The training of mathematical physicists at Yerevan State University began in 1922. In 1933, a significant event in the development of physics in Armenia was the establishment of the physics and mathematics faculty in the structure of the university with separate departments of physics and mathematics.
In 1959, to promote the development of physics and provide new staff the Faculty of Physics was separated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the university and the first dean of the newly formed faculty was Norayr Kocharyan, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of ASR.
With the assistance of Academician Victor Hambardzumyan, the President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, in 1975, the Faculty of Radiophysics was separated from the Faculty of Physics. The founder and the first dean of the faculty was a corresponding member of the RA National Academy of Sciences, Professor Yu. L. Vardanyan.
Based on those two faculties, in 2022, the YSU Institute of Physics was formed to fill the lack of modern physics specialists in RA.
The institute organizes education in a three-level system: Undergraduate, Master's, and Postgraduate.
The faculty of the Institute of Physics carries out scientific and educational activities, research results are presented at prestigious conferences, and published in international scientific journals. The professors of the institute, as guest specialists, regularly give lectures at foreign universities, undergo training, and are also involved in international and local research programs.
The institute has stable ties with leading international scientific centers, which are continuously strengthened by mutual visits.
The YSU Institute of Physics has cooperative relations with international and local public and private companies and leading scientific centers, including the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN, Switzerland), the Jefferson Laboratory (CEBAF-JLAB, USA), the University of Kaiserslautern (Germany), Institute of Sensors (Aalborg, Denmark), Institute of Electrical Communications (Tohoku University, Japan), Sogang University (Seoul, South Korea), Osaka University (Japan), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR, RF), Institutes of radio physics and electronics (Ashtarak city), Physical Research (Yerevan), Applied physics problems (Ashtarak city) of NAS of RA, as well as Synopsys Inc (Yerevan), National Instruments AEM LLC. (National Instruments Armenia Corporation), "United Energy Systems" CJSC (Russian company that owns Armenia's electricity network), "Integra Technologies" LLC (Integra Technologies), "LT-PIRKAL Laser Technology Center" CJSC (LT/Pyrkal CJSC), etc.
All this creates favorable conditions for students both from the point of view of understanding the modern patterns of science development and orientation in possible ways of further work activities.
