Yerevan State Medical University
| Երեվանի Մխիթար Հերացու անվան Պետական Բժշկական Համալսարան | |
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1922 |
| Rector | Armen A. Muradyan |
| Students | 6,000 |
| Location |
Yerevan, Armenia 40°11′16.02″N 44°31′31.15″E / 40.1877833°N 44.5253194°ECoordinates: 40°11′16.02″N 44°31′31.15″E / 40.1877833°N 44.5253194°E |
| Nickname | YSMU |
| Website | Official website |
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Yerevan Mkhitar Heratsi State Medical University (YSMU, Armenian: Երեվանի Մխիթար Հերացու անվան Պետական Բժշկական Համալսարան), is the leading medical university in Armenia, in the capital Yerevan.
History
On 31 January 1920, during the First Republic of Armenia, the People's University of Armenia was opened in Alexandropol, with the presence of prime minister Alexander Khatisian and minister of culture and public education Nikol Aghbalian. In October of the same year, a decision was passed by then-minister of education Gevorg Ghazarian to establish the faculty of medicine in the university. However, due to political circumstances, the plan was never fulfilled and Armenia became a republic in December 1920.
In 1922, the medical faculty of Yerevan was founded by the government of Armenia.
On 25 May 1989, the Yerevan State Medical University was named after the 12th-century renowned Armenian physician Mkhitar Heratsi.[1]
Faculties
As of 2016, the university has six faculties:[2]
- Faculty of General Medicine
- Faculty of Paediatrics
- Faculty of Public Health
- Faculty of Stomatology
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Military Medicine
The section of International Students' Education of the YSMU offers classes to foreign students in Armenian, Russian and English languages at the following faculties: General Medicine, Stomatology, and Pharmacy.[3]
The university is also home to the Postgraduate and Continuing Education section.[4]
Ranking and reputation
Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU) is a highly reputed university in the world. It occupies an honorable place in the WHO (World Health Organization) directory of medical schools. It is a state-run nonprofit organisation of best repute made for advancement of health care training in the country and worldwide.
Alumni are spread all over world including USA, Britain, Germany, Maldives, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Canada, India, Iran, etc.
It is a leading government medical university in Armenia. The university is about a century old. It is the only university in world that has 27 full-fledged hospitals associated with it. Different faculty have full-fledged 5-6 floor hospital. Arabkir and Muratsan hospitals are multi-speciality paediatric hospitals with various superspecialities like pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Endocrinology, Pediatric Gynecology, Pediatric Neurology, Genetic centre, Neonatology, Adolescent care enter. Teaching methodology is modern and one-to-one teaching with regular feedback. The university is part of Bologna Treaty for European union.
First hospital for state of art Radiology centre. Norqmash Hospital and Erubuni for Orthopedics and Traumatology.
YSMU established direct partnership in cooperation agreements with about 20 universities around the globe, including a number of leading universities such as Boston University, Columbia University, Philadelphia University, etc. In the framework of these cooperation agreements, various academic programs, student exchange and joint research activities are implemented.
Scientific activity
Clinical research activities are basics of molecular medicine in pediatrics, children's growth and development disorders, the main risk factors for the development of children's thickness, connective tissue dysplasia, functional disorders of the liver and pancreas at different somatic lesions, mucoviscidosis pulmonary aggravations’ early markers research.
Cooperation
The clinic of Pediatrics No.2 cooperates with:
- Children's Health Research Center (Russia, Moscow)
- Pediatric Clinic of Mannheim University Hospital (Germany)
- Jönköping city hospital (Sweden)
- Italian National Health Care Institute’s Center of Rare Diseases
Co-organized scientific meetings
- 4th Young Medics International Conference, September 20–23, Yerevan
- OMI/FARFAA Satellite Symposium "CARDIOLOGY", June 23–24, 2006, Yerevan
- Noble Days-Eminent Nobel laureates giving lecture on past present and future medical advancement.
Notable alumni
- Ivan Gevorkian, prominent Armenian surgeon and scientist
- Vahan Artsruni, Armenian rock musician, singer, composer and artist
- Bella Kocharyan, wife of former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan
- Garik Martirosyan, Neurologist, entertainer, TV host, actor, comedian and singer
- Parounak Zelveian, president of Armenian Medical Association
- Zhora Harutyunyan, writer and playwright
- Bharath Reddy, Indian cardiologist and film actor
References
- ↑ Administrator. "Երևանի պետական բժշկական համալսարանի համառոտ պատմությունը". Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ↑ Administrator. "Faculties". Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ↑ Administrator. "Dean’s Office of International Students’ Education". Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ↑ Administrator. "Faculty of Postgraduate and Continuing Education". Retrieved 21 August 2016.
External links
- Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU)
- Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU)
- Armenian Medical Students' Parliament
