Akaki Tsereteli State University (Georgian: აკაკი წერეთლის სახელობის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი, romanized: ak'ak'i ts'eretlis sakhelobis sakhelmts'ipo universit'et'i), also known as Kutaisi University (Georgian: ქუთაისის უნივერსიტეტი, romanized: kutaisis universit'et'i), is a university established in July 1930 in Tbilisi, Georgia, and now located in Kutaisi.

Tbilisi State University had been founded under guidance of Georgian historian Ivane Javakhishvili in 1918.

In July 1930, when Georgia had already fallen under Soviet rule, the authorities abolished Tbilisi State University, creating four independent institutions in its place.

Now named Kutaisi University and located in the center of the city, it started functioning from February 13, 1933.

On February 23, 2006, the authorities merged the university with Kutaisi N. Muskhelishvili Polytechnic Institute which was founded on September 1, 1974, enhancing its faculty and curriculum on technical subjects.