Vazgen Sargsyan Military University

Vazgen Sargyan Military Institute
Վազգեն Սարգսյանի անվան ռազմական համալսարան
Armenian soldiers at the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Institute in September 2013.
Former name
 High Military Multi-Nature Commander College
Type Military academy
Established June 24, 1994 (June 24, 1994)
Commandant Major general Armen Ghahramanyan
Address 77 Shopron Street, Yerevan, Armenia
Language Armenian, Russian
Website www.mil.am/en/institutions/55

Vazgen Sargsyan Military Institute (Armenian: Վազգեն Սարգսյանի անվան ռազմական համալսարան) is a higher educational institution functioning in the system of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia. Its mission is to prepare and train officers capable of implementing defense tasks in peace and war.

History

Armenian army soldiers at the university.

The "Higher Military Multi-Nature Commander College" was founded on June 24, 1994. In 2000, the college was re-efounded as a Military Institute named after Vazgen Sargsyan, the first Armenian Defense Minister. The faculty of infantry trains commanders for motorized infantry, tanks, intelligence, field engineer platoons, engineers of military wheeled vehicles and officers with a civil Bachelor’s degree.[1][2]

List of Commandants of the University

  • Colonel Alexander Minasyan (1994-1996)
  • Major General Ashot Petrosyan (1996-1997)
  • Major General Arshaluys Paytyan (1998-2000)
  • Lieutenant General Stepan Mirzoyan (2000-2007)
  • Major General Garegin Gabrielyan (2007-2008)
  • Lieutenant General Martin Karapetyan (2008-2015)
  • Major General Armen Ghahramanyan (2015-present)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Armenian Military | Armenian Armed Force & Military Balance | armeniagogo". armeniagogo. 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  2. ↑ LLC, ZOOM GRAPHICS. "Министерство Обороны Республики Армения | Военный университет им. Вазгена Саркисяна". www.mil.am. Retrieved 2017-09-24.

Coordinates: 40°11′04″N 44°33′41″E / 40.18444°N 44.56139°E / 40.18444; 44.56139

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