Signing of the memorandum of cooperation | National University Of Architecture And Construction Of Armenia | Armenia, Yerevan, 2025
Artashes Melikyan, Dean of the NUAS Faculty of Design, noted that the university’s international cooperation agenda is very multipolar and fruitful, as evidenced by the signing of the aforementioned memorandum.
Artur Ryzhov, President of the International Academy of Design, noted that this year the academy celebrates its fifth anniversary and cooperates quite closely with its Korean colleagues in the field of architecture, construction and other fields.
“This year we decided to visit Armenia and get acquainted with its rich culture. We were very well received here, and a fruitful basis for cooperation was created. The trilateral memorandum confirms this, and we have quite high expectations from it. Armenia now has a certain innovative potential and is open to everyone, which is extremely important, especially for creative people. First of all, we discussed the prospects of our cooperation in the professional fields of design and architecture. The establishment of ties and the exchange of experience between different countries will contribute to the establishment of new cultural bridges,” Ryzhov said.He assured that the participants had already familiarized themselves with the educational programs of NUAS, which, according to Ryzhov, have an academic basis, but at the same time are adapted to modern development trends, which facilitates communication.
The memorandum signed between the parties provides for the development and implementation of joint scientific research, educational programs, joint organization of conferences, seminars, exhibitions and other events, exchange of teaching staff and researchers, as well as planning joint academic and creative exchanges, mutual exchange of teachers, students and researchers in the format of academic and creative events, development and implementation of joint projects in the field of design and related fields, exchange of academic information, including library resources, scientific publications and periodicals, as well as the sharing of academic materials, publications and periodicals.
National University Of Architecture And Construction Of Armenia
A technical school opened within the newly established Yerevan State University in 1921, graduating its first students in 1928. In July 1930, the Armenian Construction Institute, which by this stage had departments of Architecture and Construction, Hydrology and Chemical Engineering, was established with prominent architect Mikayel Mazmanyan as its first director.
On 11 July 1989, on the basis of the related departments and chairs of the National Polytechnic University of Armenia, the Architectural/Construction Institute was established by the decree of the Armenian SSR Council of Ministers. It was renamed as the Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction in 2000. Its first rector was Arest Baglaryan who served between 1989 and 2006, since which time Professor Hovhannes Tokmajyan has been the rector.
In 2014, the university was renamed as the National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia (NUACA).
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