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October, 1921- Technical Faculty, the very first training center for architects and constructors in the country, with specialties in Architectural Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering and 38 students, opened at the newly established University of Yerevan. In the 1920s the process of staff training of Technical Faculty was aimed at solving up-to-date socio-economic problems. The invited lecturers in the newly established Faculty were the Armenian intelligentsia closely acquainted with Russian and European cultures, among them architects Alexander Tamanyan, Hovhannes Kajaznuni, Nikoghayos Buniatyan, hydrobuilder Grigor Shirmazanyan, a number of famous scientists and lecturers, among them Alexander Hakobyan, Harutyun Zakyan, Hovhannes Navakatikyan, Zebet Khojanetyan, Arshak Tonyan, Levon Manucharyan, Levon Rotinyan, Kiryak Zavriev, Gurgen Oganezov, Ashot Ter-Mkrtchyan, Mikayel Varuntsyan, Andrey Gasparyan, Tigran Jrbashyan, Freidon Aghalyan, Hakob Kojoyan, Mikayel Mazmanyan and Ara Sargsyan.
For 100 years of its existence, the educational institution of Architecture and Construction has prepared more than 30,000 professionals who have shaped the new lineament of our Homeland.