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On July 12, 2023, YSU Ijevan Branch hosted 2022-2023 graduation ceremony of 224 graduates (129 full-time and 95 part-time students), which was attended by Yerevan State University Rector Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, YSU Rector’s Chief of Staff Davit Hovhannisyan, Tavush Marz Governor Hayk Ghalumyan, representatives of various fields of the region, members of the administrative and teaching staff of the university, students, graduates, parents.

The ceremony started with the national anthem of Armenia, the anthem of Yerevan State University. Then a 1-minute silence was paid to the memory of our Armenians who died in the 44-day Artsakh war.

The Rector of YSU, the Governor of Tavush, and the Acting Director of the IB of YSU presented the diplomas of excellence to the graduates with high performance, then the deans of the faculties, according to the specialties, presented the diplomas to the other graduates of full-time and part-time education.

The ceremony continued in Yell Extreme Park in Yenokavan.



Yerevan State University is again on top in Armenia, and the YSU Ijevan branch is on top of regional universities in the number of applicants for the 2023-2024 bachelor’s degree.

Mother University has 3159 applicants for the first round of admission for 2461 places announced in 59 bachelor’s educational programs. Compared to the previous year, this year, the number of applications has increased by almost 10 percent.

On April 15, the 2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference “Social-Pedagogical Innovations in Education” was launched at Ijevan Branch of YSU. The purpose of the conference is to promote student research, to reveal the creative potential of students, masters and post-graduate students, to focus the attention of youth on the importance of modern pedagogical research.

The 2nd international scientific-practical conference of young scientists was attended by undergraduate and master’s students of various specialties, young professors and scientists from Armenia and 62 universities around the world.

A memorandum of cooperation was signed by the YSU Ijevan branch and the Moscow State Pedagogical University within the framework of the scientific forum, which will later provide various opportunities to students and professors.



Tourism is in the top three of the most wanted specialties of the YSU IB. The director explains this by studying the employment of about 300 graduates of the department.

The cooperation between the cities of Ijevan and Valence started in 1996. At that time, the city of Ijevan of Tavush region and the city of Valence of France were declared sister cities.

As a sign of many years of friendship and cooperation, on October 10, the Mayor of Valance, Nicolas Daragon, and his delegation were in Ijevan.

Greeting the governor of the region and the mayor of Ijevan, Nicolas Daragon, mentioned that after touring Ijevan, they also decided to visit the Ijevan Branch of Yerevan State University.

Emphasizing cultural cooperation, Levon Chatikyan, the founder of the Valence Song and Dance Academy, says that he has been cooperating with various conservatories and Music schools for more than ten years.
According to Valence Deputy Gevorg Rasklinyan, it is exciting to reach Ijevan and hear French at the state university.

Nicolas Daragon emphasized that they want to draw the world’s attention to the Republic of Armenia with this visit, to stand with Armenia in these difficult days, stating that France is always by the side of the Armenian people.



On July 8, the Armenian language and literature department students were hosted on Tavush TV. The familiarization visit aimed at introducing the work of Tavush media to the students, exchanging interesting ideas, and sharing work routines.

The media team presented the television, its’ works, activities, and offices. The practical organization of the works was also presented. The employees told about their experience, joint activities, and initial voluntary work, highlighting its importance. The students shared their ideas about their desired jobs, journalistic preferences, and interests, coming up with some suggestions.

During the visit, agreements were also reached about the possibility and nature of further cooperation so that the students could make their own contribution to the creation and establishment of regional media.

The article was prepared by the students of YSU IB, Roza Baghramyan, and Gohar Virabyan.

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On April 30, 2022, within the framework of the activities of the American Library and Training Center, the “Vital talks of hope, determination, and action” community event was organized in the hall of the Faculty of Applied Arts of YSU Ijevan Branch, with the participation of the invited speakers

The speakers were Cultural Attache of the US Embassy in Armenia, Marsha Outlaw, Founder of Tmm Soft ‘Autism” LLC, Lena Harutyunyan, Head of the rheumatology and immunology service at Nairi Medical Center, Vahan Mukuchyan, Head of the Department of Rescue and Sports Tourism of the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture, President of the Armenian Mountaineering and Hiking Federation, Suren Danielyan, journalist, editor, public speaker, public figure, Ani Qochar, the Founder of “Arpi” NGO

for work with mothers, wives, and children of killed soldiers and people displaced from Artsakh during the Artsakh war, Sofik Minasyan. 

The speakers of the event touched upon two topics during their speeches: 

– The importance of social inclusion and equality,

– The importance of the individual initiative. 

At the end of the event, the participants of the 44-day Artsakh war performed.  

On April 22, Tavush Media Council Chairman Nikolay Grigoryan visited YSU Ijevan Branch.

The meeting aims to involve students in the work of Tavush TV, and provide them with work in the future. 

Nikolay Grigoryan met A. Makaryan, the Acting Director of YSU IB, and K. Poghosyan, the Acting Dean of the Faculty of the Humanities. The questions related to the the bilateral cooperation were discussed during the meeting.

Then, N. Grigoryan’s meeting with all the students of the “Armenian language and literature” specialization took place. K. Poghosyan, the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Dr. Associate Professor V. Avagyan, Acting Head of the Chair of the Armenian Language and Literature of YSU IB, and H. Vanyan, Public Relations Officer also took part in the meeting.

During the meeting with the students, Mr. Grigoryan presented the purpose of his visit, the problems, his program of training local staff based on the students and answered the students’ questions. 

At the end of the meeting, an agreement was reached to form a group of the interested students under the leadership of the Dean, which will be hosted on a study visit on Tavush TV, and get acquainted with the activities, directions, and spheres of the TV, the functions of the employees, and the main principles of the work.