Georgian Technical University – GTU (formerly V.I. Lenin Georgian Polytechnical Institute), now Technical University of Georgia is main and largest technical university of Georgia, it is located in the capital city of Tbilisi. Georgian Technical University was founded in 1922 as a polytechnic faculty of the Tbilisi State University. The first lecture in the walls of this establishment was read by the world famous Georgian mathematician Professor Andria Razmadze. Transformed in 1928 into an independent "Georgian Politechnical Institute" it achieved University status by 1990. Georgian Technical University currently has more than 12,000 students and around 1,500 faculty and staff members. Major faculties of the university are as follows: Georgian Technical University has provided over 60% of Georgia's engineering, chemistry and scientific industry specialists for the last eighty years. While its major counterpart Tbilisi State University focuses on popular specialties like Civil Law or Economics, GTU continues its fine tradition of providing technical specialists to the industry and exact sciences.