Yerevan State University Ijevan branch announces a competition for the Department Head following vacant positions:

1. Head of Department of Programming and Information Technologies,
2. Head of Department of General Mathematics and Natural Sciences,
3. Head of Department of Armenian History and Social Science,
4. Head of Department of Armenian Language and Literature,
5. Head of Department of Pedagogy and Psychology,
6. Head of Department of English Language and Literature,
7. Head of Department of French Language and Literature,
8. Head of Department of Tourism Management and Cultural Studies,
9. Head of Department of General Economics,
10. Head of Department of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design,
11. Head of Department of Painting and Sculpture.

The Head of Department position is optional and YSU IB announces an open competition.

More details can be found at YSU IB official web-site, http://old-ijevan.ysu.am/documents/work-regulations/:

Candidates, who are an associate professor or have a doctoral degree or a scientific degree, are eligible for competition. Exceptions are the candidates for heads of department of arts, who must be members of the Union of Artists of Armenia or the Union of Designers of Armenia. Candidates with a Ph.D. degree can take part in the competition for the position of the head of the department for the second time only with the Director’s permission. Candidates with a scientific degree of candidate of sciences are forbidden to participate in the competition for the position for the third time.

Candidates of Department Head position must have at least 7 years of scientific and pedagogical work experience and monographs, textbooks or at least 5 articles published in the last 5 years, approved by the RA Higher Qualification Commission.

Exceptions are the candidates of Head of Department of arts, who must have at least 10 years of scientific and pedagogical work experience and have participated in republican or international exhibitions for the last 5 years.

The required documents for competition are: (Deadline; October 10-November 10, 2018)

1. Director Application,
2. Personnel registration form,
3. autobiography, copy of higher education diploma (diploma)
4. Diploma of scientific degree, copy of scientific degree certificate,
5. The list of published scientific works and inventions,
6. Certificate of qualification (if any), other documents describing professional activity

The documents are submitted to N. Abazyan, senior specialist of YSU IB staff, address: RA Tavush Region, Ijevan, Usanoghakan 3, Department of Human Resources Management.

For additional questions, please contact A. Davtyan, Head of YSU IB Qualification Mandatory Commission (phone; 093 415-122, e-mail, davtyan-arkadi@mail.ru) or Mher Atoyan, Scientific Secretary (phone; 093 317- 847, e-mail: matoyan@ysu.am).

Submission of applications for Spring term starts on November 01 and ends on November 10. Decision will be announced by the midst of January. Only local (Armenian) universities will be sponsored by Hovnanian Foundation.

Application Process

All interested parties matching the criteria listed below are eligible to apply for a Hovnanian scholarship
– Have Armenian origin (could be Armenian or other country citizens)
– Students pursuing Bachelor’s or Master’s degree at any local state universities, including American University of Armenia and French University
– Showed high academic performance in high school (as well as university if already matriculated)
– Hovnanian Foundation covers UP TO 50% from the tuition, so the applicant must have other sources of funding and show proof for the coverage of the remaining amount

Along with a completed application form the applicant must submit the following documents (no need for English translation):
– Passport copy
– Sealed letter from the university verifying your enrollment for a particular program with the indication of yearly tuition
– Acceptance letter from university (if not yet matriculated)
– Official transcript of grades ( from high school / university)
– For employed students – a letter from the employer indicating monthly net salary; for unemployed students – letter from parents’ employers indicating monthly net salaries, or letter about parents’ unemployment whenever applicable
– Resume or CV

Full application packages should be submitted in hard copy (signed) and left at our building’s security check-in

Application Form (Armenian)

Application Form (English)

We prefer you use the English version of the application, but if you are unable to respond in English, you may use the Armenian application.

The printed application forms are also available at our security on Hanrapetutyan 37 Street.
Notwithstanding the criteria set forth for award of scholarships in these guidelines, the Board of the Foundation may consider as it deems appropriate any special circumstances, such as a personal hardship or particular need of the applicant or certain demonstrated history of service to those in need in the mid-Atlantic area of the USA or within the Armenian community by the applicant or applicant’s family and may waive certain criteria when making a scholarship award for educational purposes.

Source:  www.hovnanianfoundation.am

 While watching daily news, we get an impression that only wars, violence, disasters, accidents, crimes, and in the best case, sports or entertainment happen in the world.

But there are good stories in our lives too, sometimes very surprising, unbelievable, but still real good stories worth telling to others.

And so, continuing 2015, 2016, 2017years essays competition organized by Mediamax , this time we are happy to announce the launch of “This Unbelievable Kind Story happened to me”, competition of essays  where you can write an essay on the most surprising, most unbelievable story of you or your relatives.

Competition Terms and Conditions:

– Armenian citizens aged 16 to 55 can take part in the competition, presenting essay on “This unbelievable kind story happened to me”.

– Unbelievable but real kind stories should be presented in the essays that have happened to the author or to his relatives.

– The maximum volume of the essay should not exceed 500 words. The essays that don’t meet this condition will be disqualified.

 – The participants guarantee that the story described in the essay is real. A participant who does not meet this condition will be disqualified.

 – The participants guarantee that they are the authors of the presented works. In case of copyright infringement, the participant will be disqualified.

– The participants guarantee that the essay is written for “This Unbelievable Kind Story happened to me” essay competition and has never been published in the print media or online (websites, social media). The participant will be disqualified, if he/she does not meet this condition.

– The language of the competition is Armenian. The essays sent in other languages will not be considered.

– The competition starts in 2018, October 15 and will last till 2018, October 26, at 4:00 pm. The winner will be announced on November 5, 2018. The awarding ceremony will take place on November 13, when the World Kindness Day is celebrated.

– All essays of the contest will be published in the special “This unbelievable Kind story happened to me” section of www.Mediamax.am website, except for the works that will not meet the requirements of the competition and will contain insulting statements and inappropriate materials.

– The essays should be sent to contest@mediamax.am , subject: UN_Mediamax.

– Participants should also send a copy of e- passport, phone number, and high quality photograph of a large size (for publication). Participants without the passport copy, photo and phone number will not be able to take part in the competition.

– The main prize of the competition is money prize of 400 000 AMD.

– The winners of the second and third places will receive 200 000 and 100 000 AMD respectively.

 – In order to follow the contest, the participants must subscribe to Facebook page of Mediamax. https://www.facebook.com/Mediamax.am:

– The winners of the competition will be determined by the jury of the United Nations Population Fund Organization (UNFPA) and Mediamax.

The United Nations Population Fund Organization (UNFPA) and Mediamax wish all the participants good luck.

 Source: https://armenia.unfpa.org/hy