Yerevan State University

Yerevan State University (YSU) is a public research university at 1 Alex Manoogian Street in Yerevan, Armenia, founded on 16 May 1919 by decision of the government of the first Republic of Armenia.埃里温国立大学（Yerevan State University，简称 YSU）是位于亚美尼亚首都埃里温阿列克谢·马努基扬街 1 号的公立研究型大学，1919 年 5 月 16 日由亚美尼亚第一共和国政府决定设立。

It is the oldest continuously operating university in Armenia, is known informally as the country's mother university and teaches in Armenian, with Russian and English instruction available for foreign students.该校是亚美尼亚历史最悠久且持续办学的大学，民间称之为「母亲大学」；教学以亚美尼亚语为主，并为外国学生提供俄语与英语授课。

In 2026 it enrolled 14,333 students, employed 2,037 lecturers and offered 312 educational programmes across 22 units in Yerevan and a branch in Ijevan, placing in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.2026 年，该校有 14333 名学生、2037 名教师，在埃里温的 22 个教学单位与伊杰万分校开设 312 个教育项目；在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1001-1200 区间。

History

• The university was created on 16 May 1919 by a decision of the government of the Republic of Armenia, after sustained lobbying by the politician Sirakan Tigranyan, and Professor Yuri Ghambaryan was appointed first rector.经过政治家西拉坎·季格拉尼扬的持续推动，亚美尼亚共和国政府于 1919 年 5 月 16 日决定创办大学，尤里·甘巴良教授被任命为首任校长。
• It was inaugurated on 31 January 1920 in Alexandropol, now Gyumri, in the presence of Prime Minister Alexander Khatisian and the British, French and Iranian ambassadors, and the first lecture was given on 1 February by Stepan Malkhasyants.1920 年 1 月 31 日，大学在当时的亚历山德罗波尔（今久姆里）举行成立典礼，总理亚历山大·哈蒂相及英、法、伊朗大使出席；2 月 1 日由斯捷潘·马尔哈相茨讲授第一课。
• The opening year had a single faculty of history and linguistics with 32 academic staff and 262 students, and the first teachers included the historians Hakob Manandyan and Ashkharbek Kalantar and the linguist Manuk Abeghian.开办当年仅设历史与语言学一个系，有 32 名教师与 262 名学生；首批教师包括历史学家哈科布·马南江、阿什哈尔别克·卡兰塔尔与语言学家马努克·阿别吉扬。
• Later in 1920 the university moved to Yerevan and occupied the former teachers' seminary on Astafyan Street, built in the early 1900s to a design by the architect Vasily Mirzoyan.1920 年晚些时候，大学迁至埃里温，入驻阿斯塔菲扬街的原师范学校校舍；该建筑建于 20 世纪初，由建筑师瓦西里·米尔佐扬设计。
• After the Sovietisation of Armenia in December 1920 the institution was renamed the People's University of Yerevan, with Hakob Manandyan as rector, and it was reorganised into faculties of physical sciences and social sciences in 1921.1920 年 12 月亚美尼亚苏维埃化后，学校改称埃里温人民大学，由哈科布·马南江任校长，并于 1921 年重组为物理科学与社会科学两个系。
• Three more faculties, oriental studies, agriculture and technical studies, opened in October 1921, medicine and pedagogy followed in March 1922 and a faculty of labour was added in 1923.1921 年 10 月，东方学、农业与技术三个系开办；1922 年 3 月增设医学与教育学系，1923 年又添劳动系。
• On 20 October 1923 the university was renamed the State University of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, becoming the mother university of Soviet Armenia within the Transcaucasian Federation.1923 年 10 月 20 日，学校更名为亚美尼亚苏维埃社会主义共和国国立大学，成为外高加索联邦内苏维埃亚美尼亚的「母亲大学」。
• A restructuring in 1930 spun off several institutions, including the Armenian Construction Institute from technical studies, Yerevan State Medical University from medicine and the Armenian State Pedagogical University from pedagogy.1930 年的重组剥离出多所院校，包括由技术系分出的亚美尼亚建筑学院、由医学系分出的埃里温国立医科大学，以及由教育系分出的亚美尼亚国立师范大学。
