Rector

Anahit Harutyunyan was born on March 14, 1958, in Yerevan, into the family of Levon Harutyunyan, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, and later founder of Yerevan Haybusak University, and Silva Aslikyan, a schoolteacher.

In 1975, she graduated from Yerevan Secondary School No. 109 and enrolled in the Faculty of Russian Language and Literature at the V. Bryusov Institute of Foreign Languages in Yerevan.

From 1980 to 1990, she worked as a lecturer in the Department of Russian Literature at the Yerevan Pedagogical Institute, now the Armenian State Pedagogical University.

In 1990, she became a co-founder and Vice-Rector of Haybusak University, and in 1993, she assumed the position of Rector. Under her leadership, the university underwent significant development: its range of academic programs expanded, cooperation agreements were signed with numerous foreign educational institutions, and strategic reforms were implemented.

From 1994 to 1999, she served as Vice-President of the Intellect Union of Private Educational Institutions of Armenia. Since 1999, she has served as its President.

Since 2006, she has chaired the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Education.