and the relevant additional exam should be at least 5 days after the announcement of the results of the relevant exam.

The maximum score for the final exam is 40 points.

 

(It is mandatory to take the final exam.)

The student takes only one midterm exam in the semester - the maximum score is 24.

There are 15 study weeks per semester: 2 - midterm exam weeks, 2 weeks for final and 2 weeks for additional exams.

You can see the evaluation criteria depending on the specifics of the subject at emis.seu.edu.ge - study card - in assessments

The maximum grade for all courses/components is equal to 100 points. A positive rating is considered to be 51 or more points

During the summer semester, a student (Bachelor, Master) can take a maximum of 12 credits (within 75 credits per year).

During one semester the student has the opportunity to choose a maximum of 36 credits (30 standard and 6 additional).

In addition to the standard 60 credits, the student has the opportunity to choose an additional 15 credits (no more than 75 credits per year).

Student workload includes:

• Attending a lecture,
• Participation in a working group
• Practical/laboratory training;
• Field work;
• Independent training;
• Exam preparation - passing;
• Working on and defending a Bachelor's and Master's thesis.

A credit is a measure of a student's workload.

The data can be viewed from the educational program module in the learning database.

Concentration selection and registration concentration is registered electronically through the electronic learning process management system.

 

Internships/clinics and undergraduate theses are chosen by students in undergraduate programs in the VII or VIII semester.

Graduate students choose an internship in the III and a Master's thesis in the IV semester. The Clinic of the Master of Laws program is planned for the II semester.

Internship and undergraduate/graduate credits are automatically deducted from the number of credits selected by students in the relevant semester during academic registration.

During the academic registration, the student does not choose the internship and the Bachelor’s/ Master’s thesis; these components are automatically generated for him/her.

Concentration in undergraduate is available from the 5th semester of study.

Psychology, International Relations and Education Administration programs focus on one specific area of ​​the specialty.

Sectoral Concentration is an elective module that is part of the program, aimed at a more in-depth study of a specific specialty subfield.

In order to achieve the results provided by the foreign language block, the student has the opportunity to take additional foreign language courses from free credits.

The student has the opportunity to choose another foreign language of his/her choice, regardless of the foreign language passed in the Unified National Examinations. In this case, the level of his/her language competence and admission to the relevant course is determined by the results of university testing.

The student has the right to request admission to a higher language competency course, provided he/she submits the relevant certificate and/or passes a university test.

The student must accumulate 30 credits in the mentioned competence.

During the academic registration the student chooses a foreign language, in accordance their choice. The level of their language competence and the volume of the foreign language module are determined in the way that after the program the student has achieved at least B2.2 + level competence in the relevant language as defined by CEFR.

During the academic registration period, the student can cancel/change the choice; change the study courses, teaching time, group and lecturer. In addition, the condition for registration for each course is the availability of vacancies in the relevant group (in case of reaching the limit of the study group, new students will not be registered in the relevant group).

The student can get acquainted with the list of subjects from the academic registration module in the study database.

 

• During the academic registration, the student chooses the subjects to be taken in the current semester from all the modules included in the program:
• University Component (compulsory / optional)
• Foreign Language Component (compulsory)
• Specialty Component (compulsory / optional)
• Concentration (mandatory / optional) in the specialization, if any
• Practice (mandatory)
• Undergraduate Thesis (Compulsory)

An annotation of each study course can be found in the field:

INFO

Subjects can be selected electronically through the electronic learning process management system - emis.seu.edu.ge

Internal mobility means a change of specialty/educational program by a SEU student within the university and the student's right to participate in the mobility arises from the first semester of studying at the relevant level of higher education. The period of study does not include the time during which the person had suspended student status.

Internal mobility period - announced twice a year, in autumn and spring semesters, deadlines are set for a specific time

Internal mobility procedure - it is necessary to apply for participation from the electronic chancellery in the training base.

According to the Georgian law, Georgian citizens who live/have lived, study/have studied for a certain period of time (living in a foreign country includes staying in a foreign country for at least 75 days during one semester) and have received credits/qualifications in Bachelor’s/Master's degree from a recognized higher education institution in a foreign country.

As for the period of study - first of all it is necessary to recognize the subjects passed in another country and then compare them with our program.

During the registration it is possible to take only copies of the documents from the university.

The original documents are taken from the university after the Minister issues an expulsion order.

Credits received under the program on which enrollment and learning were made in accordance with the law are subject to recognition.

 

As a result of the substantive study, it is possible to determine the relevance of the training courses taken by the student and the new educational program, regardless of the difference in their titles.

Recognition of a course that is not covered by the student's new educational program is possible under the free credits provided by the new program.

The duration of the study depends on the number of credits recognized and is determined only after examining the submitted study card.

• Application (to be filled out on spot);
• Copy of ID card;
• Bachelor’s degree certificate or the certificate of being a senior year semester student, or notarized copy of the diploma;
• General Master’s Examination card;
• International certificate of at least B2 level of language competence (if any);
• Copy of military registration (for males only);
• 3x4 Photo (on CD).

The documents that must be submitted during the administrative registration are:

1. Application;
2. Original of a general education certificate (certificate);
3. Copy of ID card;
4. 2 Photo 3X4, with an electronic version;
5. Proof of military registration (only for persons subject to military registration).
6. If the student is a minor, it is necessary to present the birth certificate at the time of registration together with a parent or guardian.

An entrant preparation center is established on the basis of the university. For detailed information follow the attached link http://amc.ge/

577 54-11-11  info@amc.ge

• Information about program tuition fee information can be found at: https://www.seu.edu.ge/en/1703/
• Information about the scholarship can be found at: https://www.seu.edu.ge/en/1448/

All programs at the university are accredited and funded by all types of state grants

Undergraduate

• Management
• Business Administration
• Business Administration (in English)
• Finances
• Tourism
• Law
• International Relations
• Psychology
• Journalism

One-step

• Medicine (in English)

Master's degree

• Banking
• Human Resources Management
• Law
• Social Psychology
• Education Administration
• Clinical Psychology

Georgian National University SEU is authorized and all its programs are accredited