TUMO has centers in Yerevan, Dilijan, Gyumri and Stepanakert and work is underway to open centers in Koghb and Masis. TUMO Boxes are already in operation in the towns of Berd and Gavar. A third TUMO Box will open soon in the town of Sevan. Outside of Armenia, there are centers in Paris, Beirut, Moscow, Tirana and Berlin. Centers will soon open in several other cities around the world.
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TUMO Yerevan
Halabyan 16, Yerevan, Armenia
+374 10 398 413
The flagship TUMO center opened in Yerevan, Armenia, in 2011. It got its name from Tumanyan Park, which is in turn named after the beloved Armenian author Hovhannes Tumanyan. The Yerevan center was designed by Bernard Khoury to embody TUMO’s pedagogical approach through flexibility, transparency and technological creativity. It now has over 15,000 active students.
TUMO Dilijan
Myasnikyan 63, Dilijan, Armenia
+374 268 225 86
The second TUMO center, located in the town of Dilijan, opened its doors in 2013, with the support of the Central Bank of Armenia through the TUMOxCBA partnership. TUMO Dilijan gives hundreds of teenagers, some of whom come from remote villages, access to the unique TUMO learning system. The center is currently being expanded to accommodate more students from surrounding towns.
TUMO Gyumri
Shchors 1, Gyumri, Armenia
+374 60 750651
TUMO Gyumri opened in 2015 with the support of Shant TV and in partnership with the AGBU in a temporary location that it quickly outgrew, reaching over 2,000 active students. In 2020, the center moved to the historic first theater of Gyumri, which can accommodate up to 4,000 students. The renovation of the building was undertaken by the famous architect Bernard Khoury. Equipped with a transformable stage/self-learning quadrant, a music room and classrooms, the building can serve not only as a TUMO Center, but also as a cultural center for the residents of the city. The old theater building was revived and the operations of TUMO’s new home were financed by the John and Hasmik Mgrdichian Foundation.
TUMO Stepanakert
Knunyantsneri 2, Stepanakert, Artsakh
+374 47 963036
TUMO Stepanakert was the second center to open through the TUMOxAGBU partnership. It is housed on the first floor of a historic building donated by the government of the Artsakh Republic and renovated by Karabakh Telecom. Over 1,000 students currently attend the center, many of them from surrounding cities and villages. Having grown beyond its planned capacity, TUMO Stepanakert is expected to expand to the second floor, almost doubling in size.
TUMO Box Gavar
Buniatyan St. 18/5, Gavar, Gegharkunik, Armenia
+374 95283823
Gavar TUMO Box was opened in December 2020 with the support of the American company, dot818. The goal of the TUMO Box project is to make the TUMO curriculum accessible to young people in smaller communities while providing them with an educational space. After passing the self-learning stage in Gavar, the students will go to TUMO Dilijan to participate in workshops and learning labs.
TUMO Box Berd
Hayk Nahapet St. 22/1, Berd, Tavush, Armenia
+374 95283823
In December 2020, a TUMO Box was opened in Berd in cooperation with the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia, Amundi-ACBA and the Hayg Foundation. The Box provides education to about 320 young people a year in the fields of technology and design. After completing the self-learning stage, Berd TUMOians go to the nearest TUMO center in Dilijan, and later to Koghb, to participate in workshops and labs.
TUMO Paris
Forum des images
2 rue du cinema, Forum des Halles
Porte Saint-Eustache
Paris, France, 75001
+33 1 44 76 63 33
The first international TUMO Center opened in cooperation with Forum des Images Foundation and Paris municipality in October 2018. TUMO Paris is located in the Les Halles center. The center provides a free of charge education to about 1,500 students between the ages of 12 and 18 years old.
