Academic Board Concluded the Year
27.12.2016
Academic Board Concluded the Year

During the final session of the current year, the University’s Rector Rouben Mirzakhanyan presented the report about the activities fulfilled in the 2016.

He discussed the dynamics of the University’s entrants and graduates, the annually decreasing index of students, observing that despite that, the current year was special for the Pedagogical University, since it was the university with the largest number of entrant students among other higher educational institutions in the republic.

Likewise, the Rector noticed that the Pedagogical University continued to be the only higher educational institution in the country, where the tuition fee had not been increased throughout several years, and it is the second institution from the perspective of employees’ compensations amounts.
When reporting about the activities carried out at the University, the Rector also highlighted the structure of income and expenditures, including the performance, the outflow and inflow of funds, the primary estimates of income and costs for 2017.

Those present approved the draft primary estimates.

Furthermore, Rouben Mirzakhanyan introduced the Academic Board members with main changes conducted at the University, particularly, the introduction of the new Google classroom electronic educational platform, amendments in the process of internships, the increased number of the

ASPU teaching-professorial team in internationally quoted journals, etc.

“In developed countries, the new forms of education are the key pledge for quality, internationalization and achievements. Despite the expressed opinions, it is a necessity and is requested by the time”, the Rector stated.

What is more, he stressed out the activities implemented by the Chairs in the process of internships, highlighting that a number of lecturers would receive additional motivations based on scientific efficiency.

He also urged the Heads of Chairs to select the best BA and MA students to refresh the academic potential of the University.
Rouben Mirzakhanyan finalized his speech with the season’s congratulations to the ASPU teaching-professorial and academic support staff and the students wishing them prosperity, creative achievements and family bliss.

In his turn, the Head of the ASPU Research Centre Kamo Vardanyan introduced the activities of the center in 2016 presenting the work carried out within the scope of various scientific frameworks.

Drawing the comparison of published scientific works in the last years, including the ones published in internationally reviewed journals, the Head of the Centre highlighted that there was an obvious increase.

Besides, Kamo Vardanyan spoke about the international conferences organized with the participation of the Research Centre, published scientific journals, training programmes, and the base and thematic projects funded by the RA MES State Science Committee.

In addition, speaking about postgraduate education, Kamo Vardanyan assured that studies aimed at improving the process had been carried out, a themes bank for the postgraduate thesis was created as well as examination processes formats and monitoring mechanisms had been drafted; besides, PhD and Applicants admissions had been organized for the PhD (Applicants’) academic level, together with the organization of qualification exams, attestation of PhD students and applicants, control of the process and monitoring.

Last but not least, the head of the center discussed the activities of the current year of the University’s research laboratories and projects, as well as the achievements including the publication of scientific articles and conferences.

 

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