The most famous university in the 10 Best Universities in Armenia that Toplist would like to introduce to you is Yerevan State University. Yerevan State University, also known as the University of Yerevan, is Armenia's oldest continuously operating public university. It is the country's largest university, having been founded in 1919. As a result, it is colloquially known as Armenia's "mother university" Of its 3,150 employees, 1,190 comprise the teaching staff which includes 25 academicians, 130 professors, 700 docents (associate professors), and 360 assistant lecturers. The university has 400 researchers, 1,350 postgraduate students, and 8,500 undergraduate students, including 300 international students.

Instruction is in Armenian, but instruction in Russian and English for international students is arranged on a case-by-case basis. The school year runs from September 1 to June 30.

According to the 2010 University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), it is the top-ranked university in Armenia and the 954th in the world out of 20,000 institutions on the list. The Yerevan State University has been named one of the world's 1,000 best universities, with a ranking of 801-1,000 in the QS World University Ranking 2022.

YSU is a full member of the International Association of Universities, the Association of European Universities, the Association of Eurasian Universities, the Russian Union of Rectors, the Association of Universities of the Black Sea Region, and the International Association of University Presidents.

Website: http://www.ysu.am/

The American University of Armenia (AUA) is a private, independent university in Yerevan, Armenia that is accredited by the Senior College and University Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. It is the first U.S.-accredited institution in the former Soviet Union that offers undergraduate and graduate education as of 2015.

The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), the University of California (UC), and the Armenian government founded it in 1991, Armenia's first year of independence. The university is the country's first Western-style higher education institution, dedicated to teaching, research, and service; it offers master's degrees in ten fields and bachelor's degrees in seven.

The American University of Armenia is widely regarded as one of Armenia's top universities. Former Education Minister Armen Ashotyan (2009-2016), the US Embassy in Armenia, Armenian Weekly, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Armenian service, independent news agency CivilNet,, and other media outlets have all described it as such. In at least two rankings from the Armenian government and Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, AUA has been ranked second in the country, trailing Yerevan State University.

Website: aua.am

The third famous university in Top 10 Best Universities in Armenia that Toplist would like to introduce to you is Armenian National Agrarian University. In Yerevan, Armenia's capital city, the Armenian National Agrarian University (ANAU) is a governmental university and higher educational institution that focuses on agriculture. The institution educates and develops professionals for careers in the agricultural industry. The Agricultural Institute of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic was established on May 6, 1930, on the foundation of the Faculty of Agriculture of the Yerevan State University, which had previously existed.

As a consequence of a combination with the Yerevan Zoo-technical Veterinary Institute and the Armenian Agricultural Academy in 1994, the Institute was restructured to become the Armenian National Agrarian University, which opened its doors in 1995.

At the moment, the university has five departments:

• Department of Agronomy
• Department of Food Technologies
• Department of Agrarian Engineering
• Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry
• Department of Agribusiness and Economics

Website: http://www.anau.am/

Located in Yerevan, Armenia, the Russian-Armenian University (RAU) is an intergovernmental institution that is jointly administered by the Russian Federation and Armenia. It is Russian and Armenian that are used as the primary languages of instruction and communication at the university. At RAU, there are separate education sectors for Russian and Armenian students. Students receive two state diplomas upon graduation: one in Armenian and one in Russian.

As a result of an inter-state agreement signed between Armenia and the Russian Federation in 1997, the Russian-Armenian University was formed. Academician Levon Mkrtchyan, a Doctor of Philology, was appointed as the university's first Rector in 1999. Armen Darbinyan is the current rector of the university.

In February 1999, the first students were admitted to the programs in law, public and municipal administration, and journalism. Since then, the institution has continued to expand, incorporating new areas of teaching and research into its curriculum and facilities. Since 2002, the university has been establishing scientific institutes, institutions, and problem-solving groups to address a variety of problems. In the same year, RAU began offering a postgraduate degree program. It was completed in 2004 that the main building was rebuilt, and it was completed in 2009 when RAU opened its own sports complex. The Park of Gratitude, located on the university's grounds, was dedicated on October 15, 2004, as a symbol of the goodwill between Russia and Armenia. This particular day has been designated as RAU Day. The Russian Academy of Sciences was accredited by the Russian Federation's Ministry of Education and Science on April 29, 2005.

