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Artsakh University
Public university in Stepanakert, Republic of Artsakh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Artsakh State University (Armenian: Արցախի Պետական Համալսարան) was a university in Stepanakert, the oldest and largest university in the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh.[4] Over the course of its 50-year history, Artsakh State University has produced over 20,000 graduates in 60 fields of study.
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Former names | Stepanakert State Pedagogical Institute[1] Artsakh State University |
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Type | Public |
Active | 1969[2]–2023 |
President | Manush Minasyan |
Rector | Armen Sargsyan |
Academic staff | 350[3] |
Students | 3,000[3] |
Address | Mkhitar Gosh 5 , , 375000 , 39.82496°N 46.76205°E / 39.82496; 46.76205 |
Campus | Urban |
Website | www |
After a 2023 Azerbaijani offensive and the flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, the university building was appropriated by the Azerbaijan Ministry of Education for a Karabakh University (Azerbaijani: Qarabağ Universiteti) (also known as Garabagh University) on November 28, 2023,[5][6] which will start admitting students in 2024.[7]
Students from Artsakh State University have campaigned for the university to resume operations in exile in Armenia.[8]