of Piraeus Italy Sapienza University of Rome University of Rome Tor Vergata Portugal Technical University of Lisbon Russia Moscow Institute of Energetics Bauman Moscow State Technical University Moscow Technical University of Communication and Informatics Spain University of Granada Autonomous University of Barcelona University of Alicante Sweden Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm) Lund University Syria Damascus University Ukraine Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Ukrainian State Academy of Light Industry (Kiev) United Kingdom Brunel University London Queen's University Belfast University of Huddersfield United States California State Polytechnic University, Pomona New Jersey Institute of Technology Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis Southern University Grambling State University and Southern University New Orleans (Louisiana) Rectors Hovhannes Babajanyan, 1934–1936 Hmayak Ghondakhchyan, 1936–1937 Ashot Melikjanyan, 1937 Misak Petrosyan, 1937–1946 Petros Melkonyan, 1946–1965 Ashot Aslanyan, 1965–1966 Artsrun Gasparyan, 1966–1980 Rafayel Movsisyan, 1980–1988 Yuri Sargsyan, 1988–2006 Vostanik Marukhyan, 2006–2011 Ara Avetisyan, 2011–2014 Hovhannes Tokmajyan, 2014–2015 Vostanik Marukhyan, 2015–2020 Gor Vardanyan, 2021–present Notable alumni Siranush Atoyan (1904–1985), Soviet Armenian architect Karen Demirchyan (1932–1999), former speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Gevorg Emin (1919–1998), Armenian poet and writer. Robert Kocharyan (born 1954), former president of Armenia. Andranik Margaryan (2000–2007), former prime minister of Armenia. Levon Mnatsakanyan, former defense minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Vartan Oskanian, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia. Aram Sargsyan, 9th prime minister of Armenia Tigran Torosyan, former speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia. Edmund Tsaturyan, member of the National Assembly of Armenia Tamar Tumanyan (1907–1989) Soviet Armenian architect Hrant Vardanyan, Armenian businessman. Milestones 1933 February 27 - According to the Resolution of the Government of Soviet Armenia, the two Yerevan Institutes of Civil Engineering and Chemical Technology were merged and 1933. 1933 March 1 - Yerevan Polytechnic Institute (YPI) was established with two faculties: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Faculty of Chemical Technology. 1933 March 14 - In commemoration of 50 years after Karl Marx's death, the institute was renamed to Yerevan Karl Marx Polytechnic Institute. 1939 - Industrial Correspondence Education Institute joined YPI, becoming its Department of Correspondence Education. 1942 September 1 - The faculty of Electrical Engineering was founded. 1944 September 1 - The faculty of Mechanical Engineering was founded. 1946 Autumn - The first Students’ Scientific Conference of the institute took place. 1947 - The Students' Scientific Association of YPI was established. 1953 - The Faculty of Mining was founded. 1956 - The library reading hall of YPI with 45