Mount Ararat Research Center; It was established as an institution affiliated to the Rectorate of Iğdır University according to the Additional Article 100, which was adopted by the law dated 22.05.2008 and numbered 5765 and published in the Official Gazette dated 27.01.2011 and numbered 27828.
In 2011, the aim of the Mount Ararat Research Center, which operates under the Rectorate of Iğdır University, is to open Ağrı Mountain, which is a great treasure in every aspect, to open it to tourism and introduce it to the world, to identify the flora and fauna adapted to different ecological conditions, to protect wildlife and nature and to ensure its continuity, to reveal the cultural and historical dimension of Mount Ararata and to carry out and carry out all kinds of research and investigation studies of local, national or international nature for this purpose; To organize publications, meetings, conferences, projects and documentary activities; to transfer the results of these studies and the accumulated knowledge in this field to the relevant domestic and foreign organizations and to ensure that these organizations contribute to their development and regional development.