• The Armenian Agrarian University was founded the same year on the basis of the agriculture faculty, and by 1935-36 the university itself retained eight faculties in history, linguistics, law, geology, geography, chemistry, biology and physics and mathematics.亚美尼亚农业大学同年以农业系为基础成立；到 1935-36 学年，大学自身保留历史、语言、法律、地质、地理、化学、生物以及物理数学八个系。
• Physics and mathematics separated into two faculties in 1959, and during the Stalin years the university was named after Vyacheslav Molotov before reverting to Yerevan State University in the de-Stalinisation period.1959 年，物理与数学分为两个系；斯大林时期学校曾以维亚切斯拉夫·莫洛托夫命名，去斯大林化时期恢复「埃里温国立大学」校名。
• The main building was completed in the 1950s between Alex Manoogian and Charents streets, northeast of Yerevan's Circular Park, to a design by the architect Edmond Tigranyan.主楼于 20 世纪 50 年代建成，位于埃里温环城公园东北、阿列克谢·马努基扬街与恰连茨街之间，由建筑师埃德蒙·季格拉尼扬设计。
• Between 1960 and 1990 the university opened new faculties and laboratories and established its Armenological centre, and by 1991 it had 17 faculties.1960 至 1990 年间，学校增设院系与实验室，建立亚美尼亚学研究中心；到 1991 年已拥有 17 个系。
• The Ijevan branch opened in the 1994-95 academic year in the Tavush region, and it now has four faculties covering natural sciences, humanities, economics and applied arts.伊杰万分校于 1994-95 学年在塔武什州开办，现设自然科学、人文、经济与应用艺术四个系。
• In 1995-96 the university adopted a two-tier system of bachelor's and master's degrees, with doctoral study retained at faculty level, to align with international standards after independence.1995-96 学年，学校为对接国际标准，实行学士与硕士两级学制，博士阶段仍设在各系。
• On 27 November 2014 the government restructured YSU as a foundation, and the first meeting of its 32-member Board of Trustees was held on 19 April 2015 with President Serzh Sargsyan as chairman.2014 年 11 月 27 日，政府决定将埃里温国立大学改组为基金会；2015 年 4 月 19 日，由 32 人组成的董事会举行首次会议，总统谢尔日·萨尔基相出任主席。
• Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, a doctor of historical sciences, became rector in 2021 and was re-elected by the Board of Trustees for a five-year term on 11 September 2026.历史学博士霍夫汉内斯·霍夫汉尼相于 2021 年出任校长，并于 2026 年 9 月 11 日经董事会秘密投票连任，任期五年。
• The university marked its 107th anniversary in May 2026 with an alumni forum that brought generations of graduates back to the main hall and launched a new alumni network.2026 年 5 月，学校举行建校 107 周年庆典与校友论坛，邀请各代毕业生回到主楼大厅，并启动新的校友网络。
• The Faculty of Theology was founded on 1 September 1995 under Archbishop Shahe Ajamian and holds the Atchemyan Library, the only specialised theology collection among Armenian universities.神学系于 1995 年 9 月 1 日由沙赫·阿贾米扬大主教创办，设有阿特切米扬图书馆，是亚美尼亚高校中唯一的专业神学藏书。
• The Faculty of Journalism was created on 1 October 1991 from the journalism department of the philology faculty and now runs the Garnik Ananyan multimedia centre with radio and television studios.新闻系于 1991 年 10 月 1 日从语言文学系的新闻教研室独立建系，现运营加尼克·阿纳尼扬多媒体中心，配备广播与电视演播室。
• The Faculty of International Relations was formed on 16 September 1998 from the international relations chair, adding political science and public administration to train diplomats and civil servants.国际关系系于 1998 年 9 月 16 日以国际关系教研室为基础组建，增设政治学与公共管理方向，培养外交官与公务员。
• The university has been awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, and its main entrance carries a 2002 monument to Sahak Partev and Mesrop Mashtots by the sculptor Ara Sargsyan.该校曾获劳动红旗勋章；主楼入口处立有雕塑家阿拉·萨尔基相 2002 年创作的萨哈克·帕尔特夫与梅斯罗普·马什托茨纪念像。

