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GAU's Mission is:
Providing education based on advanced scientific-research and practical-teaching models, leading research and innovative activities. By providing equal opportunities - by strengthening knowledge, skills and universal values and recognizing social responsibility, promoting the development of society and the global integration of the country through the creation, accumulation and sharing of knowledge.
GAU's Vision
In its long-term perspective, GAU takes on the responsibility of creating a tolerant, collaborative and innovative environment where students and faculty can help:
• Contribute to the intellectual, cultural and socio-economic development of our society;
• Creating, storing and transferring knowledge using the main advantages of the University in the educational space;
• Transformation of acquired knowledge into practice and application of skills developed in accordance with the qualifications at all necessary levels;
• Development of professionals with high social and moral responsibility;
• Strengthening universal and national values through and within the framework of expert and research activities, thus encouraging civic cooperation and accountability;
• Ensuring the principles of academic freedom and lifelong learning.
Values
Both the mission statement of the Georgian American University and its activities are generally based on the fundamental values recognized in the Western democratic space. The University deeply believes in the inherent goodness of these values, uses them in its day-to-day activities and cares relentlessly for their protection.
Fairness and Equality - GAU strives to create a non-discriminatory, equal opportunity environment for students, academics and staff to achieve their goals and use their full potential to fulfill the University mission and their own personal well-being. Decisions made by the University are procedurally and in terms of ensuring rights based on the legitimate interests of the parties.
Academic Freedom - Academic freedom as a value is considered by GAU to be the most important and necessary condition for learning, research and erudition. Unwavering protection of this value ensures the right of the academic, scientific and invited staff and students of the University to the opportunity of independent teaching and research.
