Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan presented details of the technological cluster of the "Academic City" project to a group of representatives of the teaching and student staff of the Polytechnic University of Armenia, the Agrarian University, the University of Architecture and Construction, and a group of representatives of scientific research organizations.

Nikol Pashinyan spoke about the Academic City project and noted that it is not a revolutionary idea. "I have to say that in reality the "Academic City" project is not a revolutionary idea, but the "Academic City" project is an attempt to develop and ensure the further development of the best educational and scientific traditions of Armenia," the Prime Minister noted and added that Yerevan city cnter, originally designed as a scientific and educational environment, has become more of a commercial environment, which is somewhat opposite to an educational environment. "The general idea of "Academic City" is the following: to form an educational environment, the core of which will be education, science, research, and life will be organized in the center, having these strategic goals," the Head of Government emphasized.

The Prime Minister also noted that the future content will be based on the conceptual plan developed jointly with GMP International GmbH Architects and Engineers, which designs the master plan of the "Academic City".

Then, Nikol Pashinyan presented one of the key components of the "Academic City", the social component, according to which all students who need it will be provided with student housing, which is one of the biggest problems of today's university system. The Prime Minister also referred to the flexible system of tuition fees for high achievers. The Head of the Government emphasized that many students will have their first work experience in the "Academic City" in the field of their specialties. In this context, the Prime Minister noted that "Academic City" is actually a multi-layered project.

Emphasizing the importance of similar meetings, Nikol Pashinyan noted. "What we are proposing is a strategic conceptual project, and we hope that as a result of this kind of discussions, this project will develop significantly as a result of your observations, proposals, ideas," said Nikol Pashinyan.

The Prime Minister emphasized that it is very important that all clusters of the "Academic City" will have their own high schools and noted that this is important because it provides an opportunity to make a smooth transition from school to university.

Nikol Pashinyan, presenting the Technology Cluster, talked about the start-up district, expressed confidence that the Technology Cluster will enable to combine pure academic studies with the acquisition of practical skills, to develop work skills on the spot, to test them, which in turn will make it possible to evaluate the quality and level of technological education.

Summarizing his speech, Nikol Pashinyan spoke about the railway junction and transport system leading to the "Academic City", and noted that in this context, the contract with the Italian transport company was approved at the previous Cabinet meeting.

The Senior Program Manager of the Technical University of Munich (TUM International GmbH), Georgetta Auktor, presented the activities of the Technical University of Munich and the scope of the planned cooperation with the "Academic City" project.

Next, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Technical University of Munich representative Georgetta Auktor answered the questions of the audience.