Progress University College of Medicine

In 1996, Rector of Progress University R. With Khachatryan's efforts, the medical college was founded, which is successfully operating to this day. The college prepares junior specialists with qualifications in nursing, midwifery, dental technology and pharmacy. The college is taught by one of Gyumri's best doctors, Sujyan Lavrenti, candidate of medical sciences, with many years of work experience (he worked as the head of the health department, chief physician of the Austrian Hospital, now a surgeon at the Berlin Polyclinic), pediatrician Anahit Aghajanyan (chief physician of the Rehabilitation Center), famous gynecologist Grigoryan Felix, Karapetyan Anahit, pharmacologist Ivanyan Artur, whose pharmacy is also a training base for students of the pharmacy department, and other high-level specialists.

The college building has chemistry, physics, anatomy laboratories, a dental office equipped with modern medical equipment and instruments. There is also a dental clinic. The didactic materials and accessories of the laboratories, medical atlases, posters, mock-ups, provide an opportunity for students to study and understand the assigned material more deeply. The college has a rich library. The best hospitals of the city, Regional Hospital, Maternity Hospital, Hospital, Polyclinic No. 1, San-Epid Station, Dental Polyclinic No. 2, Stella-Nun LLC Pharmacy are the training bases of the college, where students acquire practical knowledge.

2007 4 majors of the college: dental technology, pediatrics, nursing, pharmacy received credentials and were licensed.

Our best students work at Stella-Nun LLC, Henrik Harutyunyan A2, Living Light LLC, Italian Hospital in Gyumri, and employers are satisfied with their knowledgeable work.

Production practices are organized for students studying pharmacy, which are held in different regions of Armenia, and in the process, the student gets to know and study medicinal plants of the natural world, herbariums are collected and prepared, which are later used in the educational process.   
2010-2011 Ustarum College graduates its twelfth graduate.

MISSION OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE 

The mission, goals and objectives, as well as the main areas of activity of the Medical College, are formulated on the basis of the College Charter and Strategy.

The main objectives of the College's activities are:

1. Training of competitive and qualified mid-level healthcare specialists in accordance with state educational standards and the needs of the labour market.
2. Ensuring that educational activities comply with the requirements of the region, municipality and the country's development strategy aimed at high-quality specialist training.
3. Developing students' professional competencies, responsibility, humanistic values and ethical standards of a medical professional.
4. Developing the internal quality assurance system for education and continuously improving educational programmes.
5. Creating a favourable educational environment conducive to the personal and professional development of students.
6. Strengthening cooperation with medical institutions and social partners in order to organise effective practical training for students.
7. Enhancing the professional level of the teaching staff and developing the College's human resources capacity.
8. Introducing innovative teaching methods and developing the College's material and technical facilities.
9. Fostering students' civic responsibility, communication culture and commitment to the principles of medical ethics.
10. Ensuring the accessibility and transparency of the College's educational activities.

The educational process at the College is organised on the principles of transparency and openness.

The implementation of vocational education programmes and other educational courses also includes creative, research, educational-methodological, experimental and expert activities aimed at improving the quality of education.

The mission, goals and objectives of the Medical College are enshrined in the institution's Strategic Programme. Based on these, the main strategic areas of the College's development have been identified, among which the following are of priority importance:

• Ensuring quality education
• Formation of qualified human resources and infrastructure
• Financial stability and effective management
• Expansion of regional and international cooperation.

The following secondary vocational education programmes are implemented at the College:

• 0913.02.5 "Nursing" (Nurse)
• 0912.02.5 "Midwifery" (Midwife)
• 0916․01․5 "Pharmacy" (Pharmacist)
• 0911.01.5 "Dental Technology" (Dental Technician)

In order to ensure the quality of education, the College continuously develops, analyses and reviews professional educational programmes, teaching methods, educational processes and learning outcomes, taking into account the changing requirements of the labour market and the healthcare system.

The College implements modern approaches to teaching and knowledge assessment, ensuring compliance of educational outcomes with state standards of secondary vocational education.

The College creates a student-centred educational environment in which students' independent work, active participation and expression of opinions are of great importance.

Open classes are regularly held at the College, during which students present independent work in their speciality and on topics of their choice (Link to independent work   HERE ).

The Career Centre actively cooperates with employers and successful graduates of the College, involving them in the professional orientation process for students (Meeting with " PHARM TRAINING CENTER ", a public organisation providing employment opportunities and professional certification).

In accordance with its strategic priorities, the College has the right to cooperate with foreign educational institutions and organisations in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

The main areas of international activity are:

1. Introducing and developing innovations in the field of vocational education, adapting and localising advanced international experience, and integrating into global educational systems.
2. Studying the successful experience of European secondary vocational education institutions and adapting international standards for specialist training.
3. Establishing partnerships with international organisations and sectoral educational networks in order to promote internationalisation processes (Document Preparation Agency).

The mission of the Medical College is to implement secondary vocational education programmes with the aim of training competitive and qualified specialists in demand in the labour market. College graduates possess practical skills, professional responsibility, social engagement, abilities for socially beneficial activities and the potential for continuous professional and personal development.

The College develops and applies modern teaching methods that contribute to the formation of a student-centred educational environment.  This ensures:

• development of students' professional and practical competencies;
• formation of social and civic responsibility;
• stimulation of students' independent and continuous professional growth.

The mission of the College complies with the Mechanisms of the National Qualifications Framework, ensuring the achievement of the knowledge, skills and responsibility criteria defined for this level.

INFORMATION SHEET 

on the academic and teaching staff of the Medical College of “Progress” University implementing secondary medical professional educational programs  
2025–2026 academic year