Yerevan State University (YSU)

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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