Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi

News

All news

Defibrillator in Armenian: Clear Instructions and Quick Response

"Remove clothing from the victim's chest": this is one of several defibrillator instructions in Armenian. First aid courses, BLS (Basic Life Support), are continuing through the joint efforts of Yerevan State Medical University, specifically the Department of Emergency Care and Disaster Medicine, and the “Henar” Foundation, which launched the Armenian-language defibrillator.

20/04/2026

Speech by YSMU Honorary Professor at the UN Economic and Social Council session

Karine Sargsyan, Honorary Professor of Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi, Director of Operations of the Institute of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD), and Scientific Director of Oncobiobanking at Cedars-Sinai Medical University in California, USA; Founding Director of the Biobank at the University of Graz in Austria; spoke at the session of the UN Economic and Social Council.

09/04/2026

The second large-scale event of the “Heart 2 Heart” project of the Cardiology Society

The Cardiology Society of the Career Development Center of YSMU summarizes the second large-scale event of the “Heart 2 Heart” project.

30/03/2026

Discover

Student life

8000+
FUTURE DOCTORS
24%
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FROM 33 COUNTRIES
39
CLINICS, LABORATORIES AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTRES
1100
LECTURERS

YEREVAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY AFTER MKHITAR HERATSI

In the 100-year-old forge of medical personnel 1275 specialists provide education to the students, of which 1000 are lecturers, 221 are assistants, and 54 are invited specialists. 448 of them are candidates of sciences, 148 are doctors of sciences, 88 are professors, 164 are associate professors, and 3 are academicians. More than 70 Visiting Professors.

33 +

countries