thousand books was opened. 1957 May 1 - The first issue of the newspaper §Polytechnic¦ was published. 1959 - Leninakan (Gyumri) and Kirovakan (Vanadzor) Branches of YPI were founded. 1961 - The Faculty of Automatics and Computing Technics was founded. 1964 - The chamber music band of YPI was created. 1966 - The Faculty of Automatics and Computing Technics was renamed into the Faculty of Technical Cybernetics. 1972 - The Faculty of Radioelectronics was separated from the Faculty of Technical Cybernetics. 1972 - The Faculty of Power Engineering was founded. 1972 - The Branch of the Faculty of Radio-electronics was founded in Dilijan. 1974 - The Faculty of Social Specialities was established. 1978 - The Faculty of Computing Technics was founded based on the faculties of Technical Cybernetics and Radio Engineering. 1978 - The Faculty of Radioelectronics was renamed into the Faculty of Radio Engineering. 1985 - The Faculty of Transportation was organized with the units separated from the faculties of Machine Building and Mechanical Engineering. 1991 - The Stepanakert Branch of YPI was founded in Artsakh. Later in 1993, on its base the Artsakh University was established. 1991 November 29 - By the Order No 4 of the RA President, YPI was reorganized into State Engineering University of Armenia (SEUA). 1991 December 9 - The Resolution No 670 of the RA Government on the establishment of SEUA was adopted, which approved the guidelines of reformations in accordance with the SEUA Master Plan. 1992 - The Department of Mathematics was founded by the merger of three Mathematics chairs. 1992 - The Department of Social and Political Disciplines was founded, reorganized in 1994 into the Department of Social-Political Disciplines and General Economics. 1994 - The Department of Mechanics and Machine Science was created. 1994 - The Alumni Association and the Student Council of SEUA were established. 1996 - SEUA became a member of the Association of European Universities (AEU). 2001 June - The SEUA Interdepartmental Chair of Microelectronic Circuits and Systems was established based on the Armenian Branch of Leda Systems Co. 2001 July - The Student Career Service Center was founded. 2003 October - The 70th anniversary of establishing YPI-SEUA was celebrated. The president and the prime minister of RA participated in the celebration ceremonies. 2004 September - The university's historical classroom No 1301 was overhauled and now it serves as an assembly hall for Academic Council sittings and other