[8] In the second half of the 1980s, in the beginning days of the new stage of Artsakh Armenians’ independence movement, the university became the scientific basing epicenter of national struggle.

[8] Highly qualified professionals from Artsakh, as well as from Armenia and abroad are invited to deliver lectures on contractual basis.

Kocharyan, V. Manasyan, the academicians S. Grigoryan, E. Ghasaryan, V. Zakaryan, the oceanologist A. Sarkissov, the linguist G. Jahoukyan, the physicist R. Martirosyan, the economist Y. Suvaryan, the engineer S. Beglaryan, the Catholicos of all Armenians, Garegin the Second, the head of the Artsakh diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, many other state, political figures and spiritual leaders periodically visit and deliver lectures in the university.

[8] A highly successful collaboration was the three-sided cooperation and implementation of educational programme with international institutions "Synopsis-Armenia" and "Karabakh Telecom" CJSC.

The university has been educating the legal, executive, juridical, military, political, pedagogical and sport leadership of Artsakh Republic.

[8] The university has a green area with summer houses and walkways of ever-green trees to relax and to prepare for classes.

Visitors and official delegations to the university pay respect to the memorial dedicated to those 75 students who fell victim to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

The scholars and students of the Artsakh State University commonly engage in research in the areas of National Security, Politics, Agricultural Studies, and Archaeology.

In 2006, a team of international archaeologists began doing research in the village of Azokh where in the 1970s it was discovered that the place is a home to ancient settlers, including Neanderthals.