Academics

• YSU teaches through 22 educational units in Yerevan, among them faculties of physics, mathematics and mechanics, radiophysics, informatics and applied mathematics, chemistry, biology, geography and geology, history, philology, law, economics, journalism, theology and international relations.埃里温国立大学在埃里温设有 22 个教学单位，其中包括物理、数学与力学、无线电物理、信息学与应用数学、化学、生物、地理与地质、历史、语言文学、法律、经济、新闻、神学与国际关系等系。
• It also runs an Institute of Physics, an Institute of Pharmacy, a preparatory department for foreign citizens founded in 1961 and four faculties at the Ijevan branch.学校另设物理研究所、药学研究所、1961 年创办的外国公民预科部，以及伊杰万分校的四个系。
• The university offered 312 educational programmes in 2026, and in 2023-24 it monitored and evaluated 54 bachelor's and 186 master's programmes for quality and labour-market fit.2026 年，学校开设 312 个教育项目；2023-24 学年，其对 54 个学士项目与 186 个硕士项目进行了质量与就业适配度评估。
• Enrolment stood at 14,333 students in 2026, taught by 2,037 lecturers of whom 913 hold professorships or associate professorships, a ratio of about seven students per teacher.2026 年在校生为 14333 人，由 2037 名教师授课，其中 913 人为教授或副教授，生师比约为 7 比 1。
• The university has produced about 150,000 graduates since 1919 and reports 270 partner institutions, including 249 international partners from 49 countries in 2023-24.自 1919 年以来，学校已培养约 15 万名毕业生；校方报告有 270 个合作机构，其中 2023-24 学年有来自 49 个国家的 249 个国际伙伴。
• YSU accounts for an estimated 25 to 30 per cent of Armenia's research output and international publications, making it the country's dominant research institution.据估算，埃里温国立大学贡献了亚美尼亚 25% 至 30% 的科研成果与国际论文，是该国占主导地位的研究机构。
• The university installed the largest supercomputer in the region, which supports modelling in physics, chemistry, genomics, seismology and machine learning for researchers across Armenia.学校安装了本地区规模最大的超级计算机，为亚美尼亚各地研究者提供物理、化学、基因组学、地震学与机器学习建模支持。
• In 2023-24 two bachelor's and two master's programmes in biology and pharmacy received international accreditation, the first such accreditation in Armenia, and six more programmes began the process.2023-24 学年，生物与药学领域的两个学士项目与两个硕士项目获得国际认证，为亚美尼亚首次；另有六个项目启动认证程序。
• The Faculty of Law has trained more than 12,000 graduates in 75 years, runs seven chairs, a legal clinic, a moot court and a criminalistics laboratory, and publishes the quarterly Problems of Jurisprudence.法律系在 75 年间培养逾 1.2 万名毕业生，设七个教研室、法律诊所、模拟法庭与刑事侦查实验室，并出版季刊《法学问题》。
• The Faculty of Physics, separated in 1959, employs three academicians and five corresponding members of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences, 36 doctors of science and more than 80 candidates, and runs 13 international grants worth 1.5 million dollars.物理系于 1959 年独立，拥有亚美尼亚国家科学院院士 3 人、通讯院士 5 人、理学博士 36 人与副博士 80 余人，并承担 13 项总额 150 万美元的国际资助项目。
• The Faculty of Radiophysics, founded in June 1975, has trained more than 2,500 specialists, 200 of them with scientific degrees, and now teaches about 420 bachelor's and master's students in three specialisations.无线电物理系创办于 1975 年 6 月，已培养 2500 多名专业人才，其中 200 人拥有学位，现有约 420 名本科与硕士生，分三个专业方向。
• The Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics traces its chair to 1957 and its faculty to 1971, and it cooperates with the Yerevan Research Institute of Mathematical Machines and Synopsys Armenia.信息学与应用数学系的教学教研室可追溯至 1957 年，1971 年正式建系，并与埃里温数学机器研究所及新思科技亚美尼亚公司合作。
• The Faculty of Oriental Studies, established in 1968, teaches Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hindi, Sanskrit, Hebrew and Kurdish and is a regional leader in Iranian studies.东方学系建于 1968 年，教授波斯语、阿拉伯语、土耳其语、印地语、梵语、希伯来语与库尔德语，其伊朗研究在本地区处于领先地位。
• The Faculty of European Languages and Communication teaches English, German, French, Spanish and Italian philology and translation, and about 1,700 students study there with some 200 lecturers.欧洲语言与交流系开设英语、德语、法语、西班牙语与意大利语的语言文学及翻译方向，约有 1700 名学生与 200 名教师。
• The Sargis and Mari Izmirlian Library opened on 28 February 1920, moved into a new building on Charents Street on 12 October 1994 and was named for its benefactors in 1997.萨尔基斯与玛丽·伊兹米尔良图书馆于 1920 年 2 月 28 日开放，1994 年 10 月 12 日迁入恰连茨街新馆，1997 年以捐赠者命名。
• The YSU Publishing House, founded in 1920, has issued more than 5,500 books, and its first title was a translation of William James's The Principles of Psychology, printed in Alexandropol.埃里温国立大学出版社创办于 1920 年，已出版 5500 多种图书；其第一本书是威廉·詹姆士《心理学原理》的译本，在亚历山德罗波尔印行。

