The Faculty of Design was founded in 2007. The Faculty issues educated and competitive specialists in the following academic programmes:
Undergraduate programme: 4 years
- Industrial Design
- Graphic Design
- Environmental Design
Graduates can continue their studies in a 1-year graduate programme in the relevant chosen academic programme.
Upon completing the graduate programme, the specialist becomes not only a designer but also a young researcher-scientist-intellectual. Their mission is to conduct a proper analysis of the topic under consideration and propose a creative, innovative conceptual project, the basis of which is the thesis.
Since 2022, Dean of the Faculty of Design is Corresponding Member of Engineering Academy of Armenia, PhD in Architecture, Professor Artashes Arsen Melikyan.
The faculty has 2 issuing Chairs:
- Chair of Design, the mission of which is to issue specialists in the fields of Industrial and Graphic Design.
- Chair of Interior and Exterior Design, which is aimed at preparing skilled specialists who will be able to design both interiors and exteriors of residential, public and industrial spaces, as well as landscape areas and their adjacent design elements.
Student exhibitions are constantly organized at the Faculty. Students and academic staff participate in numerous international and republican competitions and scientific conferences.
The Faculty attaches importance to inter-university cooperation with foreign educational institutions. Student exchange and lecturers’ training programs are implemented with partner universities in Vilnius, Warsaw, Spain, and the Russian Federation. Memorandums of cooperation have been signed with a number of leading organizations, conducting joint programs, internships, and a number of other events.
