Georgia has put forward its public administration reform agenda aspiring democratic values and good governance principles, fostering open, transparent, and service oriented public institutions. Ongoing public administration reforms are of outstanding significance on the way of the county’s further democratic development. The smooth transition from the old, command-and-control governance system to the new, open and distributive administrative processes is only possible through the new generation of professional public administrators.   

The UG undergraduate program in Public Administration (UG BPA) is aimed to contribute to the raise of the new, internationally competitive, and qualified generation of public administrators. UG BPA curriculum is based on the internationally recognized principles and values of PA teaching and vastly reflects the labor market demands in the field. Accordingly, BPA is the program for those, who desire to embark on a successful career trip in the public service, non-profit, and international organizations.

The BPA Curriculum provides comprehensive coverage of managerial, political, legislative, and economic dimensions of public administration, with a specific emphasis on managerial aspects and reflecting Georgian realities such as recent and on-going political-administrative reforms, related challenges, and best-practices. Program is designed to deliver fundamental knowledge for administering public sector programs and services and provides essential kill-set that contribute to the successful professional career development. Curriculum also help in identification of specific interests in the field and preparing students for the graduate studies.     

• Explanatory method
• Teamwork
• Demonstration method
• Discussions / Debates
• Interactive lectures
• Lecture-seminars
• Literature Review
• Problem-based learning
• Project-Based Learning
• Highlighting the news
• Action-oriented learning
• Case study and analysis
• Written Method

The structure of the program ensures a consistent delivery of subjects according to content and complexity, which in turn leads to the gradual achievement of the learning outcomes provided for in the program.

At the initial stage of teaching, the program envisages the study of such basic courses that serve to acquire general field knowledge and develop skills, while at later stages, it is focused on the development and strengthening of field competencies, which will show students more broadly and in depth the features of the public administration specialty, develop professional thinking.

The program is designed in such a way that the differentiation of students in the direction of language competences is considered. The program ensures that the graduate learns the English language, which corresponds to the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), and the free credits of the program include alternative levels of English, if the student's competence at the time of entering the program does not correspond to the B2/2 level (from B1/1 including B2/1). Specifically:

• If a student obtains 63% of the maximum raw score set on the unified national exam, they will be admitted to the B1/1 level of English.
• If a student obtains 64%-86% of the maximum raw score set on the unified national exam, they will be admitted to the B1/2 level of English.
• If a student obtains 87%-100% of the maximum raw score set on the unified national exam, they will be admitted to the B2/1 level of English.
• If a student obtains more than 93% of the maximum raw score set on the unified national exam, they will be admitted to the B1/1 level of English.
• If a student obtains more than 93% of the maximum raw score in the English language on the unified national exam, they are tested for language competence to qualify for admission to the B2/2 level group of English.
• Students who do not have English language exams at the Unified National Examination have been given a level test, and then are registered at the relevant level, not higher than B1/2.

The program enables student to undergo 18 ECTS free credits. 

In order to earn a bachelor's degree in public administration, a student is required to collect 240 ECTS, which includes: the program core courses - 156 ECTS, as well as 24 ECTS credits from the mandatory elective blocks of the program, including 12 ECTS from the STEM Block and 12 ECTS from the Humanitarian-Social Block, while remaining 60 ECTS students can apply from the program’s elective subjects and free credits.