TUMO Beirut
Beirut Digital District, TUMO Building #1079, Beirut, Lebanon
79 108 666 , 01666886
TUMO Beirut, which opened in November 2018, is the network’s second international center and first one in the Middle East. Located in the Beirut Digital District, students take charge of their own learning across ten focus areas in technology and design. Self-learning activities, workshops, hands-on projects with international professionals and a summercamp — young people are given the tools and know-how to explore their creative potential and prepare for careers of the future.
TUMO Moscow
7 Mantulinskaya St, Building 3, Moscow, Russian Federation
+7 985 743 5909
In August 2020, the third International TUMO Center began operations. The center, launched in cooperation with Genome Ventures, is located in the heart of Moscow, right next to the Moscow International Business Center. The center is complete with all of the necessary educational facilities: self-learning platforms, workshop rooms, and a music recording studio. Students will need to pay for tuition, but the center is planning on providing a large number of grants per year that will cover the cost of attendance.
TUMO Tirana
1 Italy Square, Arena Center 1001, Tirana, Albania
+355 4 452 4065
The fourth addition to the TUMO family, TUMO Tirana, opened its doors in October 2020. It is temporarily located in the Arena business center located in Albania’s biggest stadium. After its reconstruction, the center will relocate to the Pyramid of Tirana. The Soviet-era landmark will be revamped by MVRDV, a renowned Dutch architectural studio. TUMO Tirana was opened in cooperation with the American-Albanian Development Foundation and the Municipality of Tirana.
TUMO Berlin
Wilmersdorfer Str. 59 10627 Berlin, Germany
+49 151 11 40 78 54
TUMO Berlin opened in November 2020 and occupies four floors in a brand new building, located in the historic Charlottenburg district. The center can provide over 1,000 students with the opportunity to study at the fifth international TUMO Center, which offers our cutting-edge program with 10 of our learning targets. The official opening of TUMO Berlin took place in 2021.
TUMO Kyiv
Ivan Mazepa 1, Kyiv, Ukraine
+380 67 010 9100
Located in the 18th century Arsenal Factory, recently turned into a technology hub, TUMO Kyiv will enable Ukrainian teens to master skills at the intersection of tech and design, including computer programming, animation, robotics, graphic design and more.
TUMO Koghb
Coming Soon
Thanks to a partnership with the Koghb Foundation, a new TUMO center in Armenia’s northeastern border village of Koghb will soon open. The center will accommodate as many as 1,000 teenagers from Koghb, the neighboring towns of Noyemberyan and Berdavan, as well as surrounding villages. The building, designed by architect Bernard Khoury, will be equipped with high-tech workshop rooms, self-learning stations, a sound recording studio, a cinema, and a large sports facility.
TUMO Masis
Coming Soon
The town of Masis, to the south of Yerevan, with its beautiful view of Mount Ararat, will be the latest addition to the TUMO family. Thanks to a partnership with the Masis Development Foundation the center will accommodate up to 1,000 students, with room for expansion. A unique aspect of TUMO Masis is it’s francophone orientation: It will add French to TUMO’s languages of instruction and will establish exchanges with instructors from France and other French-speaking countries.
TUMO Worldwide
To accommodate a growing international interest in TUMO’s educational program, we have expanded beyond Armenia and continue to open new centers. Since 2018, new TUMOs have opened in Paris, Beirut, Moscow, Tirana and Berlin.
Partnerships
The John and Hasmik Mgrdichian Foundation (JHM) has played an integral role in actualizing TUMO’s vision. It has partnered with TUMO on a number of projects such as TUMO Studios, the revival of Gyumri’s 19th-century theater as the new home of TUMO Gyumri, and the upcoming TUMO Koghb.
The Central Bank of Armenia partnered with us starting in 2013 to establish a TUMO in Dilijan, located in the town’s central library building. We are now working with the CBA to expand the Dilijan program to accept teenagers from surrounding villages as well.
Founded in 1906, the Armenian General Benevolent Union is dedicated to educational, cultural and humanitarian programs in Armenia and around the world. AGBU has partnered with us to bring TUMO to Gyumri and Stepanakert, reaching over 3,000 teenagers.
