International Scientific Educational Centre presentation. Aberdeen. 2009.

1. INTERNATIONAL
SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL
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2. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
HISTORY
International Scientific-Educational Center of the
National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Armenia
(ISEC) was established in 1997 on the basis of PhD
studies operating аt National Academy of Sciences.
ISEC’s activity aimed at preparing highly qualified
scientific-pedagogical specialists through Postgraduate
Studies, Postdoctoral Studies as well as seekers for
PhD
degree on the basis of RA NAS facilities and

3. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
HISTORY
Education through master degree programs in
RA NAS aims at accelerating the passage from
education to scientific activity. Preparations of
Master students in academic environment will
enable them to quickly integrate to scientific
public and acquire scientific thinking. Such
approach will promote the harmonization of
education and science.

4. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
Master Degree Programs
 Jurisprudence /full-time, part-time/
 Political Science
 International Relations
 Oriental Studies
 Journalism
 History
 Pedagogy and Sociology /full-time, part-time/
 Psychology

5. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
Master Degree Programs
 Management /full-time, part-time/
 Finance /full-time, part-time/
 Marketing
 Theoretical Economics
 Informatics and Computer Engineering
 Radio Engineering and Communication
 Library and Information Science
 Applied Mathematics
 Biotechnology
 Pharmaceutical Chemistry

6. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
Master Degree Programs
ISEC's master's programs are small, thus
providing an intimate setting for academic
inquiry. The programs don’t exceed 30
students, and each fits a specific
intellectual and educational niche,
fostering individual contact with faculty.
Duration at Master Studies for full-time
education is 2 years, and for part-time
education is 2.5 years.

7. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
Research
Students at ISEC have access to the
laboratories at all 38 research institutes of
the National Academy of Sciences of the
Republic of Armenia where they can carry
out their experiments for their research
part.

8. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
Equipment
Equipment and facilities at ISEC are
permanently replenished with computers
and other required hardware. Many
research institutes of RA NAS with their
contemporary equipment support ISEC in
the implementation of its education
objectives.

9. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
Computer Classroom

10. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
Fundamental Scientific Library
Students at ISEC have access to Fundamental Scientific
Library of NAS RA (FSL) known as the second best and
richest scientific library famous for capacity of its funds and
the main and largest repository of scientific publications. It is
a powerful information and bibliographical services center for
the whole National Academy of Sciences of Armenia with
approximately 3 million books, textbooks, periodicals,
journals etc.

11. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
International Cooperation
ISEC in a range of EU Tempus
14502 l-TEMPUS-2008-UK-JPCR “New Masters
Programme on Library and Information Science”
programme is implementing the next strand of
its educational strategy which incorporates the
creation and development of a Faculty of
“Library and Information Science” for master
level studies. In the frameworks of this project,
ISEC will introduce the concepts of Virtual
Learning Environment and Life Long Learning.
http://www.flib.sci.am/eng/Tempus/

12. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
Scientific Groups
ISEC has two scientific groups dealing
with:
 Bioinformatics
 Superconductivity

13. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
“In the World of Science”
Scientific Popular Journal
ISEC also publishes “In the World of
Science” scientific popular journal
reflecting on inventions and achievements
in different spheres of science designated
for different layers of public.

14. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
Journal Covers

15. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
International Students
Since 2008 ISEC started admission of
international students in various
specialties both in Master and PhD
Studies. At present approximately 120
international students from Middle East
study at ISEC. Instruction language for
international students is English.

16. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
PhD Studies
PhD studies at ISEC is implemented
together with research organizations of
National Academy of Sciences of RA. PhD
studies is implemented in accordance
with degree-awarding nomenclature
approved by Higher Qualification
Committee of Ministry of Science and
Education in Armenia.

17. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
BOLOGNA PROCESS IN ARMENIA
On May 19, 2005 Minister of Education and
Science of the Republic of Armenia signed the
Bergen Communique of the Ministers of
Education from the Bologna participating
countries; thus Armenia officially joined the
Bologna process committing itself to completing
the implementation of main principles of the
Bologna process by its specific action lines by
2010 and becoming part of the emerging
European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

18. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
BOLOGNA PROCESS IN ARMENIA
In accordance with RA Decree
‘Introducing Credit System in HEIs’ the
following norms are prescribed for annual
workload and study load:
Annual workload and study load for a
Master’s student (full-time) is set 1800
hours which is equal to 60 ECTS credits.

19. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
BOLOGNA PROCESS IN ARMENIA
 1 ECTS credit is equal to 30 hours.
Duration of an academic year is 40
weeks, of which at least 32 is designed
for practical studies. Education process
is organized in 2 semesters: fall and
spring.
 A maximum weekly workload for a
master’s student is 45 hours which is
equal to 1,5 academic credits.

20. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NAS RA
BOLOGNA PROCESS IN ARMENIA
 In master’s study program weekly
classroom workload is 15-22 hours.
 In full-time education system a master’s
student must have a workload of 30
credits (with 10% permissible
digression), and 60 credits for one
academic year.