The program objective is to provide students with the comprehensive knowledge of the phenomenon of IR, its conceptual and theoretical components, as well as the organizations, institutions and regimes that define the global politico-economic order. Program allows students to develop skills necessary to review and analyze relevant processes in the context of foreign policy, and to identify key factors for political decision-making. Additionally, program graduates will be able to conduct research on the topics relevant to international relations and within the given analytical and methodological framework.  Graduates will have the possibility to be employed in state (public) agencies as well as business and analytical organizations, incl. those of international and local think-tank (i.e. NGO) organizations at the junior analyst/researcher and similar positions.

• interactive lectures
• critical analysis
• limited research
• discussion
• group assignment
• project
• case review and analysis (case study)
• selection of relevant sources (material) in online library
• writing methods
• presentation

In addition to humanitarian-social and STEM blocks and the program's core subjects, the student can accumulate 96 credits with the minor program, program electives or free elective credits. The program considers the different competencies of students in the English language. Namely, the student starts the English language from the stage that corresponds to his knowledge, which is determined based on the assessment obtained on the unified national exams: if the student's score is 63%, he is placed on English B1/1 level; if the student's score is placed in the gap [64%-86%]- B1/2; if the student's score is in the interval (87%-100%)-B1/2. If the language skills are above 93% student can be tested and granted B2/2 if the maximum scores achieved. If not the student will be ranked back at B2/1. If student misses the language tests once scored more than 93% before, he will be ranked at B2/1 level.

To obtain a bachelor's degree in International Relations, a student needs to complete 240 ECTS, composed of 12 ECTS from the humanitarian-social block, 6 ECTS from the STEM block, 162 ECTS from the core subjects of the program, 18 ECTS free credits, 42 ECTS by choosing electives classes of the program and free credits from the minor[U1] . This regulation is valid for the students enrolled before 2021. The teaching language of the program is Georgian, with separate English-language components. Accordingly, all components are taught mainly in Georgian, except for those courses where English-language literature is used.