LEPL Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University represents a study-research organization that, depending on the specifications of the mission and field(s), promotes the integration of teaching and research with economic processes, conducts fundamental and using research, thereby contributing to scientific, economic and cultural development at the regionl and national level.

At present, to fully conduct scientific activities, there are four different departments established at the university: 1. Agrarian, Natural Sciences and Technologies; 2. Social Sciences, Business and Law; 3. Education Sciences; 4. Humanities. Accordingly, their basic research profiles are defined: Agrarian sciences; Exact and Natural Sciences; Economics and Tourism; Law, social and Political Sciences; Education (pedagogy, inclusive education), Subject Teaching, Psychology; Georgian and English Philology, History Sciences. From the aforementioned research profiles to the university, depending on the needs of the region, the priority areas of mission and strategic plan are: Agrarian, Tourism and Education directions.

At the university also operates: The Caucasus Studies Center, where the problematic issues of both the Caucasus region and the history of neighboring countries and the modern socio-political situation are being studied; Chemistry-technology laboratory, where they are investigating wine, grapes and canned products; Agricultural Laboratory, which serves to study soils, agricultural crops, fertilizers and pesticides in the region; Biology Laboratory, which serves to study the pest/ diseases of microorganisms, especially agricultural crops and another research laboratory that mainly explores aromatic components, such as wine, juice, microorganisms of wine; The university disposal has trial research and demonstration plots that allow for innovation.