Top research institutions in Georgia
Tbilisi State University ranks first in Georgia on research quality in 2022–2025 (#4,514 worldwide), followed by Ilia State University and Georgian Technical University.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Institution | World rank | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tbilisi State UniversityUniversity · Tbilisi | #4,514 | 6.8% | 2,052 | #1 |
| 2 | Ilia State UniversityUniversity · Tbilisi | #6,832 | 7.9% | 1,610 | #2 |
| 3 | Georgian Technical UniversityUniversity · Tbilisi | #8,844 | 3.5% | 1,141 | #4 |
| 4 | Tbilisi State Medical UniversityUniversity · Tbilisi | #8,898 | 3.8% | 1,014 | #5 |
| 5 | University of GeorgiaUniversity · Tbilisi | #9,361 | 21.1% | 218 | #7 |
| 6 | International Black Sea UniversityUniversity · Tbilisi | #11,918 | 15.0% | 261 | #9 |
| 7 | National Cancer Center of GeorgiaNonprofit · Tbilisi | #14,074 | 10.7% | 69 | #6 |
| 8 | Batumi Shota Rustaveli State UniversityUniversity · Batumi | #16,787 | 6.8% | 649 | #12 |
| 9 | Caucasus UniversityUniversity · Tbilisi | #16,836 | 11.1% | 279 | #14 |
| 10 | Akaki Tsereteli State UniversityUniversity · Kutaisi | #19,194 | 1.4% | 698 | #11 |
| 11 | Grigol Robakidze UniversityUniversity · Tbilisi | #21,965 | 4.9% | 182 | #19 |
| 12 | Kutaisi International UniversityUniversity · Kutaisi | #23,514 | 11.4% | 65 | — |
| 13 | David Tvildiani Medical UniversityUniversity · Tbilisi | #24,212 | 9.7% | 89 | #24 |
| 14 | Sokhumi State UniversityUniversity · Sukhumi | #24,616 | 1.3% | 343 | #20 |
| 15 | Agricultural University of GeorgiaUniversity · Tbilisi | #25,034 | 8.3% | 73 | #13 |
| 16 | Georgian American UniversityUniversity · Tbilisi | #25,072 | 8.7% | 74 | #27 |
| 17 | Caucasus International UniversityUniversity · Tbilisi | #25,101 | 5.0% | 222 | #25 |
| 18 | Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State UniversityUniversity · Telavi | #25,500 | 1.6% | 191 | #28 |
| 19 | Gori State UniversityUniversity · Gori | #26,226 | 4.6% | 204 | #21 |
| 20 | David Agmashenebeli University of GeorgiaUniversity · Tbilisi | #26,882 | 2.2% | 141 | #26 |
| 21 | Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani UniversityUniversity · Tbilisi | #26,894 | 4.1% | 182 | #29 |
| 22 | University GeomediUniversity · Tbilisi | #27,061 | 5.9% | 67 | #30 |
Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Georgia on the quality composite for 2022–2025; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.
Size against quality inside Georgia
The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.
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One dot per institution in the table above.