Northern University was founded in 1996 (license No. 87), and thanks to the high bar set for more than two decades, the university has been taking a worthy place in the education system of the Republic of Armenia. The basis of the activity of Boris Makichyan, the founding rector of the university, embraced a student-centered approach and orientation towards the upbringing of a spiritual, moral, harmonious personality who will find his rightful place on the labor market, in life and will contribute to the economic and social development of the country.