ArmInfo.Today, September 1, a solemn signing of the agreement on the accession of the Russian-Armenian University to the University Alliance SAP took place. The university was the first university in Armenia to enter the University Alliance of SAP. Within the framework of the event, the day of SAP technologies was organized for students and teachers of the university.
On the basis of the Russian-Armenian University, SAP Next-Gen Lab, the center of innovation and networking, will be launched, where students, in addition to studying the technologies, will work on the projects of SAP partners and customers in Armenia, the CIS and around the world. The university will become one of the participants of the SAP EMEA Academic Conference Karlsruhe, which will be held from 11 to 15 September in Karlsruhe, Germany. Participation in the conference will allow you to get acquainted with other members of the Alliance and the innovative community of SAP Next-Gen in the EMEA region, as well as quickly immerse yourself in the features of the SAP Leonardo program for preparing the curriculum. RAU and SAP will also work on the preparation and launch of a joint Master's Degree in Data Science.
"We are very pleased to announce the entry into the University Alliance program of the first university from the Republic of Armenia. Students of the Russian-Armenian University, getting acquainted with advanced solutions for business management, will be able to expand their professional competence by gaining access to innovative solutions that are used by SAP customers and partners around the world. The University Alliance program gives universities new opportunities and competitive advantages. They become the center of the concentration of technically trained young specialists in demand in today's global labor market," said Khachatur Sherents, SAP Business Development Director in the Republic of Armenia.
The RAU noted that today the university is intensively developing and strengthening its positions in the sphere of technologies and innovations. The cooperation will provide students with the opportunity to be leaders, developers and entrepreneurs using the scientific and technological potential of the university and the unique capabilities of SAP.
"SAP is the world leader in software and finding digital answers to the challenges of our time. I am glad that we managed to establish effective cooperation. I hope that the young generation of progressive Armenians will become the true beneficiary of this cooperation. On the Good Road!", said the rector of the Russian-Armenian University Armen Darbinyan.
The SAP University Alliance is a program that introduces students and teachers to SAP software and technologies for digital transformation of the economy and business, including solutions for the Internet of things, large data, blocking, analytics, robotics, machine learning, virtual, augmented and mixed reality. The goal of the program is the development of technical and managerial skills by including SAP solutions in the educational process of the respective universities and colleges. Today the program involves more than 3300 educational institutions from 106 countries. Thanks to the accession of the Russian-Armenian University, today 9 out of 11 CIS countries have joined the global academic program.
SAP is one of the world leaders in the corporate applications market. The company helps organizations of any size and specialization to manage their business more efficiently, be it ancillary services or a board of directors, a warehouse or a store, desktop or mobile applications. SAP solutions and services are used by more than 345 000 customers, advanced technologies of the company guarantee high profitability, promote continuous adaptation and sustainable growth. In 1992, the SAP SE office was opened in Moscow. Also over the past 20 years SAP has opened representative offices in Yekaterinburg, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Almaty, Minsk and Kiev, and the number of employees has exceeded 1050 people.