Transnational education (TNE), where students earn a foreign university's qualification without leaving their own country, was the main topic of two meetings between Georgian officials and the British Council in October 2026.
Meeting at the ministry
On 7 October Georgia's Minister of Education, Science and Youth, Givi Mikanadze, hosted Kate Ewart-Biggs, Deputy Chief Executive of the British Council, and Sharmian Lever, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Georgia. They discussed English language teaching, teacher development, the internationalisation of higher education and, above all, TNE and partnerships between Georgian and UK universities. Both sides praised the ongoing "Future English" project.
A roadmap and a quality framework
Georgia's National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement (NCEQE), which authorises universities and accredits programmes, reported on 20 October that its director, Lasha Margishvili, met the British Council delegation. The talks focused on a roadmap for TNE and on building a national quality-assurance framework for it. NCEQE also recalled its Memorandum of Understanding with the UK's Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) and Georgia's part in the Going Global 2026 conference.
What is not known yet
Neither announcement names UK universities, programmes, start dates or fees. The work is at the planning stage, so new joint degrees will come later and step by step.
Key points
- Georgia and the British Council are working on a roadmap for UK–Georgian transnational education.
- NCEQE plans a national quality-assurance framework for such programmes.
- NCEQE already has a memorandum with the UK's QAA.
- No universities, programmes or dates have been announced yet.
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Sources
- The National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement Welcomed British Council RepresentativesNational Center for Educational Quality Enhancement (NCEQE) · Oct 20, 2026
- Givi Mikanadze hosts representatives of the British Embassy and the British CouncilMinistry of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia · Oct 7, 2026
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