One of the main goals of the activity of the Research Institute of Georgian Studies is the development and implementation of scientific-research programs and projects in Georgian Studies with the involvement of both university academic staff and students.

The aim of the institute is to promote the mutual acquaintance of Georgian scientists working in different countries of the world, to strengthen their cooperation in research, and to plan and organize joint conferences and seminars, which include:

1. To get to know each other and establish contacts with the Georgian research institutes, centers and offices in different countries of the world;
2. inviting and involving them in joint research, organizing and conducting joint scientific conferences and seminars;
3. To organize and conduct the annual international conference of Kartveliological studies, which will traditionally be held every year in the month of November, on the Friday of St. George's week; The materials of the annual conference will be published in the English-language scientific journal of the University of Georgia "Caucasus Journal of Social Science".

The institute will support the implementation of research in the scientific field of Georgian studies in all scientific fields studying Georgia, such as linguistics, literary studies, art, archeology, folkloristics, ethnography, numismatics, spragistics, history, economics, jurisprudence, philosophy, epigraphy, paleography, source studies, etc. The Institute conducts research on those scientists and institutions that have made a great contribution to the development of Georgian sciences.

The Institute is committed to mobilizing appropriate human and material academic resources for carrying out qualified disciplinary and multidisciplinary scientific-research activities in the field of Georgian studies and ensuring the transfer of research and accumulated knowledge to future generations.

The aim of the institute is to implement short-term (1-year) and long-term (5-year) scientific plans together with partner institutions.