1000 FOREIGN STUDENTS ENROLL IN ARMENIAN UNIVERSITIES IN 2006

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 10, ARMENPRESS: Around 1000 foreign students have been enrolled this year in Armenian state-run and private universities. Many of them are Diaspora Armenians .
Arthur Baghdasarian, head of the education ministry press office, said the bulk of foreign students are from neighboring Georgia, Iran and the Russian Federation. Among foreign students there is one from Brazil and another one from Mongolia.
The majority of foreign students choose Yerevan Medical University, Yerevan Engineering and Yerevan Architectural Universities.
Diaspora Armenians choose Yerevan State University and State Teachers’ Training University. Out of tens of private universities the most popular are the European Regional Academy and Haybusak University.