The meeting discussed the amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Academic Council of YSU IB approved at the meeting of October 7, 2023, the implementation of research work at YSU IB and the results of the student satisfaction survey (1st semester of the 2024-2025 academic year), the recommendation and mediation of Kristine Dadyan, Assistant Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages ​​of YSU IB, Ph.D., to the YSU Scientific Council for the academic title of Associate Professor, and the details of the list of specialties for admission to YSU IB in 2026.

The procedure for organizing training courses (program) for teacher certification through 30 credits implemented in modules providing pedagogical-psychological and educational-methodological skills at YSU IB was approved, along with the proposed changes.

YSU IB Director M. Otaryan reported on the issue of making an amendment to the Rules of Procedure of the YSU IB Academic Council, approved at the meeting of the YSU IB Academic Council on October 7, 2023.

Guided by subparagraph 1 of paragraph 23 of the YSU IB Charter and subparagraph 2 of paragraph 1 of the Rules of Procedure of the YSU IB Academic Council, it was decided to supplement paragraph 5 of the Rules of Procedure of the Academic Council of the Ijevan Branch of the “Yerevan State University” Foundation, approved by resolution 68/2 of the YSU IB Academic Council on October 7, 2023, with subparagraph 9 with the following content: “9) by the decision of the body that nominated it”.

The next question, the results of the survey on student satisfaction with the implementation and evaluation of research work at YSU IB (1st semester of the 2024-2025 academic year), was reported by Advisor to the Director of YSU IB A. Makaryan. In particular, it was noted that, based on the strategic goals of YSU IB, the Department of Educational Reforms and Quality Assurance conducted an analysis of the organization of research work carried out within the framework of 34 professional courses of 4 faculties of the branch in the 2024-2025 academic year.

The purpose of the survey was to identify the problems that students encountered during the implementation of research work, collect suggestions for improving the organization and implementation of research work, record the dynamics of comparison with the previous semester, activate student participation in research work and promote student-university cooperation.

The questionnaire included questions through which it was possible to determine students' satisfaction with the content and resources of research work, the work performed, the organization of research work and their evaluation.

86 out of 154 students who carried out research work participated in the survey (56%).

Analyzing all the responses, the Department of Educational Reforms and Quality Assurance has identified several main themes and recommendations that will help improve the organization and assessment of research work.

1. Provision of materials by lecturers:

• Suggest that lecturers direct students to use the target methodological literature, the most accessible and reliable sources (including open access sources).

2. Encouragement of group research:

• Organize thematic group research, which will include visits to communities, interviews, observations.

In order to obtain a more comprehensive and objective picture of the survey results, the director instructed the deans of those faculties in which the percentage of student participation was low to take appropriate steps to increase the participation rate.

According to the results of the closed, secret vote held on the other issue (unanimously: 26 for, 0 against), it was decided to recommend the YSU IB Department of Foreign Languages, PhD Kristine Dadyan, for the academic title of Associate Professor, to mediate with the YSU Academic Council to award her the academic title of Associate Professor and to apply to the RA Academic Council with the appropriate proposal.

Then, the list of specialties for admission to YSU IB Academic Council in 2026 was discussed. In connection with this issue, it was proposed to implement admission to the Faculty of Natural Sciences in 2026 under the “Informatics and Applied Mathematics” educational program also in the distance learning system, which was approved by the members of the Academic Council.