CHAIR OF MICROECONOMICS

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Head of the Chair: Mikayel Sergey Melkumyan, Doctor of Economics, Professor

The Chair of Microeconomics and Business Organization of the Armenian State University of Economics was established in 1975. Since the establishment of Yerevan Institute of National Economy, it was named ‘Organization and Planning of Industrial Production’. From April, 2021, the chair has been renamed to the Chair of Microeconomics.

Heads of the Chair

  • Melkumyan Mikael Sergey, from 11.02.2010 onwards
  • Arshakyan Albert Hayk, 1988-2009.
  • Avanesyan Avag Bakhshi, 1975-1987

Specialties

Bachelor’s degree program

  • Service

Master’s degree program

  • Business organization and management of public services

Subjects taught

Compulsory courses in all bachelor’s degree specialties are:

  • Microeconomics-1
  • Enterprise economics

Master's degree:

  • Microeconomics-3

More than two dozen subjects are taught in the specialization "Service", namely:

  • Foundations of entrepreneurship-1,2
  • Conflict resolution
  • Investment policy
  • Legal regulation of service activities
  • Economics of transport and communication

10 subjects are taught in the master's degree program in "Business organization and management of public services", namely:

  • Tariff policy
  • Organization of tax and customs relations
  • Strategic management in business.

Scientific research activities

Recently, the academic staff of the chair has published educational manuals in Armenian and Russian, as well as implemented scientific seminars on current issues related to the economy of the republic.

Head of the Chair, Professor M. Melkumyan (with Associate Professors F. Baharyan and N. Afyan) developed and submitted to the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly a model law "Assessment of the potential impact of mining activities on the health of the population of affected communities" for its approval and was adopted in 2023 being unprecedented in the frames of RA law-making activities. In the competitions announced by the "Amberd" Research Center, employees of the chair regularly win grants on diverse topics.

Staff of the Chair

1. Mikayel Melkumyan - Department Head, Doctor of Economics, Professor
2. Anna Sargsyan - PhD in Economics, Associate Professor
3. Azat Kalantaryan - PhD in Economics, Associate Professor
4. Frida Baharyan - PhD in Economics, Associate Professor
5. Anahit Simonyan - PhD in Economics, Associate Professor
6. Zenfira Tumasyan - PhD in Economics, Associate Professor
7. Hranush Gabrielyan - PhD in Economics, Associate Professor
8. Artur Arakelyan - PhD in Economics, Associate Professor
9. Zaruhi Melkumyan - PhD in Economics, Associate Professor
10. Suren Parsyan - PhD in Economics, Associate Professor
11. Narek Kostanyan - PhD in Economics, Senior Lecturer
12. Taguhi Barseghyan - PhD in Economics, Senior Lecturer
13. Tigran Igityan - PhD in Economics, Senior Lecturer
14. Emil Grigoryan - PhD in Economics, Senior Lecturer
15. Armen Manukyan - Lecturer
16. Shake Isayan - Lecturer
17. Harutyun Khalatyan - Lecturer
18. Ashot Ulikhanyan - Lecturer
19. Kamo Sargsyan - Lecturer
20. Isabella Vardanyan - Senior Laboratory Assistant

Address: Nalbandyan str. 128, 0025, Yerevan, Chair of Microeconomics
Phone: (+37410) 593-444