The mission of the school is to:

Ensure highly qualified medical and scientific personal in the context of global educational and scientific society, facing to the challenges and needs of the health care system/field; Work effectively and develop evidence-based value in the dynamically changing environment. To transform divers’ students into locally relevant and globally competitive professional, with a passion for lifelong learning, personal and professional integrity and ethic of work and serve, with respect and advocacy for human differences

Vision

To be the nation’s leading, prominent school dedicated to excellence in teaching, research and social accountability.

Goals:

• Increase the school’s operational efficiency and strengthen academic quality by developing of educational programs and increasing of integration, applying for the international standards in quality strategies and documentation to be on in the line with national and international educational requirements.
• Develop the school’s productivity and innovation in research by activating scientific work in priority areas recognized by the school, supporting and enriching our teaching, research and service missions.
• Attract and graduate students, who will contribute to the economic prosperity of the national and global communities by developing relationships with leading employers in the public and private sectors, Increasing the exposure of all stakeholders at school educational programs also, to help graduates achieve gainful and timely employment.
• Maintaining and improving cooperation at European and International level by improving partnership with international bodies.
• Develop school operational supporting services by strengthen the school’s infrastructure and accountability.

School of Health Sciences started functioning at the University of Georgia since 2005 as the higher school of public health. In addition to public health programs at present the School of Health Sciences is implementing bachelor, master and doctoral academic programs of higher education in nursing, dentistry, medicine, pharmacy and healthcare management. Georgian scientists, as well as international healthcare experts have contributed greatly to the formation of the School. Educational programs are developed in close cooperation with Georgian and foreign specialists, colleagues from the University of Scranton, University of Central Florida, North-West University (USA), Arctic University of Norway/Tromso and other universities. With modern infrastructure, teaching methods and literature, human resources, focus of the academic staff and students on scientific research, the School is holding one of the leading positions in Georgia. It should be noted that the School is integrated into international professional associations (AUPHA, EUPHA, AMEE, AMSE, ADEE, FINE, ISOP, ESPC), international programs and scientific institutions (ERASMUS, etc.). The School has on-line and printed versions of the scientific-research journal “Caucasus Journal of Health Sciences and Public Health”.

In terms of continuous education, the School of Health Sciences is actively conducting seminars, certification courses, international and local conferences.

Infrastructure of the School of Health Sciences has recently been filled with modern dental clinic “UG Dent”. School also operates the rehabilitation clinic ReavitaUG, and Scientific Institute of Health Research and Technologies. Design/engineering works are underway in the direction of the establishment and development of UG International Hospital and UG Rehabilitation Clinic in Tskhaltubo. 

School of Health Sciences of the University of Georgia is a growing health school built on the requirements of modern higher education.