According to the results of the first stage of the university admission process of the 2022/2023 academic year, more than 1000 applicants applied to Yerevan State Medical University. It is 40% more than the 696 (605 paidand 91 free) places provided by the university. According to the executive secretary of the YSMU Admissions Committee KostandinManukyan, there will probably be no vacancies in the faculties of general medicine, dentistry and military medicine this year. 73 applicants applied for the 90 places allocated to the Faculty of Pharmacy (85 paid and 5 free).

Professor Allan Kalueff, a member of the international advisory body of the Horizon 2020 Twinning Program, the Cobrain Center for Scientific Research in Basic Brain Research, met with YSMU Rector Armen Muradyan and Vice-Rector for Scientific Affairs Konstantin Yenkoyan.During the meeting, issues related to the development of science in our country were touched upon.

The Heratsi analyst, together with the infectious diseases service of the Muratsan hospital complex, summarized the currently known facts about cases of acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin observed in children.

The 6th Stars FSX Music International Science and Art Festival will be held in Armenia this year. From September 5 to 10, the spirit of science and art will be heard in Yerevan. 25 Nobel laureates will give lectures at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex.The STARMUS Festival brings together world-renowned scientists, cosmonauts, musicians, and Nobel Prize laureates in order to inspire and train a new generation of researchers: STARMUS combines art, music and science to improve communication in the scientific field.

Arusha Shekher, a 4th course student of the Faculty of General Medicine of YSMU, is sure: no matter where she goes and where life takes her, she will be tethered to Yerevan for the rest of her life, carrying in her hand the diploma of MD from YSMU and in her heart – the fond memories and experiences she has gathered over the years.

World Asthma Day (May 3, 2022) is organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), a World Health Organization collaborative organization founded in 1993. 

It has already been four years since Armenian Professor of Surgery and Oncology Sarkis Meterissian, who lives and works in Canada, has joined the list of Adjunct Professors at YSMU.

World Malaria Day is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment to malaria prevention and control. It was instituted by World Health Organization Member States during the World Health Assembly of 2007.