The Tbilisi University (present-day I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, TSU, which now bears his name), of which Javakhishvili became a professor and the head of the Department of the History of Georgia, rapidly assumed a dominant position in Georgia's educational life.
Tbilisis universitet (dagens I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi statsuniversitet, TSU), där Javakhishvili blev professor och chef för avdelningen för Georgiens historia, intog snabbt en dominerande ställning i Georgiens pedagogiska liv.