Course General Description

This specialisation aims to nurture qualified professionals by providing them with a wide range of theoretical and practical knowledge at the level of higher education. In the first and second years of the four year undergraduate courses, students acquire general professional and technical skills as well as theoretical knowledge. At the second stage of the undergraduate education, students are focused on their individual projects and aim to present their work at an international level. While photography is a new specialisation relative to more traditional disciplines taught at the academy, the graduates and students of the specialisation have already distinguished themselves in Georgia as well as abroad. The high professional level of degree projects is the best evidence of the faculty’s success. Students have an opportunity to participate in international workshops and master-classes, contact a wide range of foreign universities and academies, work on joint projects, be attuned to current developments in world art and further advance their professional skills.

School General Description

The mission of the TSAA is to contribute to the spread of universal values and promote artistic/creative and research activities in the fields of fine arts, design, media arts, architecture, restoration/conservation and art history and theory. The TSAA is guided by values that are based on the principles of academic freedom and envisage the preservation and development of national cultural traditions with a view to promoting public welfare and finding a respectful place on the international scene. Currently, five faculties operate at the academy, those of Visual Art; Architecture; Restoration, Art History and Theory; Design; Media Art. The Academy aims to contribute to the development of students' identity and interests and support research-based practices by drawing on traditional as well as modern research.