Gavar State University (GSU) (Armenian: Գավառի Պետական Համալսարան) is a university in

Gavar Gavar ( ) is a town in Armenia serving as the administrative centre of the Gavar Municipality and the Gegharkunik Province. It is situated among the high mountains of Gegham range to the west of Lake Sevan, with an average height of 1982 meter ...

Gegharkunik Province Gegharkunik (, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Gavar. Gegharkunik is inhabited by approximately 209,669 people and the majority are ethnic Armenian ...

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

. Founded on 5 May 1993, it is the largest university in the

with 4 faculties. The University provides degrees in

Philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...

Natural Sciences Natural science or empirical science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer ...

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

and

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

. Currently, more than 2,400 students are attending the university. Currently, the rector of the university is the founder Dr. professor Hrant Hakobyan.

Faculties

As of 2017, the university is home to 4 faculties: *Faculty of Philology **Section of Armenian Language and Literature **Section of Russian Language and Literature **Section of Foreign Languages *Faculty of Natural Sciences **Section of Geography **Section of Biology and Ecology **Section of Informatics and Physical Mathematics *Faculty of Humanities **Section of Law **Section of History **Section of Public Sciences *Faculty of Economics **Section of Management and Finance **Section of Accounting

References

{{authority control Universities in Armenia Universities and colleges established in 1993 1993 establishments in Armenia