Campus

• The main campus runs along Alex Manoogian Street in central Yerevan, with the 1950s main building by Edmond Tigranyan forming the administrative and ceremonial core.主校区沿埃里温市中心的阿列克谢·马努基扬街展开，由埃德蒙·季格拉尼扬设计的 20 世纪 50 年代主楼构成行政与礼仪核心。
• The main building's entrance is marked by the 2002 statue of Sahak Partev and Mesrop Mashtots, the fifth-century creators of the Armenian alphabet, by the sculptor Ara Sargsyan.主楼入口矗立着雕塑家阿拉·萨尔基相 2002 年创作的萨哈克·帕尔特夫与梅斯罗普·马什托茨雕像，二人是 5 世纪亚美尼亚字母的创制者。
• The old seminary building on Astafyan Street, designed by Vasily Mirzoyan in the early 1900s, still houses the faculties of theology, history and economics and management.阿斯塔菲扬街的原师范学校校舍由瓦西里·米尔佐扬于 20 世纪初设计，现仍供神学、历史以及经济与管理三个系使用。
• The Izmirlian Library building of 1994 stands within the campus on Charents Street and holds reading rooms, an electronic library and subscriptions to EBSCO, JSTOR and Brill.1994 年建成的伊兹米尔良图书馆位于恰连茨街校园内，设有阅览室、电子图书馆，并订阅 EBSCO、JSTOR 与博睿数据库。
• The campus includes subject-specific buildings for physics, chemistry, biology, radiophysics and law, several of them renovated after 2015 with new laboratories, smart boards and 30 refurbished teaching labs.校园内分布着物理、化学、生物、无线电物理与法律等专业楼，其中多栋在 2015 年后翻新，增设实验室、智能黑板，并改造了 30 间教学实验室。
• The university operates recreation and research centres at Byurakan and Marmarik, used for field courses, conferences and summer schools in astronomy, geology and ecology.学校在布拉堪与马尔马里克制有休养与研究基地，用于天文、地质与生态领域的野外课程、会议与暑期学校。
• The Ijevan branch in Tavush Province has its own four faculties and serves students from northeastern Armenia, about 140 kilometres from Yerevan.位于塔武什州的伊杰万分校设四个系，服务亚美尼亚东北部学生，距埃里温约 140 公里。
• The university's preparatory department for foreign citizens has been based in the Avan district since 1961 and teaches Armenian, foreign languages and general academic subjects.外国公民预科部自 1961 年起设在阿万区，教授亚美尼亚语、外语与通用学术课程。
• Yerevan's metro, trolleybus and marshrutka routes connect the campus with the city centre, the railway station and Zvartnots airport about 12 kilometres to the west.埃里温的地铁、无轨电车与小巴线路将校园与市中心、火车站以及以西约 12 公里的兹瓦尔特诺茨机场连接起来。

