President Serzh Sargsyan visited the branch of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) in Yerevan, which has been established in the capital. Accompanied by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan, RA Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan, RA Minister of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations, the chairman of the Board of trustees of MSU branch in Yerevan Armen Yeritsyan, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, RA NAS President Radik Martirosyan, MSU Rector Victor Sadovnichy, Ivan Volynkin, RF ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the RA and by the branch leadership the President toured the newly-opened educational institution, familiarized himself with its activities, teaching conditions and educational programs.

The Yerevan branch has mainly employed qualified professionals from Moscow. In the 2015-16 academic years, the university is attended by 65 students, out of whom 15 are state-financed and 50 study on a contractual base. Courses are conducted in five professions - Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Law, Journalism, Linguistics and International Relations.
Joined by the faculty, students, their parents and other guests, Armenia’s president listened to the speeches at the Assembly Hall of the University made by the RA Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan and the Rector ofMoscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy.
In their welcoming remarks, they congratulated the university students on the start of the academic year, wished them success and attached importance to the entry of a new educational institution, Moscow State University, into Armenia’s education system.

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