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On March 5-6, 2019 MINERVA project was launched in the Academy of Economic Studies, Chisinau, Moldova. MINERVA is a European Union ERASMUS+ funded project which aims to strengthen research management and open science capacities of HEIs in Moldova and Armenia.

oday was the opening of the room with telemedicine facilities at “Muratsan” University Hospital Complex.The auditorium is equipped with telecommunication facilities and is designed for students, clinical residents and doctors.Bagrat Baveyan, chief doctor of the Muratsan Hospital Complex, said that discussions, round tables, as well as lectures will be organized here. “In order to discuss cases of illness, doctors will be able to communicate online with foreign colleagues to hold consultations to organize the treatment of the patients more efficiently,” said the chief doctor.

The Deanery of the International Education today unites over 1,700 foreign students. The schooling of the students in YSMU's General Medicine, Dental and Pharmacy Faculties is conducted in three languages: Armenian, Russian and English. The first international students were Armenian Diaspora from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Cyprus, Greece and Bulgaria. YSMU has been training and preparing doctors for other countries for more than 60 years. Nowadays, students from 32 countries all over the world are trained for doctors. The process of internationalization remains a major goal for the medical university, and that is why new prerequisites are created year by year.We talked with Gayane Avetisyan, Dean of the International education, about the issues related to international students; the role of education and the Deanery and their work.

One of India's most colorful and bright holidays was Holly's festive event with the participation of Indian students in YSMU hostel.YSMU officially releases Indian students from lessons on this occasion every year, respecting their national and religious peculiarities. Holly Feast is one of the most famous Indian festivals when Indians celebrate the arrival of spring, spraying each other with colored paints. 

On the initiative of the student’s parliament of YSMU, the Iranians celebrated the New Year celebration of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Nowruz, in a festive atmosphere together with national songs and dances. Nowruz, according to the Iranian calendar is celebrated on the first day of spring on March 21. 

On March 19, Yerevan State Economic University summed up the results of the “Best Student” republican award ceremony. Liana Hayrapetyan, a junior research fellow at the Neurology Laboratory, a 6th year student in YSMU became the winner.We talked to YSMU's best student about her progress, scientific and social activity.

Horizon 2020 is the European Union’s largest research and innovation excellence project, which finances only the bests on a basis of competition. The probability of winning the program is 10-14% each year, and the total budget for the seven years (2014-2020) is 80 billion euros. The aim of Twinning program of “The Horizon 2020 Spreading Excellence & Widening Participation Action Plan” is to implement strategically important, institutional, internationally competitive research program which will meet the standards of excellence in those countries which had been applied through cooperation with the leading international scientific institutions of the EU member states.

n event dedicated to Hovhannes Tumanyan’s 150th anniversary was held at Northern University on February 20th, with Henrietta Sukiasyan, Head of the Department of Armenian Language and Medical Terminology of YSMU, and from the same faculty, the homonym choir of “Vernatun” Scientific-Cultural Center.The rector of the Northern University, Boris Makichyan, made a welcoming speech, noting that it is a memorable day for all of them.