In the 2025-2026 academic year, the YSU Faculty of Economics and Management has 146 full-time and 46 part-time bachelor's graduates, as well as 67 full-time and 33 part-time master's graduates. Among those attending the graduation ceremony were YSU Vice-Rector Elina Asriyan, Dean of the YSU Faculty of Economics and Management Karlen Khachatryan, alumni from previous years and other guests.
Addressing the ceremony, Karlen Khachatryan, Dean of the YSU Faculty of Economics and Management, PhD in Economics and Associate Professor, congratulated the graduates and encouraged them to keep developing their knowledge, move forward with confidence and always remain committed to human values.
"It is an honour to be a YSU graduate, but it also entails great responsibility. From now on, your words and actions will serve as an example to many, while your achievements will also be achievements for the faculty," he said.
Khachatryan highlighted values that remain important despite changing times, including honesty, responsibility, diligence and a humane attitude towards others.
"There are many professionals, but people always look for a professional they can trust. A person's greatest capital is not only their knowledge, but also their reputation. It takes years to build, but it can be lost through a single wrong decision," Khachatryan emphasized.
The dean expressed confidence that many of the graduates would become future leaders, scholars, economists, entrepreneurs and innovators, contributing to the country's development.
"Be confident that you have received a truly competitive education. The best measure of the education provided by our faculty is our graduates and the successes they achieve. May your knowledge serve people, your success serve Armenia, and your name always be spoken with respect," the dean concluded.
Congratulating the graduates, YSU Vice-Rector Elina Asriyan highlighted the role of choice and responsibility in economic thinking.
"Economics-related professions have never been solely about money; they are about choice. In reality, our entire lives are a sequence of decisions made under conditions of limited resources, and the most limited of these resources is time. Today, the university is returning that resource to you. Your diploma is not only a guarantee of success, but also evidence that you have learned how to learn. This is perhaps the most important skill of the 21st century. Professions and technologies will change in the future, but there will always be demand for people who can think, ask the right questions and make responsible decisions," Asriyan said.
Concluding her remarks, the YSU vice-rector stressed that the knowledge acquired at the university would contribute not only to the graduates' personal success, but also to the development of society, the economy and the Republic of Armenia.
"If, years from now, looking back on the path you have taken, you can say, 'I made decisions of which I have never been ashamed,' that will be the greatest achievement of your education," she concluded.
Congratulatory remarks were also delivered by faculty alumni from previous years, including First Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia Gevorg Mantashyan; Karen Gyulbudaghyan, member of the Council for Science and Technology Development under the Prime Minister of Armenia, founder of Strategic Value Ventures, and Key Advisor and global ambassador at the UC Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator; Hovhannes Toroyan, member of the Management Board and Chief Financial Officer of Ameriabank; Anna Gyurjyan, Head of Socio-Economic Development Programs at UNDP; and Shushanik Danielyan, Business Projects Manager at the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF).
In their remarks, the alumni emphasized the importance of lifelong learning, diligence, confidence in one's abilities and not being afraid of making mistakes. They wished the current generation of graduates success in finding their professional paths and encouraged them to return to the faculty years later as accomplished and successful professionals.
The speeches were followed by the formal presentation of graduation certificates.
