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The contest "My topic in 180 seconds" was held at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The French-speaking doctoral students of the higher educational institutions of Georgia presented a clear, concise and convincing presentation about their research topic to the audience in three minutes. According to the jury`s decision, the presentation of Natia Pailodze, a PhD student of TSU, was named the best, Ketevan Kusikashvili, a PhD student of TSU, took the second place, and Ana Kalandia, a PhD student of BSU, took the third place.The competition was held with the support of the University Agency of Francophonie AUF, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Ajara Tourism and Resorts Department, Ajara French Language Teachers Association and the French Institute of Georgia.

The head of the French-Georgian Institute, David Tertri, and the head of the Francophonie University Agency, AUF, Muhammad Ketata, visited Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. At the meeting with Professor Merab Khalvashi, the Rector, David Tertri spoke about the details of the development and implementation of the joint master`s education program in tourism. Within the framework of the visit, the initiative of the Vande Catholic Institute, which provides the opportunity of participation of the BSU students and academic staff in exchange programs, joint research projects and summer schools, was also presented.

The final conference of the EU-funded Erasmus + KA2 program Raising Research Capacity of Georgian HEIs through Developing R&D Units – HERD was held at BSU. The conference was opened by Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Professor Merab Khalvashi, Project Coordinator, Deputy Rector of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in the field of Science Nino Okribelashvili, representatives of project partners public institutions- Nunu Mitskevich, Deputy Minister of Education and Jaba Samushi, General Director of the Georgian National Foundation of Shota Rustaveli.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University is hosting the first international conference on academic integrity. Representatives of Georgian and foreign universities are participating in the conference "Academic Integrity and Distance Learning in Emergency Situations - From the Perspective of Georgian Higher Education Institutions". The main topic of the conference is the state of emergency caused by the pandemic, the process of online teaching and the principles of academic integrity in their context. The papers presented were grouped into several panels: student motivation during online learning; Evaluation of learning outcomes; Violation of academic principles and specifics of foreign language teaching.

A solemn reception dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the US-Georgia relations and strategic partnership was held at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Georgia Kelly Degnan summed up the 30-year history of relations and cooperation between the two countries. The event was attended by BSU Rector Merab Khalvashi, Deputy Rector Tamar Siradze, representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations, professors and teaching staff and students.