About Us
Business and Technology University (BTU) was founded on September 16, 2016. BTU is a leading higher education institution in Georgia, authorized by the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement under the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports of Georgia. The university engages in high-quality academic and research activities, with a focus on technology and entrepreneurship-oriented education.
BTU offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs in business administration, modern technologies, and artificial intelligence, which align with current trends and address both local and global needs. The university hosts a research center, a career development center, and several high-tech laboratories, including the Industry 4.0 Lab, iOS & Android Lab,XR and AI Lab, Renewable Energy Sources Lab, Blockchain Lab, Cybersecurity Lab, Sustainability Lab, Microsoft Lab, Martech Lab and Media Lab and Podcast Studio . In addition, an entrepreneurship center operates within the university, promoting the development of an innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country.
BTU is a member of numerous international and local associations and organizations. Over 120 international institutional development projects have been implemented at BTU, benefiting more than 1,000 individuals annually across the country.
Business and Technology University possesses both the ambition and the necessary resources to provide students with the motivation and opportunities to become a competitive force not only in the local market but also internationally.
University Vision
By promoting innovation and entrepreneurship-based teaching, the Business and Technology University will have a significant impact on the community and the environment in which it operates.
University Values
- Humanism, tolerance and equality; freedom of choice, speech, expression, learning and teaching, and research;
- Openness to innovation, integration of current theoretical knowledge and best practices, dissemination of knowledge, and ensuring high quality and accessibility of education;
- Academic freedom and integrity, objectivity, fairness and transparency;
- Social responsibility and ethics of business relations;
- Institutional autonomy and transparency of activities, freedom in decision-making and responsibility for their outcomes.
University Mission
To offer the unique experience in the area of business and information technologies to society, modern high education corresponding to its expectation, to develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills of the person,
by creating entrepreneurial ecosystem and integration of business with high technologies, to motivate and enable to compete not only at local, but also at international market. Through exchanging the scientific research findings, ideas and innovations, to demonstrate our potential on the global markets, to focus on creating and distributing modern knowledge, integrating in international area and supporting socio-economic
development of Georgia.
University Corporate Strategy
Creativity, innovation, reliability, quality.
University Corporate Priorities
- BTU’s policy is directed toward integration into the European space and is based on the recommendations of the Council of Europe regarding the key aspects, the possession of which constitutes a criterion of education quality;
- BTU is oriented toward sustainable corporate development;
- BTU’s responsibility is to be at the forefront of introducing innovations and to ensure high-quality teaching and research around artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, sustainability and other current issues;
- BTU is directed toward the popularization of artificial intelligence, as well as the integration of artificial intelligence into BTU’s processes and operations, and the introduction of ethical norms and international standards;
- Issues such as sustainability and climate change are relevant for BTU;
- Diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) are important for BTU;
- BTU works for gender equality in the technology sector and for ensuring inclusive access to innovations for vulnerable groups;
- BTU’s goal is to create a unique educational experience through the exchange of scientific activity, innovative ideas and technologies; to demonstrate and position Georgia’s potential in global markets; and to support the country’s socio-economic advancement through the development of qualified personnel;
- The users of BTU’s educational product are both each student and society as a whole, which imposes special obligations on BTU in terms of education quality: integration into the European educational space; creation of programs demanded in the labor and education markets and harmonization with the programs of BTU’s foreign partner institutions; continuous improvement of teaching quality; provision of modern infrastructure; creation of technical equipment and updated learning materials; maximum involvement of academic personnel in scientific processes and the continuous implementation at BTU of international programs aimed at raising their qualifications; deepening cooperation with scientists and research institutions; and initiating and implementing problem-oriented interdisciplinary research.
University Goal
Strategic Objectives of BTU include:
- To improve the level of internalization, deepen cooperation with the international educational and scientific/research organizations;
- To protect the academic freedom, ethics and standards of academic ethics;
- To implement continuous learning principle and the quality culture;
- To ensure the possibility for every student to receive education, develop personal potential, scientific, cognitive practical skills, form individual learning profile, considering their abilities and needs, effectiveness of the mechanisms of student support and assistance;
- To implement modern educational technologies;
- Competitive advantage of the graduates on labor and educational market;
- Quality of educational programs, satisfaction of the users of such product;
- To create and set in motion relevant mechanisms for the purposes of realization of strategic areas;
- To develop HR policy and HR potential, including in terms of adapting to modern requirements, implementing innovative technologies in personnel activities and learning process;
- Partnership with the local and international institutions and organizations;
- To integrate educational, scientific and specialization aspects in learning activity;
- Encourage scientific work. To integrate into international academic- scientific area;
- To strengthen connections in the scientific, educational and specialization field, seek new partners and establish connections;
- To use rationally financial and material-technical resources of the BTU, use and develop HR potential;
- To maintain positive reputation of BTU, popularize the activities of the faculty.
Internationalization Strategy
Business and Technology University attributes great institutional importance to internationalization, which influences all the activities undergoing at the university. Collaboration with leading worldwide Higher Education Institutions within different schemes, membership of international networks and associations, integration of international dimension into teaching and learning, international credit mobility projects for students and staff, modernization of research and service functions of the university through developing and implementing respective policies, procedures and international institutional projects are the main goals in the agenda of the internationalization of BTU. BTU aims to raise international public awareness through Internationalization abroad while also strengthening the institution’s international orientation through internationalization at home.