The National Polytechnic University of Armenia () is a technical

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located in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

. Established as the Karl Marx Institute of Polytechnic in 1933, it provides educational and research programs in various fields of technology and science related to engineering. The university includes a central campus in Yerevan and branch campuses located in

Gyumri Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city w ...

, Vanadzor and

Kapan Kapan ( hy, Կապան) is a town in southeast Armenia, serving as the administrative center of the urban community of Kapan as well as the provincial capital of Syunik Province. It is located in the valley of the Voghji River and is on the nort ...

. Currently there are more than 8,000 students and more than 750 faculty members.

History

The university was founded by the Soviet government in 1933 as the Karl Marx Institute of Polytechnic including 2 faculties with 107 students. With the development of the industrial sector in the

Armenian SSR The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...

, the university gradually grew. By the 1980s, the university had around 25,000 students. With the independence of Armenia in 1991, the university name was changed to the State Engineering University of Armenia. In November 2014, the university was renamed as the National Polytechnic University of Armenia by the decision of the government of Armenia.

Campuses

As of 2016, the university has campuses in 3 Armenian cities other than

: *

* Vanadzor *

Faculties and Institutes

National Polytechnic University of Armenia, the complex

As of 2016, the university has the following faculties: *Yerevan: **Faculty of Chemical Technologies and Environmental Engineering **Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Physics **Faculty of Mining and Metallurgy **Institute of Energetics and Electrotechnic **Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Transportation Systems Design **Institute of Information and Communication Technologies and Electronics The university has a faculty that provides online studies as well. *Gyumri campus: **Faculty of Technologies and sectoral economics **Faculty of Natural sciences and communication systems The Gyumri campus provides online studies as well. *Vanadzor campus named after Petros Melkonyan: **Faculty of Technologies and sectoral economics **Faculty of Natural sciences and communication systems The Vanadzor campus provides online studies as well. *Kapan campus:Faculty of Technologies and sectoral economics, Kapan campus
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Rectors

* Hovhannes Babajanyan, 1934–1936 * Hmayak Ghondakhchyan, 1936–1937 * Ashot Melikjanyan, 1937 * Misak Petrosyan, 1937–1946 * Petros Melkonyan, 1946–1965 * Ashot Aslanyan, 1965–1966 * Artsrun Gasparyan, 1966–1980 * Rafayel Movsisyan, 1980–1988 * Yuri Sargsyan, 1988–2006 * Vostanik Marukhyan, 2006–2011 * Ara Avetisyan, 2011–2014 * Hovhannes Tokmajyan, 2014–2015 * Vostanik Marukhyan, 2015–2020 * Gor Vardanyan, 2021–present

Notable alumni

* Siranush Atoyan (1904–1985), Soviet Armenian architect *

Karen Demirchyan Karen Serobi Demirchyan ( hy, Կարեն Սերոբի Դեմիրճյան; 17 April 1932 – 27 October 1999) was a Soviet and Armenian politician. He served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1974 to 1988. Soon after ...

(1932–1999), former speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia *

Gevorg Emin Gevorg Emin (, September 30, 1919 – June 11, 1998) was an Armenian poet, essayist, and translator. Biography Emin, the son of a school teacher, was born in the town of Ashtarak. In 1927, his family moved to Yerevan, the capital of Sovie ...

(1919–1998), Armenian poet and writer. *

Robert Kocharyan Robert Sedraki Kocharyan ( hy, Ռոբերտ Սեդրակի Քոչարյան ; born 31 August 1954) is an Armenian politician. He served as the President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from 1994 to 1997 and Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh from ...

(born 1954), former president of Armenia. *

Andranik Margaryan Andranik Nahapeti Margaryan ( hy, Անդրանիկ Նահապետի Մարգարյան; 12 June 1951 – 25 March 2007) served as the Prime Minister of Armenia from 12 May 2000, when the President appointed him, until his death on 25 March 20 ...

(2000–2007), former prime minister of Armenia. *

Levon Mnatsakanyan Levon Mnatsakanyan (Armenian:Լեւոն Մնացականյան; born 14 September 1965) is a politician, and a former Minister of Defence of Artsakh. Biography He was born in Stepanakert in 1965 to an Armenian family. Mnatsakanyan began his mili ...

, former defense minister of the

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, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia. * Aram Sargsyan, 9th prime minister of Armenia *

Tigran Torosyan Tigran Torosyan ( hy, Տիգրան Սուրիկի Թորոսյանը), born April 14, 1957 in Yerevan, was the President of the National Assembly of Armenia from 2006 to 2008. From 1993 he was a member of Republican Party of Armenia and the party ...

, former speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia. *

Edmund Tsaturyan Edmund Tsaturyan (18 March 1937 – 14 May 2010) was an Armenian politician. He attended at the National Polytechnic University of Armenia. Tsaturyan served as a People's Party of Armenia member of the National Assembly (Armenia), National Assem ...