Reputation

• YSU is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, after standing at 901-950 in the 2025 edition of the same table.埃里温国立大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1001-1200 区间，此前在 2025 年版同一榜单中位于 901-950 区间。
• It was placed in the 2001+ band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, having entered the table for the first time in the 2026 edition.该校在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列 2001+ 区间，此前于 2026 年版首次进入该榜单。
• It did not enter the U.S. News Best Global Universities list for 2026-2027 or the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities for 2026, so national and regional tables carry more weight in its profile.该校未进入 US News 2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学排名，也未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名，因此本国与区域榜单在其定位中更具分量。
• It is consistently ranked first among Armenian universities, including in the 2025 QS national ordering, and the EduRank 2025 table placed it first in Armenia and 2,443rd worldwide.该校在亚美尼亚高校中持续排名第一，包括 2025 年 QS 的本国排序；EduRank 2025 年榜单将其列为亚美尼亚第一、全球第 2443 位。
• In regional tables it stood 173rd in the 2021 QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia ranking and 412th in the QS Europe ranking for 2024.在区域榜单中，该校在 QS 新兴欧洲与中亚排名中位列第 173 位，在 2024 年 QS 欧洲排名中位列第 412 位。
• The Nature Index 2025 placed it 1,254th among academic institutions worldwide, and Scimago ranked it 4,135th globally in its 2025 institutions table.《自然》指数 2025 年将其列为全球学术机构第 1254 位；Scimago 在 2025 年机构排名中将其列于全球第 4135 位。
• OpenAlex indexes 12,586 works and 161,566 citations for the university, a body of research shaped by physics, chemistry, biology and Armenology.OpenAlex 为该校收录 12586 项研究成果与 161566 次引用，其研究结构以物理、化学、生物与亚美尼亚学为主。
• The university produces 25 to 30 per cent of Armenia's research output, and its new supercomputer is the largest in the South Caucasus region.该校产出亚美尼亚 25% 至 30% 的科研成果，其新建超级计算机为南高加索地区规模最大。
• It belongs to the International Association of Universities, the European University Association, the Association of Eurasian Universities and the Black Sea Universities Network, and reports 270 partners.该校是国际大学协会、欧洲大学协会、欧亚大学协会与黑海大学网络成员，并报告有 270 个合作伙伴。

Student life

• YSU has no formally published motto on its English-language channels, and its identity is carried instead by the 1919 founding date, the Armenian-language anthem and the title of mother university.埃里温国立大学未在英文官方渠道公布正式校训；其身份标识更多依托 1919 年建校日、亚美尼亚语校歌与「母亲大学」称号。
• The anniversary falls on 16 May, the date of the 1919 government decision, and the university marked its 107th anniversary in May 2026 with an alumni forum and a student initiative fair.校庆日为 5 月 16 日，即 1919 年政府决定创办大学之日；2026 年 5 月，学校以校友论坛与学生创意市集纪念建校 107 周年。
• Teaching is in Armenian, the academic year runs from 1 September to 30 June, and foreign students may study in Russian or English through the preparatory department and designated programmes.教学以亚美尼亚语进行，学年自 9 月 1 日至次年 6 月 30 日；外国学生可通过预科部与指定项目以俄语或英语学习。
• The Student Council and the Student Scientific Society organise conferences, competitions and cultural events, and the annual BioExpo showcases student research in biology.学生会与学生科学协会组织会议、竞赛与文化活动；一年一度的生物博览会展出学生的生物学研究。
• The university publishes the monthly newspaper Yerevan University, runs its own publishing house and maintains the Izmirlian Library as the main study space in central Yerevan.学校出版月报《埃里温大学》，拥有自己的出版社，并以伊兹米尔良图书馆作为埃里温市中心的主要学习空间。
• International student numbers rose from 186 in 2022 to 397 in 2023, and exchange students come from Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, UCLA, Yale and Bologna for Armenian and Iranian studies semesters.国际学生人数从 2022 年的 186 人增至 2023 年的 397 人；交换生来自牛津、剑桥、爱丁堡、加州大学洛杉矶分校、耶鲁与博洛尼亚等校，修读亚美尼亚与伊朗研究学期课程。
• The university takes part in Erasmus+ mobility and has accredited programmes through European agencies, and its staff and students use these routes for semester exchanges across the European Union.学校参与「伊拉斯谟＋」流动项目，并通过欧洲机构完成项目认证；师生借此在欧盟范围内进行学期交换。
• Student life is tied to central Yerevan, with the campus within walking distance of the Opera, the Circular Park and the Cascade, and the Ijevan branch serving the Tavush region.学生生活与埃里温市中心紧密相连，校园步行可达歌剧院、环城公园与瀑布阶梯；伊杰万分校则服务塔武什地区。

