REGULAR SESSION OF ASUE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL

“During the  last  year the Student  Council  went  on bringing  together the  students,  who are engaged in social activities both at  the University, and out of  it. Olympiads, economic student conferences,  sport  and  cultural measures,  intellectual  games, competition-festivals,  debates,  visits  to  Armenian  historical  sights  and  museums  were  conducted”;  said Sevak  Khachatryan,  the  Chairman  of  the  Student  Council, during  today’s  session  of  Scientific  Council  while  presenting  the  report  of  Student  Council.  The  Chairman of  the  SC draw  the  attention on  the  work  they  had  fulfilled,  especially outlining  the  students’ successful participation  in  the republic  measures,  about two dozen students’  visits   to foreign  universities  and  participation  in  exchange  programs, a  number  of  awards.  After  the  report’s  presentation a  number of  questions  were asked to  Sevak  Khachatryan  and  Gagik  Vardanyan,  the  Vice-Rector  of  Science  and  International  Relations,  urged  to  pay  more  attention  to the  students’  involvement  in scientific field.  “As the Rector  of  the  University, I am also pleased with the work of the Student Council,  I  would  like we  could do  more  for our  students,  but  in case  of the  current  opportunities  we  do  our  best”; said  Koryun Atoyan  and  put  the  decree  of   establishing  the  report  for  vote. It  was  approved.

Nerses  Gevorgyan,  the  Head  of  Quality  Assurance  Division, reported  about  the  duration of  works  directed  to the  University’s institutional analysis  and  the  problems  of  the  sub divisions,   introducing the accreditation process  in the system of higher education,  its  stages,  outlining  that our  University  had  prepared  and   presented  the report  of  institutional analysis.   Nerses  Gevorgyan  said  that  preparatory  work  should  be  conducted to  meet the  program accreditation. The  Head  of  the Division,  then,  Paruyr  Kalantaryan,  the  Vice-Rector  of  Educational-Methodological  Matters,  spoke  about  organizational  issues  of  the  process,  outlining the  importance  of  it  and  the  need  of  participation of the  University’s representatives.

A  number  of issues  regarding the themes  of  thesis and  their  directors were  discussed  and  established.

ASUE  Media  and  Public  Relations  Division