  Yerevan to host YSU 90th anniversary celebrationsSeptember 25, 2009 - 17:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - At the end of September 2009, Yerevan will host Yerevan State University (YSU) 90th anniversary celebrations. "Over 60 guests, including representatives of partner universities from USA, England, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Egypt, Syria, Iran, Poland and Georgia will attend jubilee events," YSU Rector Aram Simonyan stated. On September 29, presentation of books dedicated to YSU 90th anniversary will be held at the University. The jubilee events will feature international conferences entitled "21st century University education" and "Education quality aspects' summary". Founded on May 16, 1919, by governmental decree, YSU is one of the major educational institutions of Armenia. Currently 13 000 YSU students study in 22 departments. More than 200 lecturers of 1200 have doctoral degrees and more than 500 are Candidates of Sciences. More than 30 academicians of NAS RA work in YSU. Owing to highly qualified scientists significant researches related to different modern scientific branches are carried out in YSU. The educational and scientific activities are organized in more than 100 departments, which are replenished with modern techniques and equipments.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
