The Vanadzor branch of the Armenian National Agrarian University has been open since 1 September 2005. Alexander Hakobyan has been appointed director of the newly established branch, who headed until October 2020. The branch is currently headed by Mary Grigoryan.

43 out of 72 specialists teaching at the branch have scientific degrees, are authors of books and scientific works. 7 doctors, 36 candidates of sciences are teaching here. Ongoing work is being done in direction of lecturers’ training.

About 290 students study in the part-time bachelor’s program of the branch, and 222 students study in the primary (vocational) and secondary professional educational program.

In order to organize the educational process modern specialized labs are created. Classrooms equipped with technical means of teaching help students to acquire the necessary professional knowledge, to carry out educational-laboratory experiments.

The educational process is organized by distance learning conducted by the lecturers from the head branch of the University online.  Smart classrooms, interactive smartboards allow to teach the topics in depths and clearly in short period of time.

The classrooms and laboratories are  being equipped with modern technical means and blackbords of the new generation constantly. In addition to serving the educational process, the laboratory serves the farmers, business owners, land users and other interested persons of Lori region as a modern educational and information center for professional training, where various tests of soil samples are carried out to determine the relationship and physical condition of micro and macro elements, the chemical composition of the soil, acidity, electrical conductivity, humidity, temperature.

The conference hall of the branch offers wide opportunities for students, farmers, and other specialists in the field of agriculture, to participate in the scientific conferences and various events that are held here.

The branch effectively collaborates with Department of Agriculture and Nature Protection of provinsial administration of Lori and Marz communities, assists rural communities and farmers in the process of training specialists in various fields of agriculture. Today, many of the graduates of the branch work in different organizations in the communities of the northern region of the Republic of Armenia. The Vanadzor branch of ANAU also has an innovative Knowledge Hub, which is a motivating factor in the process of attracting students.

As a result of the cooperation between the “Green Path” NGO and Armenian National Agrarian University, a platform is already available in the Vanadzor branch of ANAU, the purpose of which is to promote the development of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Lori region.

Here it’s possible to generate new ideas, create coworking teams, organize trainings, workshops, meetings, movie discussions,  events and providing a coworking space.

The initiative is implemented by EU4Youth Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development (SEED) in the border regions. The project is supported by EU and is carried out by CENN company collaborating with partner organizations; “Green Path” NGO and KRDF (Georgia).

In framework of “My Forest Armenia” project plantation greenhouse was built, where pine and birch seedlings are grown in the garden of ANAU Vanadzor branch. The greenhouse built nearby the branch was on purpose. This will bring a range of events then contributing the development of the sphere of agriculture. There are also recently established dairy, meat and canning teaching laboratories.