degree: PhD

The University of Georgia

University of Georgia (UG) is one of the largest and the highest-ranking private universities in Georgia. The UG is distinguished by the high quality educational processes, modern infrastructure, and its diverse community with cross-cultural awareness. Its multicultural environment shapes intelligent, educated individuals with human values capable to meet modern challenges. The UG cultivates liberal-human values and achieves its mission by developing centres of excellence and platforms that ensures the creation and implementation of academic programs tailored to the student and market needs. The UG is also developing its international cooperation in research, science, students’ and faculty mobility, technology transfer and others.

The School of Social Sciences is actively involved in the international collaborative projects and is a member of several global institutions and associations. Among them are European Public Relations Association (EUPRERA), European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), European Journalism Training Association (EJTA), European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) and others.

In addition the UG develops the collaborative links with over 50 foreign educational institutions and various scientific-cultural institutions, implements international exchange programs for students and academic and administrative staff with U.S. and European higher educational institution and participates in the Erasmus + Program.

Leli Bibilashvili holds a PhD in Mass Communications. Currently, she works as an Associate Professor and the Head of Journalism and Mass Communications Department at The University of Georgia since 2014. Leli is a member of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA). She has multiple years of experience both in academic and practical work. Leli has published a number of publications in communications and has successfully participated in various international and local conferences and workshops such as, 21st EUPRERA Annual Congress, 10th International History of Public Relations Conference, Teachers’ Conference of the European Journalism Training Association (EJTA), 5th World Journalism Education Congress, EJTA Teachers’ Conference on Crisis Reporting and EJTA Annual Conference. Leli has worked as IMC Consultant for several years in the ACT Global (Research and IMC Consulting Company), bank sector and non-governmental structural units.

Nisantasi University – Marketing Communication School

Nisantasi University is a public legal entity with the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Faculty of Art and Design, Institute of Science and Social Sciences, and Nisantasi Vocational School.

The Marketing Communication School, operating within the body of the Nisantasi University, was founded by Prof. Dr. Gresi Sanje and is the umbrella brand of postgraduate and doctoral programmes as well as certificate programs in the field of marketing communication and branding. The Marketing Communication School offers Advertising and Brand Communications Master’s programmes (MA) with Thesis and without thesis, online and face-to-face, the Marketing Communications Doctorate programme will be offered in 2022-2023, and Certificate programmes offered jointly with institutions specialised in their field are also under the School of Marketing and Communication brand.

Gresi Sanje

Master’s program director between 2016-2021. She served as a jury in many national and international competitions in the field of marketing communication and advertising such as Effie, Felis, MixxAwards, DPID, Gerety Awards, MMA Smarties, and participated as an instructor in workshops, keynote speaker, and panelist in several events. Sanje has published academic and popular articles and studies in several national and international books and journals. Since 2012, she has provided brand consultancy and professional education services to dozens of institutions under Gresi Sanje Consulting and Training. 

As of Fall 2021, she is the director of the Marketing Communication School, which consists of master’s and certificate programs established within Nisantasi University. Prof Dr. Sanje continues her professional studies along with her academic studies.

 

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

The idea of establishing a University in Greece emerged alongside with the Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution. The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, officially founded in April 14th, 1837, is the first University not only of Greece but both the Balkan peninsula and the Eastern Mediterranean region.