The branch was founded in 1996 according to the decision of scientific board on the educational- consulting base of Armenian State Polytechnic University Kapan branch.

Director - Arthur Ruben Kostandyan, candidate of technical sciences, docent.
University teachers' staff includes 2 doctors, professors, 11 candidates of science.
Total number of students is 390 (April, 2021)
Education way is daytime and distance.
Graduates of the University are provided with state diplomas after completing the whole course of the studies
University students acquire a military service delay in the course of the study.

Bachelor's degree.
The duration of the course is 4 years for daytime and 5 years for distance education way. The graduates of the University are provided with state diplomas and bachelor engineer qualification, due to the specialties.

Taking into close consideration the hard social- economic situation in the country, the defined tuition fee is considerably less as compared to the Yerevan Universities. Reduction in tuition fee is defined for the paid faculties of paid education making a stress upon the progress in the course of the education and social conditions. For the children of University staff 80% reduction of the tuition fee is defined.
For outstanding students namely scholarships are defined by group of Diaspora organizations.

2 departments function in the branch:
1. Common and general education,
2. Specialty education.

The graduates of the University acquire 5 specialties.
Approximately 40% of the engineers in the region are the graduates of the above-mentioned University. The graduates of the University successfully find their places in different spheres of of the region.

The University is provided with a library, laboratories, computer science study rooms with modern equipment.