Student Scientific Society of Yerevan State University

Student Scientific Society of Yerevan State University is rated 3 out of 5 in the category higher education. Read and write reviews about Student Scientific Society of Yerevan State University. The Student Scientific Society (SSS) of Yerevan State University is a student government structure that brings together undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students. The goal of the SSS is to support the academic, creative and spiritual development of the students. In order to accomplish the goal, the SSS organizes scientific conferences, seminars, lectures, and publishes the scientific articles of young scientists and students. The activities of the SSS are coordinated according to YSU regulations. The SSS regulations is the fundamental document for the coordination of the SSS , which was ratified by YSU academic council in 2001. The ongoing activities of the SSS are organized according to the SSS policy, which was last time amended in 2013. Since 1920s, several student scientific circles were formed and acted actively in various chairs of the YSU. In September of 1947, the assembly of all these circles decided to form the SSS for the whole university. The first president of the SSS of the YSU was elected PhD Yakov Khachikyan, who was back then a student from Russian department of the philological faculty. The SSS governing body was called general council. Every academic year several scientific conferences were organized, researches were carried out by the steady circles in student laboratories, and scientific articles were published. In 1970s, the number of the SSS members was at least somewhere between 800-1000, the number of scientific reports – at least 600-700, and quite a lot of financing of the SSS programs.