The National Polytechnic University of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի ազգային պոլիտեխնիկական համալսարան) is a technical university located in Yerevan, Armenia. Established as the Karl Marx Institute of Polytechnic in 1933, it provides educational and research programs in various fields of technology and science related to engineering. The university includes a central campus in Yerevan and branch campuses located in Gyumri, Vanadzor and Kapan. Currently there are more than 8,000 students and more than 750 faculty members.
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History
The university was founded by the Soviet government in 1933 as the Karl Marx Institute of Polytechnic including 2 faculties with 107 students. With the development of the industrial sector in the Armenian SSR, the university gradually grew. By the 1980s, the university had around 25,000 students.
With the independence of Armenia in 1991, the university name was changed to the State Engineering University of Armenia. In November 2014, the university was renamed as the National Polytechnic University of Armenia by the decision of the government of Armenia.
Campuses
As of 2016, the university has campuses in 3 Armenian cities other than Yerevan:
Gyumri
Vanadzor
Kapan
Faculties and Institutes
As of 2016, the university has the following faculties:
Yerevan:
Faculty of Chemical Technologies and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Physics
Faculty of Mining and Metallurgy
Institute of Energetics and Electrotechnic
Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Transportation Systems Design
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies and Electronics
The university has a faculty that provides online studies as well.
Gyumri campus:
Faculty of Technologies and sectoral economics
Faculty of Natural sciences and communication systems
The Gyumri campus provides online studies as well.
Vanadzor campus named after Petros Melkonyan:
Faculty of Technologies and sectoral economics
Faculty of Natural sciences and communication systems
The Vanadzor campus provides online studies as well.
Kapan campus:
International relations
As of 2016, the National Polytechnic University of Armenia has international cooperation with the following universities and institutions:
China
Jilin University
Shanghai Institute of Electric Power
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Finland
Central Ostrobothnia Polytechnic
France
Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Marseille (ESIM)
Paris 12 Val de Marne University
Aix-Marseille University
University of the Mediterranean
Université de Droit, d’Economie et des Sciences
Chamber of commerce (Marseille)
Germany
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Institute of Optoelectronics (Wesling)
Technische Universität Darmstadt and Stuttgart
Greece
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
National Technical University of Athens
Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus
Rectors
Hovhannes Babajanyan, 1934–1936
Hmayak Ghondakhchyan, 1936–1937
Ashot Melikjanyan, 1937
Misak Petrosyan, 1937–1946
Petros Melkonyan, 1946–1965
Ashot Aslanyan, 1965–1966
Artsrun Gasparyan, 1966–1980
Rafayel Movsisyan, 1980–1988
Yuri Sargsyan, 1988–2006
Vostanik Marukhyan, 2006–2011
Ara Avetisyan, 2011–2014
Hovhannes Tokmajyan, 2014–2015
Vostanik Marukhyan, 2015–2020
Gor Vardanyan, 2021–present
Notable alumni
Siranush Atoyan (1904–1985), Soviet Armenian architect
Karen Demirchyan (1932–1999), former speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia
Gevorg Emin (1919–1998), Armenian poet and writer.
Robert Kocharyan (born 1954), former president of Armenia.
Andranik Margaryan (2000–2007), former prime minister of Armenia.
Levon Mnatsakanyan, former defense minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
Lili Morto, singer, actress, and model
Vartan Oskanian, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.
Aram Sargsyan, 9th prime minister of Armenia
Tigran Torosyan, former speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia.
Edmund Tsaturyan, member of the National Assembly of Armenia
Tamar Tumanyan (1907–1989) Soviet Armenian architect
Hrant Vardanyan, Armenian businessman
Milestones
1933 February 27 - According to the Resolution of the Government of Soviet Armenia, the two Yerevan Institutes of Civil Engineering and Chemical Technology were merged and 1933.
1933 March 1 - Yerevan Polytechnic Institute (YPI) was established with two faculties: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Faculty of Chemical Technology.
1933 March 14 - In commemoration of 50 years after Karl Marx's death, the institute was renamed to Yerevan Karl Marx Polytechnic Institute.
1939 - Industrial Correspondence Education Institute joined YPI, becoming its Department of Correspondence Education.
1942 September 1 - The faculty of Electrical Engineering was founded.
1944 September 1 - The faculty of Mechanical Engineering was founded.
1946 Autumn - The first Students’ Scientific Conference of the institute took place.
1947 - The Students' Scientific Association of YPI was established.
1953 - The Faculty of Mining was founded.
1956 - The library reading hall of YPI with 45 thousand books was opened.
1957 May 1 - The first issue of the newspaper §Polytechnic¦ was published.
1959 - Leninakan (Gyumri) and Kirovakan (Vanadzor) Branches of YPI were founded.
1961 - The Faculty of Automatics and Computing Technics was founded.