Yerevan State University

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Yerevan State University
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founding 1919
place Yerevan
country ArmeniaArmenia Armenia
Rector Aram Simonjan
Students approx. 13,000
Employee 3,150
including professors 1,200
Networks IAU
Website ysu.am
Central entrance to Yerevan State University
Statues of Mesrop Mashtots and Sahak Parthev in the university

The Yerevan State University ( Armenian : Երեվանի Պետական Համալսարան; Russian Ереванский государственный университет ; English: Yerevan State University ( YSU )) is a public university in Yerevan in Armenia . Around 13,000 students study at the university, including around 9,500 undergraduate students and 300 foreigners, making it one of the largest universities in the country. Around 1200 teachers are employed at the university.

history

The first building of the YSU, 1921

The founding of a Yerevan State University was decided on May 16, 1919 at the request of the then Foreign Minister Sirakan Tigranjan , and Yuri Ghambarjan was appointed as the first rector . The first courses took place from February 1920, in the then only Faculty of History and Linguistics. 262 students were enrolled and 32 teachers were employed, including Hakob Manandjan , Manuk Abeghjan and Stepan Malchasjanz . After Armenia was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1920, the institution previously known as the Alexandrapol Commercial School was renamed the “National University” on December 17th. In the 1920s, the educational offer was constantly expanded. In '21 the faculties of social sciences and biology , oriental studies , technical sciences and pedagogy and Soviet sciences existed. The Faculty of Biology was rededicated to the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences before 1922 .

In 1922 the Faculty of Medicine was inaugurated.

On October 20, 1923, the name was changed to “State University of Yerevan”, which also expresses the increased political interest in the university. The Armenian teaching staff was supplemented by foreign lecturers in order to introduce methods and foreign languages ​​into the university. Education was spun off from YSU operations in 1934 and re-established in an independent institute. In the same year the faculties for biology and chemistry were founded. In 1945 a faculty for international relations was opened, which had existed until 1953. The Institute for Russian and Foreign Languages ​​opened in 1957 and was separated from the YSU in 1961. In 1959 the faculties of physics and mathematics started operations.

In the years from 1960 to 1990, the Yerevan State University began to publish its own scientific journals.

From 1995 onwards, the courses and teaching operations were transformed into a Bachelor & Master education system.

Foundation, Board of Trustees & Directorate

The restructuring into a foundation followed on November 27, 2014, chaired by a board of trustees of 32 members. The chairman is the former President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan . The board of trustees is made up of a quarter each with professors, students and doctoral candidates, representatives from science.

The current rector is Aram Simonjan .

Library & Publishing House

Library building

The "Sarkis and Marie Izmirlian Library of Yerevan State University" was founded on February 28, 1920 and inaugurated on November 8, 1922.

While in 1927 there were around 530 readers for around 52,000 available works, the university library now holds around two million books, of which around 1.2 million are scientific literature.

For the library's 75th anniversary, a new building was built that was financed by a donation from the namesake.

The university newspaper “University of Armenia” has been published since January 31, 1920 and is currently published monthly under the name “University of Yerevan”.

Faculties

Branch office Ijevan

The Yerevan State University has a branch in Ischewan , which has existed since 1994 and comprises four faculties: for natural sciences, human sciences, economics and applied arts.

people

Professors and lecturers

students

See also

Web links

Commons : Yerevan State University  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.ysu.am/ysu/en/structure/struct/27367 (accessed April 20, 2019)
  2. ↑ YSU Board of Trustees-elects Rector of Yerevan State University Foundation , president.am - Armenian President's website, May 19, 2015. Accessed July 8, 2018.
  3. ^ Sarkis and Marie Izmirlian Library of YSU , lub.ysu.am - website of the library (English / Armenian). Retrieved July 8, 2018.

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