Alte University

Alte University

• Alte University is a fully accredited higher education institution with 23 years of experience and history in the Georgian educational sector. It brings together nearly 2,500 students from 45 countries across four schools: the School of Business, the International School of Medicine, the School of Law and Social Sciences, and the School of Information Technology.
• Our name, ALTE, actually means “the highest point” and the way to get there. That’s exactly what we’re here for: to make education the foundation for your constant development and help you reach your full potential.
• Georgia, country of Transcaucasia located at the eastern end of the Black Sea on the southern flanks of the main crest of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. It is bounded on the north and northeast by Russia, on the east and southeast by Azerbaijan, on the south by Armenia and Turkey, and on the west by the Black Sea. Georgia includes three ethnic enclaves: Abkhazia, in the northwest (principal city Sokhumi); Ajaria, in the southwest (principal city Batʿumi); and South Ossetia, in the north (principal city Tskhinvali). The capital of Georgia is Tbilisi (Tiflis).

Accreditation and International recognition

• Recognized by World Federation for Medical Education (WFME).
• Member of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA).
• Member of an Association of Medical Education in Europe.
• Recognized and approved by National Medical Commission (NMC).

Teaching methods and activities

• Lecture – is interactive the main purpose of which is to convey the basic essence of learning materials, and critically analyze the facts and ideas.
• Working in groups – The method is comprised of the discussions in small groups ensuring that the students understand the learning materials given in the textbooks more effectively.
• Discussion – The method lets the students improve their skills of debating and substantiating/reasoning their own ideas.
• Explanatory – is based on the discussion around the given issue. The lecturer brings the specific examples while explaining the materials. The detailed analysis of the examples is made in the framework of the given topic.
• Problem-based learning (BPL) – helps the student not only with acquiring knowledge but also improves the skills of effective communication, group work, problem-solving, independent learning, information sharing, etc. The students work in small groups together with the facilitator on the series of clinical problems.
• Case Study – The course leader together with students discuss the specific cases, which help to study the topic thoroughly. The process helps the students improve their critical thinking and analyzing skills.
• Practical method – implies learning by-doing that helps students develop their skills. It is basically used while teaching clinical.
• Inductive method –implies conveying any kind of subject knowledge when in the learning process the chain of thoughts are oriented from the specific facts to the generalization.

Student services & Student life

• Career & student success center.
• Language clubs.
• Cultural & art clubs.
• Student buddy services for freshmen.
• Thematic entertainment events organized by the university.