, member of the National Assembly of Armenia *

Tamar Tumanyan Tamar Hovhannesi Tumanyan (1907–1989; ) was a Soviet Armenian architect. She was awarded the title, Honored Worker of Culture of the Armenian SSR (1977). Her father was poet and writer Hovhannes Tumanyan. Biography Tamar Tumanyan was born in ...

(1907–1989) Soviet Armenian architect *

Hrant Vardanyan Hrant Vardanyan ( hy, Հրանտ Վարդանյան, January 23, 1949 – April 20, 2014) was an Armenian businessman, the founder CEO of Grand Holding, and philanthropist. Honored Worker of Economy of the Republic of Armenia (2009). Biography ...

, Armenian businessman.

Milestones

*1933 February 27 - According to the Resolution of the Government of Soviet Armenia, the two Yerevan Institutes of Civil Engineering and Chemical Technology were merged and 1933. *1933 March 1 - Yerevan Polytechnic Institute (YPI) was established with two faculties: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Faculty of Chemical Technology. *1933 March 14 - In commemoration of 50 years after

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's death, the institute was renamed to Yerevan Karl Marx Polytechnic Institute. *1939 - Industrial Correspondence Education Institute joined YPI, becoming its Department of Correspondence Education. *1942 September 1 - The faculty of Electrical Engineering was founded. *1944 September 1 - The faculty of Mechanical Engineering was founded. *1946 Autumn - The first Students’ Scientific Conference of the institute took place. *1947 - The Students' Scientific Association of YPI was established. *1953 - The Faculty of Mining was founded. *1956 - The library reading hall of YPI with 45 thousand books was opened. *1957 May 1 - The first issue of the newspaper §Polytechnic¦ was published. *1959 - Leninakan (Gyumri) and Kirovakan (Vanadzor) Branches of YPI were founded. *1961 - The Faculty of Automatics and Computing Technics was founded. *1964 - The chamber music band of YPI was created. *1966 - The Faculty of Automatics and Computing Technics was renamed into the Faculty of Technical Cybernetics. *1972 - The Faculty of Radioelectronics was separated from the Faculty of Technical Cybernetics. *1972 - The Faculty of Power Engineering was founded. *1972 - The Branch of the Faculty of Radio-electronics was founded in

Dilijan Dilijan ( hy, Դիլիջան) is a spa town and urban municipal community in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The town is one of the most important resorts in Armenia, situated within the Dilijan National Park. The forested town is home to numer ...

. *1974 - The Faculty of Social Specialities was established. *1978 - The Faculty of Computing Technics was founded based on the faculties of Technical Cybernetics and Radio Engineering. *1978 - The Faculty of Radioelectronics was renamed into the Faculty of Radio Engineering. *1985 - The Faculty of Transportation was organized with the units separated from the faculties of Machine Building and Mechanical Engineering. *1991 - The

Stepanakert / az, Xankəndi, italic=no , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = File:StepanakertCollage.jpg , imagesize = 300px , image_caption = From top left: Holy Mother ...

Branch of YPI was founded in Artsakh. Later in 1993, on its base the

Artsakh University Artsakh State University is the oldest and largest university in the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. Over the course of its 50-year history, Artsakh State University has produced over 20,000 graduates in 60 fields of study. Currently, the u ...

was established. *1991 November 29 - By the Order No 4 of the RA President, YPI was reorganized into State Engineering University of Armenia (SEUA). *1991 December 9 - The Resolution No 670 of the RA Government on the establishment of SEUA was adopted, which approved the guidelines of reformations in accordance with the SEUA Master Plan. *1992 - The Department of Mathematics was founded by the merger of three Mathematics chairs. *1992 - The Department of Social and Political Disciplines was founded, reorganized in 1994 into the Department of Social-Political Disciplines and General Economics. *1994 - The Department of Mechanics and Machine Science was created. *1994 - The Alumni Association and the Student Council of SEUA were established. *1996 - SEUA became a member of the Association of European Universities (AEU). *2001 June - The SEUA Interdepartmental Chair of Microelectronic Circuits and Systems was established based on the Armenian Branch of Leda Systems Co. *2001 July - The Student Career Service Center was founded. *2003 October - The 70th anniversary of establishing YPI-SEUA was celebrated. The president and the prime minister of RA participated in the celebration ceremonies. *2004 September - The university's historical classroom No 1301 was overhauled and now it serves as an assembly hall for Academic Council sittings and other solemn events. *2005 September - By the resolution of RA Government the traditional name "Polytechnic" was returned to the university as an acronym. *2005 December - The first session of the SEUA new Council was convened, and president of NAS RA Fadey Sargsyan was elected as a chairman of the council. *2006 May - The SEUA Alumni Union reorganized into Alumni Association, and the prime minister of RA A.Margaryan was elected as a president of the association.

References

External links

National Polytechnic University of Armenia, official siteNational Polytechnic University of Armenia, Gyumri campusNational Polytechnic University of Armenia, Vanadzor campusNational Polytechnic University of Armenia, Kapan campus
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