His brother Vasil Tsereteli (1862–1938) was a famous Georgian physician, writer and public benefactor.

In 1911 Mikheil Tsereteli graduated from Heidelberg University (Germany), and received a PhD degree in history in 1913.

On February 25, 1921, Georgia was occupied by Soviet Russia, and the following month Mikheil Tsereteli went into exile to Western Europe.

Prince Tsereteli was a member of the editorial board of the journal "Bedi Kartlisa – Revue de Kartvelologie" (Paris).

[2] Main fields of academic activity of Prof. Tsereteli were: Sumerology, history of Georgia and the Caucasus, history of Ibero-Caucasian civilization, Rustvelology (Shota Rustaveli was a great Georgian Poet of the 12th century), the rights of the Nations (Peoples), sociology, etc.