National Polytechnic University of Armenia


The National Polytechnic University of Armenia is a technical university located in Yerevan, Armenia. 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, Vanadzor and Kapan. Currently there are more than 8,000 students and more than 750 faculty members.
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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 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 Yerevan:

Faculties and Institutes

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
  • *Faculty of Natural sciences and communication systems

International relations

As of 2016, the National Polytechnic University of Armenia has international cooperation with the following universities and institutions:
  1. China
  2. *Jilin University
  3. *Shanghai Institute of Electric Power
  4. *Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  5. Finland
  6. *Central Ostrobothnia Polytechnic
  7. France
  8. *Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Marseille
  9. *Paris 12 Val de Marne University
  10. *Aix-Marseille University
  11. *University of the Mediterranean
  12. *Université de Droit, d’Economie et des Sciences
  13. *Chamber of commerce
  14. Germany
  15. *Technische Universität Ilmenau
  16. *Institute of Optoelectronics
  17. *Technische Universität Darmstadt and Stuttgart
  18. Greece
  19. *Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  20. *National Technical University of Athens
  21. *Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus
  22. Italy
  23. *Sapienza University of Rome
  24. *University of Rome Tor Vergata
  25. Portugal
  26. *Technical University of Lisbon
  27. Russia
  28. *Moscow Institute of Energetics
  29. *Bauman Moscow State Technical University
  30. *Moscow Technical University of Communication and Informatics
  31. Spain
  32. *University of Granada
  33. *Autonomous University of Barcelona
  34. *University of Alicante
  35. Sweden
  36. *Royal Institute of Technology
  37. *Lund University
  38. Syria
  39. *Damascus University
  40. Ukraine
  41. *Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
  42. *Ukrainian State Academy of Light Industry
  43. United Kingdom
  44. *Brunel University London
  45. *Queen's University Belfast
  46. *University of Huddersfield
  47. United States
  48. *California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  49. *New Jersey Institute of Technology
  50. *Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
  51. *Southern University
  52. *Grambling State University and Southern University New Orleans

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

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 was established with two faculties: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Faculty of Chemical Technology.
  • 1933 March 14 - In commemoration of 50 years after Karl Marx'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 and Kirovakan 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.
  • 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 Branch of YPI was founded in Artsakh. Later in 1993, on its base the Artsakh University was established.
  • 1991 November 29 - By the Order No 4 of the RA President, YPI was reorganized into State Engineering University of Armenia.
  • 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.
  • 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.