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American University of Armenia (AUA)

American University of Armenia (AUA) is a recognised university in Armenia. Below is what AlmiStudy records about it — only verified fields are shown; anything not confirmed is deliberately left out rather than guessed.

CityYerevan
RegionAsia
TypePrivate
SubjectsBusiness & Management; Engineering & Technology; Computer Science & IT; Medicine & Health Sciences; Arts & Humanities; Social Sciences; International Relations; Languages & Linguistics
AccreditationNational 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.
Official websitehttps://aua.am
Accreditation registryhttps://www.anqa.am/en/
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.
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