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An information meeting with the BA, MA and PhD students at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University was aimed to introduce ERASMUS+exchange programme to the interested parties. Nana Kurshubadze- Deputy Head of the Department of Strategic Development and International Relations-spoke about the conditions of studying in International Higher Education Institutions as well as the required documentation, partner universities, duration and the available scholarships.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosts the first International Conference “Multicultural Space of the Eastern Europe”. The conference aims at outlining, analyzing and evaluating the research tendencies of the intercultural dialogue, mutual influence, language and linguistic policy, literature, translation, the past and the modern times of interrelations of cultures and other up-to-date interdisciplinary trends as well as sharing contemporary methods. The international session also envisages the development of the young researchers’ scope, encouragement of research of the contemporary directions and development of the professional relations. The conference will encourage carrying out interdisciplinary research in new directions in the field of language and culture, introduction to the research methods, sharing experiences, defining the potential of the joint research and the scientific-creative dialogues.

Prof. Manana Tandashvili, Head of the Department of Cucasiology at the University of Goethe Frankfurt has been awarded the status of the honorable Doctor by the Academic Board of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. Prof. Manana Tandashvili contributed a lot for the development of BSU. Due to her input Summer School in Digital Humanities was established in BSU in 2012. Moreover, additional educational programme was created in the same direction in 2015, while in 2016 the Centre of Digital Humanities was established. The grant project “Lingvocultural Digital Archive” financed by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, is being implemented in BSU under the leadership of the famous linguist. The project aims at establishing Lingvocultural Digital Archive of the University as well as creating technological and methodological framework. Bilingual web-page DigiArchive has been already created in the frame of the project.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University is hosting the International Scientific-practical Conference “Youth Entrepreneurship in Eastern Partnership Countries: Experience of Formation and the Prospects of Development”. The two day conference has been opened in the frame of Erasmus+ project “Higher Education Institutions for the Youth Entrepreneurship” the aim of which is to support young entrepreneurs, investigate the existing problems and look for the ways of solution. Georgian, Ukrainian, Armenian, Belarusian and Moldavian participants of the session will be presenting the papers in six directions.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University is hosting IX International Conference of the Georgian Mathematical Union. The four-day scientific forum aims at presentation of the advanced research achievements and the results of the research carried out during the last year. About 200 researchers from 17 countries will present their papers on the issues of the dynamically developing sectors of Mathematics. The conference is organized by Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgian Mathematical Union, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and the University of Georgia.