1,795 applicants in Georgia to get second chance to enrol
University admissions in Georgia in 2026
A total of 1,795 applicants in Georgia who passed the minimum threshold in the Unified National Examinations but failed to secure a place at a university will be given a second chance to enrol.
This year, the number of applicants who passed the minimum threshold but were unable to gain admission to a university increased 2.5 times compared with the previous year.
Education Minister Givi Mikanadze announced the decision, saying it had been made as a one-off exception this year because it is the first year of the higher education reform introduced by the ruling Georgian Dream party.
Mikanadze said that registration for vacant places at public and private higher and vocational education institutions would open in the first half of September for applicants who had not previously secured a university place.
“As we have embarked on nationwide higher education reform, and this year is something of a transitional period, we are making an exception. Only this year, at the initiative of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, we are giving 1,795 applicants who passed the minimum competency threshold in the Unified National Examinations the opportunity for so-called second-round admission,” Mikanadze said.
The Georgian government has radically changed the higher education system. Under the new reform, admission to public universities is organised around strict specialisation, with specific academic fields assigned to individual cities and universities.
The authorities say the measures are aimed at aligning the education system with labour market needs and concentrating resources. However, the changes have already raised questions about academic freedom, regional development and university autonomy.
More on the higher education reform can be found here.
University admissions in Georgia in 2026
