News and events

Within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between YSU IB and the "Bridge of Hope" NGO on December 3, 2024 the “Bridge of Hope” NGO for the Protection of the Rights of Children and Youth with Disabilities held a regional workshop entitled “Sport for Equal Opportunities” at Ijevan branch of YSU, which was attended by 135 representatives of general education institutions and community structures of the region.

At Ijevan branch of YSU meeting of the Academic Council was held under the chairmanship of A. H. Makaryan. The Academic Council meeting discussed issues related to the YSU IB 2024 admission results (full-time and distance learning), the 2025 income and expenditure estimate (budget), and the study of external stakeholders' opinions on YSU IB graduates in 2023-2024. The reports of the Faculties of Applied Arts and Natural Sciences for the 2023-2024 academic year were presented, according to the YSU IB 2022-2026 strategic plan.

On November 29, 2024 career fair entitled “New Career Opportunities and Prospects” was held at the Ijevan branch of YSU, which was organized in partnership with Yerevan State University and Eurasia International University, within the framework of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) “Learn and Earn. Artsakh” program. The program is implemented by AGBU (with funding from the HEKS/EPER organization, in collaboration with the “Shen” PAP and the “Syunik-Zargatsum” community NGO).

As part of the "Exhibition Technologies" course, the 4th-year students of the Faculty of Applied Arts of YSU IB, led by Associate Professor of the Department of Tourism Management and Culturology, art critic Levon Lachikyan, visited the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

On November 29, 2024 the solemn opening ceremony of the Russian Language Additional Education Center was held at Ijevan branch of YSU.

On November 23, 2024 representatives of the scientific and educational public organization "Wikimedia Armenia" visited the Ijevan branch of YSU: NGO President Arshak Shahenyan, Quality Content Manager Mher Bekaryan, Course Manager Artashes Tadevosyan, and Event Coordinator David Sargsyan. The purpose of the visit was to open the Wikiclub of the scientific and educational public organization "Wikimedia Armenia" at YSU IB.

From October 7 to November 30, 2024 in the schools of the region (Ijevan No. 5, Gandzakar, Sarigyugh, Azatamut, N. Tsaghkavan, Gosh, Vazashen), the 4th-year students of the YSU IB "Elementary Pedagogy and Methodology", "Russian Language and Literature" educational programs are participating in active pedagogical internships.

Ijevan branch of Yerevan State University has become a platform for a unique educational project that has brought together Russian language master’s students from different parts of Russia. From November 5 to December 5, 2024, the branch hosted two winners of the “Russian Language Masters” competition organized by “Rossotrudnichestvo” with the support of Moscow State Linguistic University.

The 3rd and 4th year students of the “Armenian Language and Literature” educational program of Ijevan branch of YSU took part in an international conference on the topic of “Problems of Teaching the mother tongue”, which was initiated by the H. Ibrahimov Complex Research Institute of the State Scientific Base Organization of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The assistant professor of the Department of Armenian Language and Literature of the Ijevan Branch of YSU, PhD, member of the RA NAS, Siranush Hovhannisyan, a researcher at the Acharyan Institute of Language, whose number of professional questions and additions provided a theoretical transfer of experience in the areas of preservation and diversified development of the languages of various national units in the Russian Federation was invited to the consultation as an expert .

3rd year students of the "Russian Language and Literature" educational program of Ijevan branch of YSU Anahit Chibukhchyan, Elena Sahakyan and Edita Davtyan, under the scientific supervision of Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages, Svetlana Minasyan, made reports at the XIX International Conference on the topic "Russian Regions in the Focus of Changes" ("Российские регионы в фокусе перемен"), organized by Ural State University on November 14-16.