Artsakh State University and Fresno State Agreement

Staff Report

Dr. Armen Sargsyan, Rector of Artsakh State University and Dr. Saúl Jiménez Sandoval, President of California State University, Fresno signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on December 7, 2022.

The MOU outlined the possible ways in which Artsakh State University and Fresno State could develop and carry out collaborative research and education activities that are desirable, mutually beneficial, and contribute to fostering a cooperative relationship between the two institutions.

According to the agreement, “The area of cooperation shall include, subject to mutual consent, any activity or program at either institution as considered desirable and feasible on either side to foster and develop the cooperative relationship between the two institutions.”

Among the areas that the two institutions envision working together on are: Teaching, research, collaboration of faculty and students, staff development etc., as deemed beneficial by the two institutions:

Establish ties of friendship and cooperation,

Joint research activities (including exchange of faculty members and research students),

Joint teaching or supervision of students,

Staging joint seminars, conferences, academic meetings and special academic programs,

Education abroad on the part of undergraduate and graduate students, including exchanges, and internships,

Exchange academic materials, research publications and other instructional information,

Collaborative academic pro-grams which may involve cultural activities and strong field visit component. This may be for groups or for individuals on Independent Guided Study Programs

This Memorandum of Under-standing is for a period of five years.