🇦🇲 How to apply to university in Armenia
Applications go through fs.emis.am (admission system for foreign applicants). Programmes usually start: September.
Checked on 20 October 2026 against the official sources listed below.
The essentials
- Application system
- fs.emis.am (admission system for foreign applicants)The government platform for foreign and diaspora applicants to all Armenian higher-education institutions; the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport publishes a call each year.
- When programmes start
- September.
- International applicants
- Foreign applicants, including diaspora Armenians, apply online through fs.emis.am in the window the Ministry announces each year; fee-paying bachelor's places are open to all foreign applicants.
- Language
- Most programmes are taught in Armenian, with a preparatory course available; English-taught programmes (such as medicine at some universities) ask for proof of English.
Key dates
The Ministry's call for 2026/27 was published on 12 June 2026: applications opened on 22 June and closed on 30 September 2026 for fee-paying full-time bachelor's programmes (24 August for the tuition-free diaspora places). The 2027/28 call is usually published in June.
The dates for the next intake haven't been published yet. We add them once the official source does.
Your checklist
The usual steps for an international student applying to a bachelor's in Armenia, in order. Tick them off as you go — your ticks stay in this browser, with no account.
Next steps
Sources
Written by CollegeMatcher in our own words from these official pages, checked on 20 October 2026. Dates change every year.