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Chris Burry, Global Ambassador of UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Enterpreneurship and Technology, Gerald Reisinger, President of the Austrian University of Applied Sciences, and Kakha Shengelia, President of Caucasus University, paid a visit to Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. During the meeting with the BSU Rector Merab Khalvashi, Administration Head Nika Chkhartishvili and Deputy Rector Tamar Siradze, the guests discussed the implementation of joint educational programmes and priorities for the future cooperation

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Georgia Desislava Ivanova met the BSU Rector Merab Khalvashi to sum up fruitful cooperation with Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University during 5-year mission. At the meeting, the parties thanked each other for the implementation of joint exchange programs, projects and various interesting events. The rector wished the Ambassador success in further activities and handed over a memorable gift.

For the first time in the history of Georgia, 4 protected areas have been included in the ENESCO list of natural heritage. The decision was made at the 44th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Fuzhou, China. This nomination includes peatlands of Kobuleti Protected Areas and Kolkheti National Park, Kintrishi Protected Areas and Mtirala National Park, which has been added to the 213 World Heritage List as “Colchis Forests and Wetlands” and it has earned a decent place alongside the Amazon Forest, the Grand Canyon National Park, Yellowstone National Parks, Mount Etna next to the Swiss Alps.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University students, graduated from the One-cycle Educational Program “Medical Doctor” (instructed in English) (enrolled through the first stream) have successfully passed the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) in Idnia, which is held once in every 6 months. The students pass 19 different subjects. This year, 18 000 students have been registered for the exam, out of which about 4 000 have passed the exam threshold. Among them are the graduates from the One-cycle Educational Program “Medical Doctor” (instructed in English) of BSU: Ashish Kumar-178; Vaibhav Babel-176; Ravi Kumar-175; Hukam Chand Saini-171; Rahul Seervi-158; Devendra Sharma-153 and Shubham Raneja-150 scores.

62 students of the Faculty of Tourism of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University will travel to Germany for internship. Merab Khalvashi, Rector of BSU, Tornike Rizhvadze, Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara, Maia Khajishvili, Minister of Education, Culture and Sport and Nika Chkhartishvili, Head of the BSU Administration congratulated the young people on winning the project and wished them success.
Students will spend 3 months of internship period in high-class hotels in Germany and learn about the functioning of all the major structural units of the hotel. During the internship, the German side fully provides accommodation, meals and scholarships for the students (in the amount of 400 euros).