SubjectsBusiness & Management · Engineering & Technology · Computer Science & IT · Medicine & Health Sciences · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · International Relations · Languages & Linguistics
Accreditation
National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA) — Armenia's national accreditation body, established 2008 by Armenian Government decree as an independent foundation. ANQA implements institutional and programme accreditation across preliminary, vocational, and higher education. Full member of ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) since 2017. Operates under oversight of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport (MoESCS, escs.am) — the Armenian ministry that was formed in 2019 by merging the education, culture, and sport portfolios.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-14.
Founded 1991 (chartered as American University of Armenia in cooperation with the University of California; opened immediately after Armenian independence from the USSR; AUA is affiliated with the University of California system). Private American-style university in Yerevan, founded 1991 immediately after Armenian independence from the USSR in cooperation with the University of California. AUA IS AFFILIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM — degrees are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) in the USA. American liberal-arts curriculum, English-medium instruction throughout. Colleges: Business and Economics, Engineering and Applied Science (Akian College), Humanities and Social Sciences, Health Sciences (Turpanjian School of Public Health), and the Manoogian Simone College. Distinctive Cilician-Armenian diaspora funding and orientation. Most internationally portable Armenian degree given WASC accreditation.
SubjectsAgriculture & Environmental Studies · Veterinary Medicine · Business & Management · Natural Sciences
Accreditation
National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA) — Armenia's national accreditation body, established 2008 by Armenian Government decree as an independent foundation. ANQA implements institutional and programme accreditation across preliminary, vocational, and higher education. Full member of ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) since 2017. Operates under oversight of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport (MoESCS, escs.am) — the Armenian ministry that was formed in 2019 by merging the education, culture, and sport portfolios.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-14.
Founded 1930 (chartered as the Armenian Agricultural Institute in the Soviet era; reorganised multiple times; renamed Armenian National Agrarian University in 2013 by merging the State Agrarian University of Armenia with several agricultural research institutes). Armenia's premier agricultural and food-sciences university, located in Yerevan with regional research centres across Armenian rural regions. Founded 1930 as the Armenian Agricultural Institute in the Soviet era. Reorganised multiple times; current ANAU formed in 2013 by merging the State Agrarian University of Armenia with the Armenian Research Institute of Agriculture, the Plant Protection Research Institute, and the Scientific Centre of Agrobiotechnology. Faculties span Agronomy, Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry, Agribusiness and Economics, Food Technologies, Hydromelioration, Land Management and Cadastre, and the Forestry and Botanical Studies department. Critical for Armenia's agriculture sector and rural development.
SubjectsEducation · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Mathematics & Statistics · Natural Sciences · Languages & Linguistics · Law
Accreditation
National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA) — Armenia's national accreditation body, established 2008 by Armenian Government decree as an independent foundation. ANQA implements institutional and programme accreditation across preliminary, vocational, and higher education. Full member of ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) since 2017. Operates under oversight of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport (MoESCS, escs.am) — the Armenian ministry that was formed in 2019 by merging the education, culture, and sport portfolios.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-14.
Founded 1922 (chartered as the Yerevan Higher Pedagogical Institute in the early Soviet era; renamed Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan in 1948 — Abovyan was the 19th-century Armenian writer considered the father of modern Eastern Armenian literature). Armenia's premier teacher-training university, located in Yerevan. Founded 1922 as the Yerevan Higher Pedagogical Institute in the early Soviet era. Renamed after Khachatur Abovyan (1809-1848) — the 19th-century Armenian writer and educator considered the FATHER OF MODERN EASTERN ARMENIAN LITERATURE through his novel 'Wounds of Armenia' (Verk Hayastani). Faculties span Pre-school and Methodology of Primary Education, Education and Psychology, Cultural Studies, Special Education and Sociology, Philology, History and Jurisprudence, Foreign Languages, Mathematics-Physics and Information Technologies, Chemistry-Biology and Geography, Initial Military Training and Physical Education, and Fine Arts. Primary trainer of Armenian school teachers.
National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA) — Armenia's national accreditation body, established 2008 by Armenian Government decree as an independent foundation. ANQA implements institutional and programme accreditation across preliminary, vocational, and higher education. Full member of ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) since 2017. Operates under oversight of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport (MoESCS, escs.am) — the Armenian ministry that was formed in 2019 by merging the education, culture, and sport portfolios.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-14.
Founded 1933 (chartered as the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in the Soviet era to train engineers for the Armenian SSR; renamed State Engineering University of Armenia in 1991; renamed National Polytechnic University of Armenia in 2014). Armenia's premier engineering university, located in Yerevan with regional branches in Gyumri (Shirak region), Vanadzor (Lori region), and Kapan (Syunik region). Founded 1933 as the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute (Soviet era) to train engineers for the Armenian SSR. Renamed State Engineering University of Armenia in 1991 after independence; renamed National Polytechnic University of Armenia in 2014. ~10,000+ students across faculties spanning Mining, Metallurgy and Chemical Technology, Mechanical Engineering and Transport, Energy and Electrical Engineering, Cybernetics, Information Technologies and Electronics, Chemical Technologies and Environmental Engineering, Computer Systems and Informatics. Major training institution for Armenian engineers and ICT professionals. The 1988 Spitak earthquake (which devastated Gyumri/Leninakan) damaged the Gyumri branch but it was rebuilt with international assistance.
SubjectsMathematics & Statistics · Natural Sciences · Computer Science & IT · Pharmacy · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Law · Business & Management · International Relations · Theology & Religious Studies · Communication & Media Studies · Languages & Linguistics · Education
Accreditation
National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA) — Armenia's national accreditation body, established 2008 by Armenian Government decree as an independent foundation. ANQA implements institutional and programme accreditation across preliminary, vocational, and higher education. Full member of ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) since 2017. Operates under oversight of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport (MoESCS, escs.am) — the Armenian ministry that was formed in 2019 by merging the education, culture, and sport portfolios.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-14.
Founded 1919 (chartered as Alexandropol University in Gyumri on 16 May 1919 by the Armenian First Republic government; relocated to Yerevan in 1920 and became Yerevan State University — Armenia's first modern university). Armenia's flagship and oldest modern university, located in Yerevan. Founded on 16 May 1919 as Alexandropol University in Gyumri by the Armenian First Republic government — only months before the republic's fall to the Soviet Red Army. Relocated to Yerevan in 1920 and became Yerevan State University. Survived the Soviet era and is now Armenia's preeminent research university. ~16,000+ students across 21 faculties spanning Mathematics and Mechanics, Informatics and Applied Mathematics, Physics, Radiophysics, Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy, Geography and Geology, History, Armenian Philology, Russian Philology, Roman-Germanic Philology, Oriental Studies, International Relations, Law, Economics and Management, Philosophy and Psychology, Sociology, Theology, Journalism, and the Faculty of European Languages and Communications. Strong heritage in Armenian philology and Oriental studies given Armenia's position at the crossroads of West Asia and the South Caucasus.
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