International Relations

YSMU is a member of the International Association of Universities, which gives great opportunity in the sphere of development of International relations, students exchange, probation period abroad, participation in grant programs under the aegis of UNESCO joint research work and conferences. The University leadership creates numerous opportunities for lecturers and clinicians to be enrolled in the training courses of US and European universities paying great attention to research, innovation, education and training. In 2004 the Republic of Armenia joined the Bologna process, towards creating the European Higher Education Area. The University employs European Council Directive N36 of 2005 on medical education and all the recommendations of the Bologna declaration. YSMU established direct partnership in the form of extensive cooperation and exchange program with about 30 universities around the globe. Since its foundation YSMU demonstrated great respect for fellow institutions of medicine worldwide and has a rich history concerning its activity in international arena. YSMU is dedicated to training highly qualified specialists not only for the Republic of Armenia and regional countries but also for other countries around the globe (USA, India, European countries).

As a result of such extensive cooperation worldwide, numerous faculty and student exchange programs have been established. A great number of students have completed short-term and long-term internships abroad, which considerably promote the education of leaders in this period of globalization and internationalization. The university administration does comprehend the importance of international collaboration and its benefits. Therefore, cooperation agreements have been signed and reviewed between YSMU and various well-known medical universities in Europe, Central Asia and the US, including.

University of the Mediterranean, Aix-Marseille II, France

Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin , Germany

Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, France

Boston University School of Medicine, USA

University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA

New York Medical College (NYMC), USA

Georgia Neurosurgical Institute, Mercer University School of Medicine, USA

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA

Yale University School of Medicine, USA

Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Germany

Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany

Cairo University School of Medicine, Egypt

University of Murcia, Spain

Columbia University, USA

College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, USA

University of Patras, Greece

University of Athens, Greece

Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia

Dalhousie University, Canada

Riga Stradins University, Latvia

Université René Descartes Paris 5, France

L’Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

University of Luebeck, Germany

Research Center Borstel, Germany

University of Kansas Medical Center, USA

University of Camerino, Italy

University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt

Armenian Dental Society of California, USA

St-Petersburg State Medical University, Russian Federation

Moscow Medical Academy, Russian Federation

University of Belgrade, Serbia