Notable people

• Sirakan Tigranyan, the politician whose lobbying produced the 1919 government decision, is regarded as the founder of the university and gave his name to its founding narrative.西拉坎·季格拉尼扬是推动 1919 年政府决议的政治家，被视为大学的创办人，其名字与建校叙事紧密相连。
• Yuri Ghambaryan served as the first rector from 1919 to 1920, organising the move from Alexandropol to Yerevan and the creation of the first faculty.尤里·甘巴良于 1919 至 1920 年任首任校长，主持了从亚历山德罗波尔迁往埃里温以及首个系的组建。
• Stepan Malkhasyants, the philologist who delivered the first lecture on 1 February 1920, compiled the authoritative Explanatory Dictionary of Armenian and was elected to the Armenian Academy of Sciences.斯捷潘·马尔哈相茨是 1920 年 2 月 1 日讲授第一课的语言学家，编纂了权威的《亚美尼亚语详解词典》，并当选亚美尼亚科学院院士。
• Levon Ter-Petrossian, a historian at the university, became the first president of independent Armenia and served from 1991 to 1998.列翁·捷尔-彼得罗相曾任该校历史学者，后成为独立亚美尼亚首任总统，1991 至 1998 年在任。
• Serzh Sargsyan, a 1979 graduate of the philology faculty, served as president of Armenia from 2008 to 2018 and chaired the YSU Board of Trustees from 2015.谢尔日·萨尔基相 1979 年毕业于语言文学系，2008 至 2018 年任亚美尼亚总统，并于 2015 年起担任埃里温国立大学董事会主席。
• Armen Sarkissian, the fourth president of Armenia from 2018 to 2022, studied physics at YSU and later became a professor of physics and a diplomat.阿尔缅·萨尔基相是 2018 至 2022 年亚美尼亚第四任总统，曾在埃里温国立大学学习物理，后成为物理学教授与外交官。
• Karen Karapetyan, who studied applied mathematics at YSU, was mayor of Yerevan from 2010 to 2011 and prime minister of Armenia from 2016 to 2018.卡伦·卡拉佩强在埃里温国立大学学习应用数学，2010 至 2011 年任埃里温市长，2016 至 2018 年任亚美尼亚总理。
• Ararat Mirzoyan, a 2000 graduate of the history faculty, was speaker of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2018 and has been minister of foreign affairs since 2021.阿拉拉特·米尔佐扬 2000 年毕业于历史系，2017 至 2018 年任国民议会议长，2021 年起任外交部长。
• Viktor Ambartsumian, who taught at YSU from 1947, won the Stalin Prize in 1946 and 1950, was named Hero of Socialist Labour in 1968 and received the Lomonosov Gold Medal in 1971.维克托·安巴楚勉自 1947 年起在埃里温国立大学任教，1946 年与 1950 年两获斯大林奖，1968 年获社会主义劳动英雄称号，1971 年获罗蒙诺索夫金质奖章。
• Sergei Mergelyan, the mathematician who proved the approximation theorem bearing his name, was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1952 and became an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences.谢尔盖·梅尔格良证明了对数逼近定理并以之命名，1952 年获斯大林奖，后当选苏联科学院院士。
• Norair Sisakian, a biochemist and academician, won the Stalin Prize in 1946 for work on the biochemistry of plants and was long associated with the university's biology faculty.诺赖尔·西萨基扬是生物化学家与科学院院士，因植物生物化学研究于 1946 年获斯大林奖，长期与该校生物系保持联系。
• Mher Sahakyan, a political scientist and founder of the China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research, studied at YSU and edits the Routledge Handbook of Chinese and Eurasian International Relations.米赫尔·萨哈基扬是政治学者、中国—欧亚政治与战略研究理事会创办人，曾就读于埃里温国立大学，主编《劳特利奇中国与欧亚国际关系手册》。