Academic Campus Foundation established under Armenian government

YEREVAN, April 21. /ARKA/. The Armenian government has approved today the establishment of a foundation that will supervise and manage the construction of the Academic Campus, which is supposed to shelter all state-run universities of the country.
The Academic Campus is supposed to ensure network synergy between educational institutions by introducing modern virtual, social and physical infrastructures, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andriasyan said today.
She said the campus will consist of three clusters- the art cluster, which will be located on the territory of former Armenfilm studio, technological cluster - it will be located on the territory of Yerevan Institute of Physics and the third cluster, the largest one is to include educational, military and possibly international universities.
In addition to universities, the campus will also have residential areas, research centers, sports infrastructure, a park, and an amphitheater. The Academic Campus is likely to accommodate also a national stadium.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the construction site has already been determined - the Academic Campus will be located in the intersection of Yerevan, Kotayk, Armavir and Aragatsotn provinces near Proshyan and Kasakh villages. -0-