Kutaisi Institute of Medicine

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Kutaisi Institute of Medicine - is a medical school, located in Kutaisi, Georgia. The medical school was founded in 1992.

In 1992 the initiative group consisting of Ioseb Kachakhidze, Giorgi Arveladze, Nugzar Maglakelidze and Malkhaz Dvalishvili – by the consent of the Ministry of Health Care and on the basis of the license issued by the Ministry of Education (#01-17-08/1197.12.08.92) – founded Kutaisi Institute of Medicine - “Kutaisi”.

Institution has three specialties of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy. The duration of education at the Medical Specialty is 6 years. And there are 5 years at the Dental and Pharmaceutical specialties. Study process is divided in Basic and clinical parts. Basic sciences are thought during the first three years that includes laboratory and scientific studies needed for clinical subject learning. Clinical subjects are taught at the hospitals during the last three years. Medical instruction is given in Georgian.

The institution has implemented The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System(ECTS) since 2005-2006 years.

The library fund consists of 15.000 textbooks, including about 5000 samples of contemporary foreign editions, video and audio resources. Georgian and foreign periodicals are received systematically.

In Georgia, all students in higher educational institutions are admitted via United National Examinations. The Information about United National Examinations is available at the Ministry of education and Science of Georgia web page at [1] and [2].