American University of Armenia
Established:	1991
Type:	Private
President:	Haroutune Armenian
Faculty:	80
Students:	268
Location:	Yerevan, Armenia
Website:	http://www.aua.am

The American University of Armenia (AUA) is a private, nonsectarian, independent university founded in 1991 in Yerevan, Armenia. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Unlike Public universities, private universities generally do not receive direct operational funding from national or subnational governments and thus rely on private University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Its creation inspired in the aftermath of the 1988 Leninakan Earthquake, the university is the first Armenian institution modeled on Western-style higher education, committed to teaching, research, and service. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Spitak Earthquake (also called Leninakan Earthquake and Gyumri Earthquake) was a tremor with a Magnitude of 6 As of 2006, it serves only graduate students. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described

The university currently offers instruction leading to a master's degree in the following eight fields of study: business administration, industrial engineering and systems management, computer and information science, political science, public health, law, comparative legal studies, and teaching English as a foreign language. In Business, administration consists of the performance or management of business operations and thus the making or implementing of major decisions Industrial engineering is also not good and shit Operations management, Systems engineering, production engineering manufacturing engineering or manufacturing systems Systems management refers to enterprise-wide administration of distributed computer systems. Computer science (or computing science) is the study and the Science of the theoretical foundations of Information and Computation and their Information science is an interdisciplinary science primarily concerned with the collection classification, manipulation storage retrieval and dissemination Political science is a branch of Social sciences that deals with the theory and practice of Politics and the description and analysis of Political systems Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts and informed choices of society organisations Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society By offering these programs in English, AUA strives to become accessible to qualified individuals from other countries in the region.

Qualified students may complete an interdisciplinary Certificate in Environmental Conservation and Research. In preparation for the academic program, AUA offers its students instruction in the English language and in computer applications.

History

The front facade of the American University of Armenia.

Following the Leninakan Earthquake, a number of earthquake engineers from the West went to Armenia. The Spitak Earthquake (also called Leninakan Earthquake and Gyumri Earthquake) was a tremor with a Magnitude of 6 See also Earthquake engineering Seismic retrofitting is the modification of existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, In 1989, Yuri Sarkissian, then rector of the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute, suggested to Armen Der Kiureghian, Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, that an Armenian technical university based on the Western model ought to be established to foster educational progress in Armenia. The word rector ("ruler" from the Latin regere and Rector meaning "Teacher" In Latin has a number of different meanings but all of them indicate an academic The State Engineering University of Armenia (SEUA (Հայաստանի Պետական Ճարտարագիտական Համալսարան is a technical University located The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley

The proposition was narrowed to the express goal of creating a graduate university on the American model. Der Kiureghian and another earthquake engineer, Mihran Agbabian, Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California, set out to realize the goal. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly A number of American and Armenian academics supported the concept of the university. Der Kiureghian and Agbabian, along with the late Stepan Karamardian, formerly Dean of the A. In Academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit or over a specific area of concern or both Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Riverside, presented their proposal for the university to the Armenian government. The University of California Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public Research university and one of the 10 general

Two institutions were noteworthy in realizing the establishment of AUA: the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) and the University of California (UC). The Armenian General Benevolent Union (Հայկական Բարեգործական Ընդհանուր Միութիւն abbreviated as AGBU, established in 1906 is a Non-profit The University of California ( UC) is a Public university system in the state of California. In addition, the Armenian government—in particular the Ministry of Higher Education and Sciences (now the Ministry of Education and Science)—offered financial and logistical support for the university from the start in the face of the turbulent political and economic circumstances in Armenia from the period of 1989–1991. The AGBU underwrote a significant portion of the operational funding required to establish AUA. When the UC was asked for its assistance in founding the university, David P. Gardner, then president of the University of California, appointed a task force led by then Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs William R. For the computer game see Joint Task Force (computer game. A task force (TF is a temporary unit or formation established to work Frazer to evaluate the possibility of an affiliation between the AUA and the UC. After the task force's visit to Armenia in July 1990, the Regents of the University of California voted unanimously in favor of an affiliation with the university. The Regents of the University of California make up the governing board of the University of California. Through this affiliation, the UC provides technical support and experience for the growth of AUA and collaborates with the AUA in preparing a cadre of faculty for the university. When on September 21, 1991 Armenia declared its independence, AUA began instruction with 101 students. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. ^[1]

Expansion

Barsam Building

On October 6, 2005, it was announced that Vartkes and Hasmig Barsam were donating the Hye Business Suites Hotel (opened in 1990) to the AUA. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. During the ceremony, Vartkes Barsam stated that the Armenian Business Hotel Complex is delivered to the management of the American University of Armenia (AUA) for the purpose of assisting the program on enrollment of regional and foreign students; previously, the Board of Trustees of the AUA Corporation resolved to rename the suites to the AUA Vartkes and Hasmig Barsam Building. With financial assistance of the USAID's organization "American Schools and Hospitals Abroad," the AUA made an investment of about $300,000 in order to repair and technically reequip the building. The United States Agency for International Development (or USAID) is the United States federal government organization responsible for most non- military The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been

Papazian Library

The Papazian Library came into existence in 1991 when AUA was established. It is named after the Papazian family, a generous benefactor of the American University of Armenia. For the past 14 years the Library has evolved at a rapid pace, implementing contemporary methods of management and technology.

See also

• State Engineering University of Armenia
• Yerevan State University
• Yerevan State Linguistic University
• Yerevan State Medical University
• Yerevan State Musical Conservatory
• Yerevan State Pedagogical University
• Eurasia International University
• Russian-Armenian State University

References

External links

• American University of Armenia (AUA) official site