Sun Micro IT Lab to appear in Armenia’s State Engineering University

Sun Microsystems I.T. laboratory to appear in Armenia’s State
Engineering University

YEREVAN, July 14. /ARKA/. Sun Microsystems will open an IT laboratory
at the State Engineering University. A corresponding agreement was
signed between Armenian Minister of Economy Nerses Yeritsyan and
University Rector Vostanik Marukhyan.

Minister Yeritsyan said special scholarships will be granted to
encourage efficient operation of the lab.

`We have already gained extensive experience in business-university
cooperation which is the result of the state policy,’ the minister
said.

Marukhyan said specialists from other educational establishments will
also be attracted to the laboratory’s activity to ensure European
standards of education.

This is a five-year project being implemented as part of Sun
Microsystems` program to create advanced educational and technological
centres in Armenia. The mission of the research laboratory is to
improve the quality of IT education, establish up-to-date technical and
technological means, train and re-train both the students and their
teachers. N.H. `0–

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