The Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (Georgian: ბათუმის შოთა რუსთაველის სახელობის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი) is the higher educational university in Batumi, capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara.

[2][3] The establishment and development of the educational system in Adjara was a long-time endeavor of the Georgian community.

On 26–27 June 1893 the Municipality of the city granted 2 623, 95 sq/m area of land for the Boys’ Gymnasium at the seaside.

[2] In the building of the Boys’ Gymnasium in 1935 a 2-year Teacher's Institute was opened with 4 faculties: Georgian Language and Literature, Physics and Mathematics, History, Natural Sciences and Geography.

In July 1935 the preparatory courses were created that particularly fostered the attraction of high school applicants from Adjara highlands.

As a result of the educational reform in the country the university was transferred to a two-cycle teaching: Bachelor and Master Levels were created.