Artsakh University

Artsakh State University
Արցախի Պետական Համալսարան
Former names
Stepanakert State Pedagogical Institute[1]
Artsakh State University
TypePublic
Active1969[2]–2023
PresidentManush Minasyan
RectorArmen Sargsyan
Academic staff
350[3]
Students3,000[3]
Address
Mkhitar Gosh 5
,
Stepanakert
,
375000
,
NKR

39°49′30″N 46°45′43″E / 39.82496°N 46.76205°E / 39.82496; 46.76205
CampusUrban
Websitewww.asu.am

Artsakh State University (Armenian: Արցախի Պետական Համալսարան) was a university in Stepanakert, the oldest and largest university in the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh.[4] Over the course of its 50-year history, Artsakh State University has produced over 20,000 graduates in 60 fields of study.

After the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive and the flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, the university building was appropriated by the Azerbaijan Ministry of Education for a Karabakh University (Azerbaijani: Qarabağ Universiteti) (also spelled Garabagh University) on November 28, 2023,[5][6] which will start admitting students in 2024.[7]

Students from Artsakh State University have campaigned for the university to resume operations in exile in Armenia.[8]

  1. ^ The founding of the Artsakh State University is a heroic deed of the Armenian scientific and educational thought (in Russian)[permanent dead link], the Azat Artsakh newspaper, 3 May 2013 (Retrieved 2 May 2017)
  2. ^ Artsakh State University, 4 International Colleges & Universities website (Retrieved 18 February 2014)
  3. ^ a b Brief historical reference on the Artsakh State University (in Russian), Artsakh State University website (Retrieved 2 May 2017)
  4. ^ Nagorno Karabakh Republic Artsakh. Office of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in the USA (Government of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic). Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Garabagh university paving way for bright future of region". Azernews. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  6. ^ Education. Office of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in the USA (Government of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic). Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Azerbaijan to launch admission to Karabakh University from 2024". caliber.az. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  8. ^ Harutyunyan, Anna (20 November 2023). "Displaced students from Artsakh are adapting to life in Armenian universities". Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 2 January 2024.