Vanadzor State University

Vanadzor State University
named after Hovhannes Tumanyan
Վանաձորի Հովհաննես Թումանյանի անվան Պետական Համալսարան
	The main building of the university
Former names	Vanadzor State Pedagogical Institute
Type	Public
Established	1969
Rector	Dr. Professor Rustam Sahakyan
Location	Vanadzor, Lori, Armenia
Campus	Urban
Website	VSU (English)

Vanadzor State University named after Hovhannes Tumanyan (VSU) (Armenian: Վանաձորի Հովհաննես Թումանյանի անվան Պետական Համալսարան), is a public university in Vanadzor, Lori Province, Armenia. With 5 faculties, it is the largest university in the Lori Province.^[1] It provides degrees in Philology, History and Geography, Pedagogy, Biology and Chemistry, and Physics and Mathematics. Currently, more than 2,400 students are attending the university.

Overview[edit]

Originally, the Faculty of Pedagogy in Vanadzor was founded on 9 July 1969 as part of the Armenian State Pedagogical University. In 1982, the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Yerevan State University-Vanadzor branch was opened.

On 30 April 2014, by the decision of the Government of Armenia, the educational institutions of Vanadzor were restructured to form the Vanadzor State University named after Hovhannes Tumanyan.

The current rector of the university is Rostom Sahakyan.

Faculties[edit]

Currently, the university has the following structure:

Faculty of Philology
- Section of Armenian Language
- Section of Literature
- Section of Russian Language
- Section of Foreign Languages
Faculty of History and Geography
- Section of History
- Section of Philosophy and Political Science
- Section of the Theory of Economics
Faculty of Pedagogy
- Section of Pedagogy
- Section of Psychology and Sociology
- Section of Art
Faculty of Biology and Chemistry
- Section of Biology, Physiology and Medical Science
- Section of Chemistry
- Section of PE Theory and Methodology
Faculty of Physics and Mathematics
- Section of Physics
- Section of Mathematics and Methodology
- Section of IT and Economical Methods and Modeling

Notable alumni[edit]

Tovmas Poghosyan (1954-), prominent Armenia folk music performer.

References[edit]

^ History of foundation

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[1] History of foundation

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v t e Vanadzor
Places of worship	Church of the Holy Mother of God Church of the Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Surp Sarkis Church Saint Gregory of Narek Cathedral Holy Children Chapel
Culture and Education	Lori-Pambak Archaeological Museum House-museum of Stepan Zoryan Vanadzor Fine Art Museum Vanadzor State University Mkhitar Gosh Armenian-Russian International University Vanadzor Technology Center
Other	Hayk Square Vanadzor Botanical Garden Vanadzor Central Park Diocese of Gougark Vanadzor City Stadium Vanadzor Football Academy Lori FC

v t e Universities in Armenia
State	Armenian National Agrarian University Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport Armenian State Pedagogical University Armenian State University of Economics Crisis Management State Academy European University of Armenia French University in Armenia Gavar State University Goris State University Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan National Polytechnic University of Armenia National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia Shirak State University Vanadzor State University Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography Yerevan State Medical University Yerevan State University
Inter-governmental	Armenian National Academy of Sciences Fondation Université Française en Arménie Russian-Armenian University Ternopil National Economic University
International private	American University of Armenia
Local private	Eurasia International University Haybusak University of Yerevan
Bible colleges	Gevorkian Theological Seminary