[citation needed] Georgian International Academy also operates a junior college – a two-year post-secondary school whose main purpose is to provide academic, vocational and professional education.
It was officially registered in the newly formed Republic of Georgia in 2003, a result of the breakup of the Soviet Union and its National Academy of Sciences.
[citation needed] A mission of the Academy is to create a collaborative platform for the academic community and scholars of Georgia and the affiliated institutions.
Its community consists of scientists and academics who are engaged in original and innovative research at the doctoral and post-doctoral levels in various scholastic fields.
The political scientist and scholar of journalism, Dr. Academician Gari T. Chapidze serves as the current Chairman of the Great Academic Council, as well as the President of Georgian International Academy.