Armenian Engineering University, Transport Ministry Sign Memorandum
24.06.2008,
03:27
The State Engineering University of Armenia and the Ministry of Transport and Communication of Armenia have signed a memorandum on cooperation aiming to re-establish links between Universities and production.
YEREVAN, June 23. /ARKA/. The State Engineering University of Armenia and the Ministry of Transport and Communication of Armenia have signed a memorandum on cooperation aiming to re-establish links between Universities and production.
Rector of the Engineering University Vostanik Marukhyan said the document pursues far-reaching goals especially in conditions of the present rates of high technology development, which will allow specifying the current place and tasks of the University.
The Memorandum provisions apply to three departments of the University – radio engineering and communication system, information science and computer technologies, as well as technical cybernetics.
Minister of Transport and Communication Gurgen Sargsyan said establishing links between the production, science and university is of great importance.
“Once this relation was broken, but today the production realizes the importance of education for further business development and educational establishments raise the level of education in which this kind of cooperation becomes a compulsory challenge of time,” Sargsyan said.
The Memorandum stipulates working jointly to modernize curricula, train specialists meeting the market demands, implement scientific research, R&D and other projects. The Memorandum has been signed for three years with possible further prolongation for another three-year term.
State Engineering University of Armenia was founded in 1933. Over 100,000 students have graduated the University so far.
Currently, the University has 11,000 students, and about a thousand professors. --0—
Rector of the Engineering University Vostanik Marukhyan said the document pursues far-reaching goals especially in conditions of the present rates of high technology development, which will allow specifying the current place and tasks of the University.
The Memorandum provisions apply to three departments of the University – radio engineering and communication system, information science and computer technologies, as well as technical cybernetics.
Minister of Transport and Communication Gurgen Sargsyan said establishing links between the production, science and university is of great importance.
“Once this relation was broken, but today the production realizes the importance of education for further business development and educational establishments raise the level of education in which this kind of cooperation becomes a compulsory challenge of time,” Sargsyan said.
The Memorandum stipulates working jointly to modernize curricula, train specialists meeting the market demands, implement scientific research, R&D and other projects. The Memorandum has been signed for three years with possible further prolongation for another three-year term.
State Engineering University of Armenia was founded in 1933. Over 100,000 students have graduated the University so far.
Currently, the University has 11,000 students, and about a thousand professors. --0—
