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National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Official logo of the academy
Established	10 November 1943
President	Ashot Saghyan
Staff	3,700 (63 academicians, 61 corresponding members, 335 doctors of sciences, 1,080 candidates of sciences)
Formerly called	Armenian Academy of Sciences
Address	24 Baghramyan Avenue, Yerevan, Armenia
Website	www.sci.am

The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) (Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետության գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա, ՀՀ ԳԱԱ, Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri azgayin akademia) is the Armenian national academy, functioning as the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activities in the fields of science and social sciences in Armenia. It is a member of the International Science Council.

History

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The Academy of Sciences of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic was founded on 10 November 1943, on the basis of the Armenian Branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, which was established almost 10 years earlier, in 1935. Among its founders were Joseph Orbeli, Stepan Malkhasyants, Ivan Gevorkian and Victor Ambartsumian; Orbeli became the first president of the academy.

Presidents

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Joseph Orbeli (1943–1947)
Viktor Ambartsumian (1947–1993)
Fadey Sargsyan (1993–2006)
Radik Martirosyan (2006–2021)
Ashot Saghyan (2021-present)

Structure

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Division of Mathematical and Technical Sciences

Institute of Mathematics
Institute of Mechanics
Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems

Division of Physics and Astrophysics

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory
Institute of Radiophysics & Electronics
Institute of Applied Problems of Physics
Institute for Physical Research

Division of Natural Sciences

Center for Ecological Noosphere Studies
Institute of Biochemistry
Institute of Botany
G.S.Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems
Scientific and Production Center Armbiotechnology
Institute of Biotechnology Scientific and Production Center "Armbiotechnology"
"Institute of Microbiology" Scientific and Production Center "Armbiotechnology"
Division of Natural Sciences Microbial Depository Center
Institute of Molecular Biology
Institute of Physiology
Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology
Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology- Institute of Zoology
Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology- Institute of Hydroecology and Ichthyology

Division of Chemistry and Earth Sciences

Scientific Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Institute of Fine Organic Chemistry of Scientific - Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Institute of Organic Chemistry of Scientific - Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Molecular Structure Research Center of Scientific - Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Institute of Chemical Physics
Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry
Institute of Geological Sciences
Institute of Geophysics and Engineering Seismology after A. Nazarov

Division of Armenology and Social Sciences

Institute of History
Institute of Philosophy and Law
M. Kotanyan Institute of Economics
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography
Institute of Oriental Studies
H. Acharian Institute of Language
M. Abeghyan Institute of Literature
Institute of Art
Museum-Institute of Genocide
Shirak Armenology Research Center
Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing House
All Armenian Foundation Financing Armenological Studies

References

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Bible colleges	Gevorkian Theological Seminary

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Armenian National Academy of Sciences

History

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