Website: http://www.rau.am/

The fifth famous university in Top 10 Best Universities in Armenia that Toplist would like to introduce to you is Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences. The Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences, which has been in operation since 1935 in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, is a public university. Since 1962, it has been known as Valery Bryusov Park, after the Russian poet and historian Valery Bryusov. Russian, English, French, German, and a variety of other languages are taught at the university. Graduates also study practical psychology, historical studies, political science, area studies, and other humanities at the university. The university is situated at the crossroads of Tumanyan and Moscow streets in the heart of Yerevan's historic district.

As of 2017, Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences has three faculties in addition to the college of studies, which includes Faculty of Translation and Intercultural Communication, Faculty of Russian and Foreign Languages and International Communications and Faculty of Foreign Languages.

The student council, which was established in 1996, is the vehicle through which university students exercise self-government. The council's mission is to actively participate in university life and to aid in the promotion of discussion and settlement of urgent issues in the academic process as well as in the social life of students and other members of the community.

The council works in close collaboration with the Student Councils of many universities in Armenia and around the world. Graduation ceremonies, the publication of the "Polyglot-New" newspaper, round table talks, intellectual games, conferences, workshops, and seminars, among other things, are all organized by the council. The students volunteer their time with a variety of organizations and work closely with the university's career center to achieve their goals. The students make regular visits to orphanages across Yerevan and the surrounding areas, as well as organize a variety of sporting, scientific, and cultural events.

Website: www.brusov.am/en

A state-owned economics institution in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, the Armenian State University of Economics (ASUE) is known by its Armenian name, which means "Armenian State University of Economics." The Yerevan State University's Faculty of Economics was established in 1930 as part of the university's overall structure. It was established as a separate organization in 1975, initially known as the Yerevan Institute of National Economy, and afterwards known as the Yerevan State University of Economics.

In 1995, the university opened a new building at Nalbandyan 128 to welcome students and faculty for the new academic year. The Zeitun District is home to only one of the departments. Armenian State University of Economics was established in 2006 as a state non-commercial organization. It was previously known as Armenian State University of Economics.

The Armenian State University of Economics has over 30.000 alumni that have graduated from it. Six university departments have a total of 31 chairs, which is distributed among them (21 professional and 10 non-professional). Armenia has a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 35 Doctors of Sciences, Professors, 141 Doctors, Associate Professors, 87 Assistant Professors, 103 lecturers, and more than 60 specialists who work part-time in the academy's departments. With 7000 students and 18 disciplines and many specializations, the university offers a diverse student body.

Since 2005, the university has offered full-time bachelor's degrees, as well as part-time degrees since 2004. Since 2009, the university has offered full-time master's degrees, as well as part-time degrees. The credit system is used to implement both full-time and part-time degree courses. In addition, the university offered postgraduate programs (both part-time and full-time). Beginning with the 2010-2011 academic year, post-graduate studies have also been granted credit under the credit system.

ASUE maintains educational and scientific ties with the following institutions:

• Rostov State University of Economics (Russian Federation),
• Tomas Bata University in Zlin (Czech Republic),
• Tbilisi State University of Economic Relations (Georgia),
• Sankt-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (Russian Federation),
• Swansea Metropolitan University (Wales).

Website: asue.am

The Mkhitar Heratsi Yerevan State Medical University (Yerevan State Medical University, YSMU) is an Armenian medical university located in the Armenian capital of Yerevan. It was founded in 1924 by Mkhitar Heratsi, a physician and educator. At a ceremony in Alexandropol on January 31, 1920, the People's University of Armenia was officially established in the presence of Prime Minister Alexander Khatisian and Minister of Culture and Public Education Nikol Aghbalian, in the first year of the First Republic of Armenia. Earlier that year, in October, the then-Minister of Education, Gevorg Ghazarian, made the decision to create a faculty of medicine within the university. But the idea was never carried out due to political factors beyond our control. Armenia gained independence as a republic in December 1920.

