National Polytechnic University of Armenia


The National Polytechnic University of Armenia, 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.

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 has gradually grown, to include around 25,000 students during the 1980s.
With the independence of Armenia in 1991, the 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:
As of 2016, the university has the following faculties:
The university has a faculty that provides online studies as well.
The Gyumri campus provides online studies as well.
The Vanadzor campus provides online studies as well.
As of 2016, the National Polytechnic University of Armenia has international cooperation with the following universities and institutions:
  1. China
  2. *Jilin University
  3. *Shanghai Institute of Electric Power
  4. *Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  5. Finland
  6. *Central Ostrobothnia Polytechnic
  7. France
  8. *Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Marseille
  9. *Paris 12 Val de Marne University
  10. *Aix-Marseille University
  11. *University of the Mediterranean
  12. *Université de Droit, d’Economie et des Sciences
  13. *Chamber of commerce
  14. Germany
  15. *Technische Universität Ilmenau
  16. *Institute of Optoelectronics
  17. *Technische Universität Darmstadt and Stuttgart
  18. Greece
  19. *Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  20. *National Technical University of Athens
  21. *Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus
  22. Italy
  23. *Sapienza University of Rome
  24. *University of Rome Tor Vergata
  25. Portugal
  26. *Technical University of Lisbon
  27. Russia
  28. *Moscow Institute of Energetics
  29. *Bauman Moscow State Technical University
  30. *Moscow Technical University of Communication and Informatics
  31. Spain
  32. *University of Granada
  33. *Autonomous University of Barcelona
  34. *University of Alicante
  35. Sweden
  36. *Royal Institute of Technology
  37. *Lund University
  38. Syria
  39. *Damascus University
  40. Ukraine
  41. *Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
  42. *Ukrainian State Academy of Light Industry
  43. United Kingdom
  44. *Brunel University London
  45. *Queen's University Belfast
  46. *University of Huddersfield
  47. United States
  48. *California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  49. *New Jersey Institute of Technology
  50. *Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
  51. *Southern University
  52. *Grambling State University and Southern University New Orleans

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