The relatively small region of Adjara has 54 public schools. In addition enormous attention has been paid to the development of institutions of higher education in the Region. As of the fall of 2002, there are 15 advanced science and educational centers. Of these seven are state-owned and eight are non-governmental. They are listed below with their date of establishment:

Last year, Adjara’s main institution of higher learning Shota Rustaveli Batumi State University underwent modernization and reconstruction as seen above.

The recently completed Batumi Pre-School Childrens Care Center provides total care and full education for children ages 3-6.

Batumi Memed Abashidze State Art Institute is Adjara’s center for training and advanced study in performance, fine and visual arts .

• Academy of Sciences of Adjara (1996)
• Georgian Agriculture Scientific Academy of Adjara (1994)
• Center for Bio-Technologies and Bio-process Management (1997);
• Advanced Financial School (1994);
• Graduate Studies Center at Shota Rustaveli Batumi State University (1996);
• Batumi Naval Faculty of Georgian Military Academy (1993);
• Batumi State Maritime Academy (1994)
• Batumi Agricultural Institute of Georgian Agrarian University (1994);
• Batumi Memed Abashidze State Art Institute (1996);
• Batumi Faculty of Georgian Police Academy (1997)
• Zakaria Paliashvili Batumi State Conservatory (1998);
• Batumi Classical Ballet School (2000);
• Shota Rustaveli Batumi State University (Reconstruction) (2001);
• Batumi Pre-School Childrens Care Center (2002)