many French universities including the Marseille School of Fine Arts in France, Reims School of Art and Design, Limoges-Aubusson National School of Art, and Lyon State School of Fine Arts. YSAFA also obtained a number of bilateral agreements of cooperation with higher educational institutions of many other countries including: Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic, Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, Russia, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Information Systems Management Institute of Riga, Latvia. References Educational institutions established in 1946 Education in Yerevan 1946 establishments in the Soviet Union