For many students in their final years of school, the hardest part is choosing which subjects to take on the national exams. The decision gets even harder when you don't yet have a clear sense of what career you want to pursue. Even so, the subject you pick is one of the first factors that will shape your professional path, and starting to think about it early genuinely matters.
Which Subjects Are Mandatory for Every Applicant?
The unified national exams are structured as follows: each candidate takes a foreign language exam in addition to Georgian language and literature. The third subject is determined by individual preference and the particulars of the chosen field of study. The first two are necessary for admission to any program.
In highly competitive programs with a limited number of seats, results in the required subjects are often the deciding factor. The candidate who performed better in Georgian and the foreign language wins if two candidates receive identical scores on their elective.
Which Subject Do You Need for a Specific Field?
For Business Administration, you can apply with either math or history. That said, the field is built largely around financial analysis and working with data, so a solid grasp of math will make the coursework noticeably easier once you're in.
For Law, you pick one of three subjects: math, history, or civic education. Unlike math, the other two sit much closer to what you'll actually study. History helps you understand the foundations of law, because it shows how legislation took shape across different eras. Civic education is probably the closest of the three to legal thinking – it introduces you to a country's legal system at the school level.
For the Psychology BA, the choice is between math, history, or biology. Modern psychology is closely tied to neuroscience, which means a basic background in biology – knowing how the brain and nervous system work, for instance – will make a lot of what comes up in lectures much easier to follow.
For Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI), you take either math or physics. Programming and algorithmic thinking rest on mathematical logic, which makes math a non-negotiable for this field.
The exam requirements for Medicine are different – they mainly cover biology, chemistry, and physics. If medicine is where you're headed, studying these subjects in depth now will make your university years considerably easier.
Some subjects keep several doors open at once. Taking math, for example, leaves you in a position to consider Business, IT, AI, or Psychology. Choosing history gives you a similarly broad range – Business, Law, and Psychology are all on the table.
If you have questions about choosing subjects, or want to know exactly which program requires what, you'll find the relevant information on Alte University's website. For anything that needs further clarification, you can also contact us through the information center.
