Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography was founded in 1933 on the basis of the Department of Geography at Tbilisi State University. Some Attempts of establishing of geographical establishments in Georgia were undertaken even earlier. The initiator and inspirer of this was Alexander Javakhishvili the founder of Geographical science and Georgian school of Geography, academician of Georgian Academy of Sciences.
Today the institute of geography is a scientific-research structural unit of the Iv Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.
