TUMO has centers in Yerevan, Dilijan, Gyumri and Stepanakert and is adding two more, in Koghb and Masis. In 2018, we opened our first international centers in Paris and Beirut.
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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
Gayi 1, Gyumri, Armenia
+374 60 750651
TUMO Gyumri opened in 2015 in a temporary location that it quickly outgrew, reaching over 2,000 active students. It will be moving to the historic first theater of Gyumri, which TUMO is currently renovating to accommodate up to 4,000 students. The idea of opening a TUMO in Gyumri was initiated by the Shant TV station whose telethon raised the necessary funds to launch it. TUMO Gyumri is the first of two TUMO centers made possible by the TUMOxAGBU partnership with the Armenian General Benevolent Union.
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 Paris
Forum des images
2 rue du cinema, Forum des Halles
Porte Saint-Eustache
Paris, France, 75001
01 44 76 63 33
The first international TUMO Center opened in Paris in October 2018. It is located in the Forum des Images Center in the Les Halles section of Paris. The center provides education free of charge 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 Koghb
Coming Soon
A new TUMO center in Armenia’s north-eastern border village of Koghb will open its doors in 2020 thanks to a partnership with the local Koghb Foundation. The center will accommodate as many as 1,000 teenagers from Koghb and neighboring towns of Noyemberyan, Berdavan and beyond. 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 Tirana
Coming Soon
A new TUMO center is on the horizon in Albania! The Pyramid of Tirana, a soviet-era landmark, will be revamped by renowned Dutch architect Winy Maas of MVRDV and become home to the city’s very own TUMO Center for Creative Technologies. The initiative is a collaboration between the American-Albanian Development Foundation and the Municipality of Tirana. We can’t wait for the Pyramid’s next chapter as a cutting-edge hub for Albanian youth.
TUMO Worldwide
To accommodate a growing intenational interest in TUMO’s educational program, we are expanding beyond Armenia. In 2018, new centers opened in Paris and Beirut. More openings are being planned for Moscow, Tirana, and other locations around the world.
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.