The Armenian government established the Medical Faculty of Yerevan in 1920, marking the beginning of the country's medical education. Mkhitar Heratsi, an Armenian physician who lived in the 12th century, was honored with a name change on May 25, 1989, at Yerevan State Medical University.

The duration of the continuous and integrated educational program for a bachelor's degree is six years in general medicine and military medical faculties, and five years in the dental faculty. The program is designed to be completed in six years. In the Faculty of Pharmacy, the Bachelor's Qualification Education Program lasts four years and is divided into two semesters.

The following specialties are available for master's degree candidates:

• Medicine,
• Public Health and Health Care
• Pharmacy
• Medical work in the armed forces

Website: http://www.ysmu.am/

The National Polytechnic University of Armenia is an Armenian technical university located in the capital city of Yerevan. It was founded in 1933 as the Karl Marx Institute of Polytechnic, and it offers training and research programs in a variety of technological and scientific subjects that are relevant to the engineering profession. In addition to its main campus in Yerevan, the institution also has branch campuses in Gyumri, Vanadzor, and Kapan, among other places. There are currently more than 8,000 students enrolled and more than 750 teaching members on staff.

Founded by the Soviet Union in 1933 as the Karl Marx Institute of Polytechnic, the university consists of two faculties with a total enrollment of 107 students. The university grew in tandem with the development of the industrial sector in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. By the 1980s, the institution had a total enrollment of approximately 25,000 students.

With the declaration of Armenian independence in 1991, the name of the institution was changed to the State Engineering University of Armenia. As a result of a decision by the Armenian government, the university was renamed the National Polytechnic University of Armenia in November 2014.

Website: polytech.am

The Khachatur Abovian Armenian State Pedagogical University (Armenian State Pedagogical University, ASPU) is a state university and institution of higher education located in Yerevan, Armenia's capital. The institution, founded in 1922, specializes in pedagogy and the formation of teaching staff. The institution is named for the 19th-century Armenian writer Khachatur Abovian, and its current rector is professor Ruben Mirzakhanyan.

As of 2017, the Armenian State Pedagogical University is home to 10 faculties:

• Faculty of Philology,
• Faculty of History and Law,
• Faculty of Preschool Education,
• Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geography,
• Faculty of Education Psychology and Sociology,
• Faculty of Foreign Languages,
• Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics,
• Faculty of Art Education,
• Faculty of Special Education,
• Faculty of Culture.

The International Co-operation Unit coordinates the university's strategic objectives; collaborates with international higher education institutions and university structure divisions; creates and oversees cooperation programs.

The institution collaborates with the British Council, the TEMPUS national agency, and Rossotrudnichestvo (Russia), as well as with European Commission-funded and other donor-funded programs.

Website: http://aspu.am/

The last one in the Top 10 Best Universities in Armenia that Toplist would like to introduce to you is National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia. National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia (NUACA) is a public university located in Yerevan. In 1921, the newly created Yerevan State University established a technical school, which graduated its first students in 1928. The Armenian Construction Institute was founded in July 1930 with prominent architect Mikayel Mazmanyan as its first director. By this time, the institute had departments of Architecture and Construction, Hydrology, and Chemical Engineering.

On 11 July 1989, the Armenian SSR Council of Ministers created the Architectural/Construction Institute on the basis of related departments and chairs at the National Polytechnic University of Armenia. In 2000, the university was renamed Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction. Its first rector, Arest Baglaryan, served from 1989 to 2006, when he was succeeded by Professor Hovhannes Tokmajyan.

The National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia was renamed in 2014 as Armenia's National University of Architecture and Construction (NUACA).

Armenia's National University of Architecture and Construction launched the Great Caucasus format in 2020, in collaboration with Abkhazia's State University, Russia's North Caucasus Federal University, and South Ossetian State University. The four universities will collaborate more closely and promote the usage of Russian.

At the moment, the university has five faculties:

• Faculty of Architecture.
• Faculty of Design.
• Faculty of Management and Technology.
• Faculty of Urban Economy and Ecology.
• Faculty of Construction.

Website: nuaca.am