American University of Armenia

American University of Armenia
founding	1991
Sponsorship	Private
place	Yerevan
country	Armenia
president	Poor of the Kiureghian
Students	1781 (fall 2018)
Employee	481 (2017/2018)
Website	aua.am (English)

Main building (2012)

Paramaz-Avedisian building (2009)

The American University of Armenia (German American University of Armenia , Armenian Հայաստանի ամերիկյան համալսարան ) is a private university in Yerevan , Armenia and is organized on the American model. A number of Masters courses are offered in English.

history

The idea to found the company came up after the Spitak earthquake in 1988 . With the support of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) and the University of California , the university was founded on September 21, 1991, the Armenian Independence Day, with 101 students enrolled at the time.

Faculties

• Economics
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• science and technology
• Public healthcare system
• English and communication
• Computer science
• engineering

See also

• List of universities in Armenia
• American University (disambiguation)

Web links

• Official website of the American University of Armenia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://aua.am/history-of-the-university/
2. ↑ https://aua.am/executive-team/ (accessed April 21, 2019)
3. ↑ 2018 Fall Summary Facts , accessed May 13, 2019 (en.)
4. ↑ 2018 factsheet , accessed May 13, 2019 (en.)

Coordinates: 44 ° 30 ′ 16.3 "  N , 40 ° 11 ′ 35.9"  E