Tempus is a program of the European Union, which was created in 1990 and whose purpose was to promote the reform of higher education in the partner countries of the European Union. Since 2014, the Tempus program has been replaced by the Erasmus + institutional development program.

30 Georgian higher education institutions (both state and private) from nine cities (Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi, Gori, Telavi, Zugdidi, Akhaltsikhe, Akhalkalaki and Tsnori) participated in Tempus projects since 1995 (full list of projects with list of partners is given below).

The number of applications and funded projects was constantly increasing, which on the one hand reflects the growth of the program budget, and at the same time the growing interest and motivation of Georgian partners (Table 1).