Editing Yerevan (section)

==Education==
{{See also|List of universities in Yerevan}}
[[File:Yerevan State University.jpg|thumb|Yerevan State University]]
Yerevan is a major educational centre in the region. {{As of|2017}}, the city is home to more than 250 schools, of which about 210 are state-owned, with 3/4 of them run by the municipality and the rest run by the ministry of education. The rest of the schools (about 40) are privately owned. The municipality also runs 160 kindergartens throughout the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yerevan.am/am/education/|title=Կրթություն|website=www.yerevan.am|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=18 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618152311/https://www.yerevan.am/am/education/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[QSI International School of Yerevan|QSI International School]], [[École Française Internationale en Arménie]], [[Ayb School]], [[Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex]] and [[Khoren and Shooshanig Avedisian School]] are among the prominent international or private schools in Yerevan.

{{As of|2018}}, around 60 [[higher education]] institutions are accredited and licensed to operate in the Republic of Armenia. Yerevan is home to about 50 universities, nearly half of which are public. [[Yerevan State University]], [[American University of Armenia]], [[Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University]], [[Yerevan State Medical University]] and [[Armenian State Pedagogical University]] are the top rated universities of Armenia and among the top rated in the region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.webometrics.info/en/Europe/Armenia|title=Armenia &#124; Ranking Web of Universities: Webometrics ranks 30000 institutions|website=www.webometrics.info|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=29 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829094122/http://www.webometrics.info/en/Europe/Armenia|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Science and research===
[[File:Tumo Center for Creative Technologies.jpg|thumb|Tumo Center for Creative Technologies]]
Under the Soviet rule, Yerevan has turned into a major centre for science and research. The [[Armenian National Academy of Sciences]] is the pioneer of scientific research in Armenia. It was founded in 1943 as the Armenian Branch of the [[Russian Academy of Sciences|Soviet Academy of Sciences]] to become the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activities in the fields of science in Armenia. It has many divisions, including Mathematical and Technical Sciences, Physics and Astrophysics, Natural Sciences, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Armenology and Social Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sci.am/index.php?langid=1|title=ՀՀ գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա|website=www.sci.am|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126000354/https://www.sci.am/index.php?langid=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

After the independence, many new research centres were opened in the city, such as the [[CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute]] (2010),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panarmenian.net/eng/it_telecom/news/48243/|title=RA Government to participate in establishment of CANDLE international center|website=PanARMENIAN.Net|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125041842/https://www.panarmenian.net/eng/it_telecom/news/48243/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tumo Center for Creative Technologies]] (2011),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.president.am/en/domestic-visits/item/2011/08/14/news-294/|title=President Serzh Sargsyan participated at the official inauguration of the Tumo Center of Creative Technologies - Domestic visits - Updates - The President of the Republic of Armenia|website=www.president.am|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211135835/https://www.president.am/en/domestic-visits/item/2011/08/14/news-294/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Izmirlian Medical Center|Nerses Mets Medical Research and Education Center]] (2013).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.izmirlianfoundation.am/projects/donation_projects/hospital_in_yerevan/|title=Izmirlian Foundation: Izmirlian Medical Center and Nerses Mets Medical Research and Education Center|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827093604/http://www.izmirlianfoundation.am/projects/donation_projects/hospital_in_yerevan|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, over 40,000 Russian professionals and programmers arrived in Yerevan. Half stayed briefly and then moved on while the rest reestablished themselves using internet connections that kept Armenia connected to the world while Russia was increasingly cut off. In addition to IT experts the exodus included many bloggers, journalists and activists who faced arrest for criticizing the war in Ukraine. Interviews indicated that none of the exiles encountered hostility in Yerevan. They can enter Armenia without visas or passports and remain six months; Russian is widely spoken.<ref>Jane Arraf, "Russia Is Losing Tens of Thousands of Outward-Looking Young Professionals"[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/20/world/middleeast/ukraine-russia-armenia.html '' New York Times'' March 20, 2022]</ref>