Along with educational processes, YSU pays great attention to students' extracurricular life as well.
In this last period of RA independence, the cultural life of YSU experienced a new rise. In June 2006, by the decision of the Academic Council of YSU, the Center of Culture was established, the priority tasks of which were the coordination of the cultural life of the university, the cultural events held among the university students, as well as the consolidation of the events organized by the structures operating in YSU and ensuring their quality standards. To implement those tasks, multidisciplinary cultural ensembles were formed through professional leaders, with the involvement of creative and gifted students and professors.
The following cultural groups operate as part of the Center, through which various cultural events are carried out.
- "Universitian" theater-studio – art director: Karine Davtyan,
- Girls' dance ensemble – art director: Ani Haroyan,
- Choir – art director: Honored Art Worker of RA Karen Sargsyan, director: Ruben Karaseferyan,
- A group of young creators, including Literary Studio - director: Ph.D., Professor Samvel Muradyan
- "Nike" squad - coordinator: Armine Harutyunyan,
- Cinema club - coordinator: Varsik Sahradyan,
- YSU BAND – art director: Artur Hakobyan,
- Cultural information club - coordinator: Varsik Sahradyan
Goals and objectives
The goals and objectives of the culture center are:
- Contribution to the development of YSU students' cultural abilities, ensuring the connection of YSU students with students from different countries, including Artsakh and the Diaspora, through culture, along with the educational process,
- Through the organization and participation of inter-university and republican competitions, festivals, the creation of inter-university cultural ties, the discovery of talented and gifted students among students,
- Holding intra-university, extra-university and inter-university cultural competitions, festivals,
- Organization of exhibitions, concerts, and performances both in Armenia and abroad,
- Organization of cultural lectures, seminars, round tables,
- The taste formation among the students through viewings of films and plays, discussions, as well as meetings with notable people.
The main activities of the cultural center
The main activities of the cultural center are:
- Implementation of concert programs under the arches of Yerevan State University, as well as in different regions of the Republic of Armenia, Artsakh, and abroad.
- The center regularly organizes meetings with famous people in the field of culture.
- Visiting theaters, and organizing viewing discussions with the creative team of the given performance.
- Film viewing-discussions.
- Visits to the performances of A. Spendiarian Opera and Ballet National Academic Theatre
- Participation in the filming of large-scale city events, television programs, and video clips.
