page_title: Yerevan State University
section_title: Post-independence
hierarchical_section_title: Yerevan State University / History / Post-independence
caption_attribution_description: English: Sahak Partev and Mesrop Mashtots statues in Yerevan Հայերեն: Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց և Սահակ Պարթև- բազալտ, հեղինակը Արա Սարգսյանն է, ճարտարապետն Է. Ռ. Ջույհակյանը։։ Ստեղծվել է 1943 թվականին։
context_page_description: Yerevan State University, also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919, it is the largest university in the country. It is thus informally known as Armenia's "mother university". Of its 3,150 employees, 1,190 comprise the teaching staff which includes 25 academicians, 130 professors, 700 docents, and 360 assistant lecturers. The university has 400 researchers, 1,350 post-graduate students, and 8,500 undergraduates, including 300 students from abroad.
  Instruction is in Armenian, but instruction in Russian and English for foreign students is arranged according to need. The academic year is from September 1 through June 30.
  In 2010, according to University Ranking by Academic Performance, it is the 1st-ranked university in Armenia and the 954th in the world, of total 20,000 institutions included in the list.
context_section_description: After the independence, the Ijevan campus of the Yerevan State University was opened in 1994.
  The period of 1995–96 was crucial for the university with the beginning of new educational process, in order to meet the highest international standards. Thus, the faculties adopted two-grade system of education, providing Bachelor's and master's degrees. Doctoral degree is also provided by the faculties.
  As of 2016–17, around 20,000 students study at 19 faculties of the university. The academic staff of the university is more than 1600 qualified specialists and experts, including 207 professors, 581 associate professors, 375 assistants, and 453 lecturers.
  Doctor Professor of Historical Sciences Aram Simonyan is the rector of university since 2006.
  On November 27, 2014, the Yerevan State University was restructured as Foundation by the government's decision. The first meeting of the new governing body of the university; the Board of Trustees with 32 members, was held on April 19, 2015. President of Armenian Serzh Sargsyan was elected as chairman of the board.
caption: The statues of Mesrop Mashtots and Sahak Partev (sculptor Ara Sargsian) erected in 2002, at the entrance to the YSU main building
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