In 2001—2004, the university's main building got two storeys, a tower and a steeple covered in gold-simulating titanium nitride, additionally constructed in correspondence with its initial “Stalinist” engineering project. Silhouette of the reconstructed main university's building and the Student memorial installed in front of it in 1994 (the sculptor is Vardkes Avakyan) were used at the university's coat of arms until 2017. In 2003, two sculptures made by V. Avakyan – Prometheus and Slava – were installed on the building's façade over the 10th floor.