1. 16 - 17 June, 2014 Yerevan, Armenia G A V A R S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y VERITAS STEPS TOWARDS INTERNATIONALIZATION 17/06/2014 WORKSHOP ON PhD PROMOTION TOOLS, VERITAS-GSU

2.  Date of foundation - 1993  Legal status - State Non-commercial organization, HEI  Number of Faculties - 5  Number of Chairs - 12  Number of Specialties - 17  Number of students - 2200  Number of Staff - 250 17/06/2014 WORKSHOP ON PhD PROMOTION TOOLS, VERITAS-GSU GENERAL INFORMATION ON G AVAR S TATE U NIVERSITY

3. To assure high academic quality in education To harmonize our curricula with European/international standards To promote students and academic mobility and rise their competitiveness 17/06/2014 WORKSHOP ON PhD PROMOTION TOOLS, VERITAS-GSU Main Purpose and Objectives of Internalization of GSU

4. 17/06/2014 WORKSHOP ON PhD PROMOTION TOOLS, VERITAS-GSU WORKS DONE TO INTERNATIONALAZATION AT GSU BOLOGNA PROCESS OF INTEGRATION IMPLEMENTED  In the academic year 2004-2005 ​​ the transition to a two- cycle education system of BA and MA,  In the academic year 2006-2007, the ECTS credit system was introduced,  European diploma supplement in Armenian and English languages and approved by the RA Government was issued: - to master-level graduates in the academic year 2009 - 2010, - to bachelor-level graduates in the academic year 2010 - 2011.

5. 17/06/2014 WORKSHOP ON PhD PROMOTION TOOLS, VERITAS-GSU GSU 14 PROJECTS FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ARE: ERASMUS-MUNDUS TEMPO Coordinator Faculty of Architecture, Lisbon Technical University, Portugal ERASMUS-MUNDUS EUROEAST CoordinatorPolitecnico di Torino, Italy ERASMUS-MUNDUS HERMES Coordinator National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

6. 17/06/2014 WORKSHOP ON PhD PROMOTION TOOLS, VERITAS-GSU GSU INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PROJECTS TEMPUS – ATHENA Coordinator EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION, Brussels TEMPUS – LaManche Coordinator INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, Dobrich, Bulgaria TEMPUS – AlmaLaurea- HEN-GEAR Coordinator CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO ALMALAUREA, Bologna, Italy TEMPUS – ARARAT CoordinatorARMENIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS, Armenia TEMPUS –VERITAS Coordinator Yerevan State Medical University named after M. Heratsi TEMPUS –GOVERN Coordinator Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts TEMPUS – ARMENQA Coordinator Linköping University, Sweden TEMPUS -A Network for Developing Lifelong Learning in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine Coordinator Linnaeus University TEMPUS-Project Actors Capacity Training in Caucasus Coordinator David Tvildiani Medical University, Georgia TEMPUS- Picasa Coordinator Yerevan State University TEMPUS- RETHINK Coordinator Lisbon Technical University, Faculty of Architecture

7. 17/06/2014 WORKSHOP ON PhD PROMOTION TOOLS, VERITAS-GSU DESCRIPTION OF THE GSU FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF PHD-LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION POSSIBILITY  GSU just now planning to establish doctoral training programs within the VERITAS project, which allows to launch doctoral (PHD) training program from the starting point according to European Qualifications Framework, Salzburg Principles and to avoid inertial shortcomings of existing third level higher education system,  Pilot programs of the third degree of HE expected to start from the specialty of Law, Economic and Business by developing potential of the University’s Chair of “Management and Finance”, which will play the role of PhD unit.

8. 17/06/2014 WORKSHOP ON PhD PROMOTION TOOLS, VERITAS-GSU SUGGESTION to fill out following table Comparison between PhD awarding procedures in Armenia and EU HEIs StepIn Armenia (could be filled by the Supreme Certifying Commission) In EU HEI (could be filled by the EU partners)

9. 17/06/2014 WORKSHOP ON PhD PROMOTION TOOLS, VERITAS-GSU SUGGESTION to fill out following table Comparison between PhD awarding procedures in Armenia and EU HEIs StepIn ArmeniaIn EU HEIDifferencesAdvantages and Disadvantages with justifications

10. 1.Taking into consideration the results of analysis of above described advantages and disadvantages and also peculiarities of regional universities of Armenia, 2.Assisting interested specialists of GSU to obtain PHD degree in European HEIs – BETTER TO SEE ONCE, THAN TO HEAR 100 TIMES. 17/06/2014 WORKSHOP ON PhD PROMOTION TOOLS, VERITAS-GSU The optimal system of doctoral training program could be established at GSU through

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