Yerevan State Linguistic University - History

History

Yerevan State Linguistic University "Bryusov" is the successor of Russian Two-year Teacher Training Institute established on February 4, 1935.

In 1936 - The Section of German Language, and a year later French and English Sections were created and in 1948 reorganized into Departments.

• 1937 - The Institute turned out the first graduates – teachers of Russian Language.
• 1940 - Reorganized into Yerevan State Russian Teachers’ Training Institute.
• 1955 - While preserving its structural and academic independence, the University became a department of Yerevan State University.
• 1962 - Regained its former status and was renamed into Yerevan State Pedagogical University of Russian and Foreign Languages after Valery Brusov. Advanced courses of compulsory public and specialized secondary school teachers’ training functioned at the Institute from 1979 to 1991.
• 1985 - The Institute was awarded the Friendship of Nations Order.
• 1993 - Renamed into Yerevan State Institute of Foreign Languages after Valery Brusov.
• 1999 - The basic lyceum was founded.
• 2001 - In compliance with the RA Government resolution the Institute was granted the status of University and renamed into Yerevan State Linguistic University after Brusov. Throughout the whole period of its functioning the Institute had more than 18000 graduates, specialists of Russian, English, French, German, Greek, Spanish languages, practical psychology, history, political science, area studies, etc. The process of structural changes is still continuing and in the near future they will provide an opportunity to train professionals who meet the new demands of the republic.

Presently, the YSLU staff consists of 477 members including the instructing staff of 434 members, 189 members are on full-time position, 48 of them hold more than one office, 12 Doctors of Science, 14 Professors, 102 Candidates of Science, and 54 Assistant Professors.