About the university

History and leadership

The university was founded in 1990 by academician Levon Harutyunyan. It trains doctors, lawyers, economists, teachers and designers.

  • 1990Founded
  • 4Institutes
  • 2 300Students in 2025/26
  • 10 000+Alumni
Yerevan Haybusak University

Mission

Science-based education

The university serves society through science-based education and upholds high standards of academic ethics. We embrace the best principles of European education without forgetting the rich millennia-old traditions handed down to us.

Practice takes place at the Haybusak Clinic, the dental and legal clinics, and the psychological aid clinic.

Training sites

Timeline

35 years of history

  1. 1990

    Foundation

    Academician Levon Harutyunyan founds the Haybusak Cooperative Institute, one of the first private universities of independent Armenia. First faculties: medicine, economics and food technology.

  2. 1997

    Faculty of Humanities

    The Faculty of Humanities opens.

  3. 2000

    State accreditation

    The university receives state accreditation, and graduates receive state diplomas. The Lazarian Institute of Oriental Studies and International Relations joins Haybusak.

  4. 2003

    Haybusak University

    On 20 March the institute is reorganized into Haybusak University LLC.

  5. 2006

    Growth

    The L. Kalashyan Armenian Open University joins; in 2009, the Yerevan Roslin Arts Institute.

  6. 2011

    Gyumri branch

    The Imastaser Anania Shirakatsi University of Gyumri joins; in 2013, the Armenian Institute of Ecology, Economics and Law.

  7. 2019

    International recognition

    The university receives international institutional accreditation from the Estonian agency EKKA.

  8. 2023

    Re-accreditation

    A certificate of international institutional accreditation is issued for 2023–2026.

Leadership

Founder and rector

Founder and first rector (1990–1993)

Levon Vram Harutyunyan

1927–2007

Doctor of Biological Sciences, professor and academician of several academies. Author of more than 400 scientific works and 40 monographs, textbooks and dictionaries on ecology, botany, landscape architecture and phytotherapy.

Rector, Chair of the University Council

Suren Levon Harutyunyan

We embrace and adapt the best principles of European education without forgetting the rich millennia-old traditions handed down from the past.
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Shared governance

The university follows a shared governance model: decisions involve institute and department councils made up of faculty, staff and students.

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Accreditation

Recognized quality

The university received state accreditation in 2000 and international institutional accreditation in 2019 and 2023.