YSU researchers publish findings on strange quark stars in international journals YSU physicists have investigated the properties of strange quark stars, examining their potential stability and maximum mass. The findings have been published in two international scientific journals, "Nuclear Physics B" and "Particles", both ranked in the Q1 quartile and indexed in the Scopus database.
YSU students explore AI applications in biomedical sciences Students from the YSU Faculty of Biology and Institute of Pharmacy have completed a course titled "Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences". The 36-hour program, led by Romain Topalian, a specialist invited from Germany, introduced participants to the Python programming language, data analysis and the fundamentals of machine learning.
YSU Associate Professor Margarit Petrosyan awarded silver medal Margarit Petrosyan, Associate Professor at the Chair of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology of the YSU Faculty of Biology, has been awarded the YSU Silver Medal in recognition of her many years of distinguished teaching and research at the university and on the occasion of her milestone birthday.
Literature helps us understand others and ourselves — Saeed Talajooy How do literature and film help us learn about other societies, understand people's values and reassess our own perceptions? We discussed these questions with Saeed Talajooy, a specialist in Persian literature and Iranian culture and a senior lecturer at the University of St Andrews.
From Mars exploration to interstellar space: YSU delegation visits NASA laboratory From searching for possible traces of ancient life on Mars to monitoring changes on Earth's surface, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is involved in several major missions exploring the solar system and Earth. While in California to attend the annual gathering of the Friends of YSU Foundation, a delegation from Yerevan State University visited the research center. The delegation was accompanied by YSU alumnus Lermont Khachikyan, Contract Technical Manager at JPL. The visit also focused on expanding opportunities for YSU students to gain international professional experience.
Springer publishes YSU-initiated scholarly volume "Transformative Economies" Springer, a leading academic publisher, has published "Transformative Economies: Spatial and Societal Perspectives", a scholarly volume developed at the initiative of the Yerevan State University Faculty of Economics and Management. Published in 2026, the book has four international editors, including Karlen Khachatryan, Dean of the YSU Faculty of Economics and Management and Associate Professor. The volume brings together 13 studies by 38 scholars from 12 countries, exploring the transformation of economic systems, human capital, institutional quality, innovation, sustainable development and territorial resilience.
From biodiversity conservation to joint research: Kobe delegation visits YSU As part of the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), representatives of the Chair of Ecology and Nature Conservation at the YSU Faculty of Biology hosted a delegation from Kobe, Japan. The meeting focused on opportunities for Armenian-Japanese scientific and educational cooperation in biodiversity conservation, aquatic ecosystem monitoring and eDNA research.
From science to legal solutions: YSU joins international discussions on biodiversity conservation The use of scientific evidence to inform effective environmental legislation and public policy was discussed at Biodiversity Law and Governance Day 2026, an international symposium held as part of COP17. Yerevan State University (YSU) helped organize the event, joining international partners to discuss the legal challenges of biodiversity conservation.
Elected academic staff representatives to YSU Board of Trustees announced following extraordinary Academic Council meeting The Academic Council of Yerevan State University held an extraordinary meeting during the 2026-2027 academic year to elect members of the Board of Trustees from candidates nominated by the university's structural units.
Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan holds master class for student moot court participants at YSU Armenia's Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan held a master class at Yerevan State University for participants in the first "Protection of Armenia's State Interests" student moot court competition. The competition is a joint initiative of YSU, the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Armenia and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.
