Sectorial Brochure IT Sector of Armenia/ BA | Page 6

The cornerstone of the Armenian Innovative Technologies industry’s success is its
talented, well-educated and professional workforce
£ 45% of the Armenian ICT workforce hold graduate degrees
£ 8 universities in Armenia o er IT specializations: National Polytechnic University of
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Armenia, Yerevan State University, American University of Armenia, European
Regional Academy, Armenian-Russian (Slavonic) University, National University of
Architecture and Construction of Armenia, French Higher Institute of Engineering
in Armenia, French University in Armenia
There are IT professional training programs implemented by Microsoft Innovation
Center (MIC), Armenian-Indian Center for Excellence in ICT and Regional Mobile
Application Laboratory (mLab)
A growing number of international students from CIS, the Middle East, and Europe
study IT in Armenia
Armenian National Engineering Laboratories (ANEL) fosters engineering,
electronics, precise engineering and high-tech
Armath Engineering Laboratories works to establish a program of engineering
club-laboratories within the public school system of Armenia
TUMO Center for Creative Technologies inspires and educates Armenian teenagers
on all aspects of tech and design free of charge
That stems from an institutional system that encourages innovation and startup
establishment!
£ Research and business-oriented academia
Ø Yerevan State University, with the following departments: Mathematics and
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Mechanics, Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Physics, Radiophysics (in
collaboration with Synopsis)
Ø State Engineering University of Armenia, which houses the Armenian National
Engineering Laboratory in collaboration with Sun Microsystems, as well as R&D
centers of IBM, Nokia and Oracle
Ø American University of Armenia
Ø National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia: Cybernetics,
Computer Systems and Informatics
2 IT technoparks: Gyumri Technology Center (GTC) and Vanadzor Technology
Center (VTC)
Incubator: Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF) as one of the largest technology
business incubators
Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST), aiming to build an
ecosystem that drives technological innovation and scientific advancement in
Armenia and beyond
The creation of new free economic zone (FEZ) for a modern high-tech center,
Armenia's “Silicon Valley” in 2018, which will create 250-300 new high-paying jobs
and attract at least 120 million USD investments