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       On July 13, 2007, on the basis of the decision N 145 of the Georgian Government, LEPL Higher Educational Institution was founded on the basis of the  Institutions having three totally different missions in Samegrelo region- Zugdidi Branch of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, LEPL Zugdidi Professional Lyceum and LEPL Senaki Agrarian-Economy College.

       Under the decision №122 of the Government of Georgia on May 15, 2008, the higher education institution was named after the famous Georgian historian and public figure Shota Meskhia and  Shota Meskhia Zugdidi State Institute was founded.

       On July 13, 2007, on the basis of the decision N 145 of the Georgian Government, LEPL Higher Educational Institution was founded on the basis of the  Institutions having three totally different missions in Samegrelo region- Zugdidi Branch of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, LEPL Zugdidi Professional Lyceum and LEPL Senaki Agrarian-Economy College.

Under the decision №122 of the Government of Georgia on May 15, 2008, the higher education institution was named after the famous Georgian historian and public figure Shota Meskhia and  Shota Meskhia Zugdidi State Institute was founded    

Under the decision №182 of the Government of Georgia on October  9, 2009, Shota Meskhia State Institute was given a status of teaching university and changed its name into Shota Meskhia State Teaching University of Zugdidi.

Under the decision №456 of the Government of Georgia on December  1, 2011  Legal entity of Public Law – Shota Meskhia State Teaching University  was reorganized into  non-profit (non-commercial) legal entity –Shota Meskhia State Teaching University of Zugdidi.

       Under the decision №185 of the Government of Georgia on July  1, 2013  non-profit (non-commercial) legal entity –Shota Meskhia State Teaching University of Zugdidi was reorganized into  Legal entity of Public Law – Shota Meskhia State Teaching University. 

Teaching University is located into two addresses: Janshia 14 , Zugdidi, Mshvidoba str.N192 Senaki.

      Activities of teaching university are implemented by Management bodies, academic, administrative, invited, support and other staff. University has an equal environment for getting vocational and higher education. There are 3 Master, 8 Bachelor, Teacher Preparation, Georgian language preparation, 28 vocational programs and 28 short-term training/retraining courses.  In the university Educational programs are implemented by 40 academic staff, 24 affiliated, 4 administrative,45 support staff, 43 invited professor/teacher specialist and 110 teachers on vocational educational programs. 536 students are getting an education on higher educational programs, 475 on vocational education programs, more than 6 thousand beneficiaries trained/retrained under lifelong learning principles. Modular vocational educational programs among them new model –dual education ( work-based learning) was developed and is being implemented. Teaching university. Under the demand of labour market, the agrarian field is still  priority of the Teaching University, that's why modular ( dual) vocational and higher education programs will be prepared and implemented under the framework of agrarian field, which will make possible to  recognize  credits   obtained at the vocational educational cycle with the purpose of higher education.

         Teaching University has been involved in various international projects for creating a unified European educational space since 2012. These projects provide the objectives of internationalization within the framework of strengthening student and staff mobility and institutional capacity