THIS YEAR 8483 SCHOOL-LEAVERS HAVE APPLIED TO STATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF YEREVAN

Noyan Tapan
Jul 19 2007

YEREVAN, JULY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. This year 8483 school-leavers,
in return for the 8171 recorded last year, have applied to the
State Higher Education Institutions of Yerevan. According to the
statement made by Ruben Topchian, the Head of the Counter center of
the HE Institution’s admission examinations, on July 18, the number
of the applicants has increased for the Yerevan State University of
Architecture and Construction, the Yerevan State Pedagogical University
named after Khachatur Abovian, and the Yerevan State Medical University
named after Mkhitar Heratsi. In comparison with the last year, less
school-leavers have applied to Yerevan State University and the
Yerevan State University of Architecture.

The school-leavers of Yerevan predominate the applicants. As for
those of from provinces, most of them are from Lori, Shirak, and
Armavir. According to the data of the Head of the Counter Center,
very few applicants were registered in the Vayots Dzor region.

According to professions, there is again a great number of applicants,
who have applied to the faculties of Informatics and Applied
Mathematics, and interest in natural scientific subjects has also
increased. The number of those who wanted to study in a number of
faculties, which enjoy popularity in Yerevan State University, such
as International Relations and Science of Law, has decreased, and as
for the philological faculty of "Armenian Language and Literature",
for example, there is a great number of applicants from Gegharkunik and
Armavir, and the number of the school-leavers from Yerevan, who have
applied to the above-mentioned faculty, has decreased in comparison
with last year. The number of those who applied to the faculty of
Elementary Education, Pedagogics, and Methods, has increased in the
Pedagogical University.