page_title: Yerevan State University
section_title: Library
hierarchical_section_title: Yerevan State University / Library
caption_attribution_description: English: Alley of Gratitude, Yerevan
context_page_description: Yerevan State University, also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919, it is the largest university in the country. It is thus informally known as Armenia's "mother university". Of its 3,150 employees, 1,190 comprise the teaching staff which includes 25 academicians, 130 professors, 700 docents, and 360 assistant lecturers. The university has 400 researchers, 1,350 post-graduate students, and 8,500 undergraduates, including 300 students from abroad.
  Instruction is in Armenian, but instruction in Russian and English for foreign students is arranged according to need. The academic year is from September 1 through June 30.
  In 2010, according to University Ranking by Academic Performance, it is the 1st-ranked university in Armenia and the 954th in the world, of total 20,000 institutions included in the list.
context_section_description: The Yerevan State University Library named after Sarkis and Mary Izmirlian is operating since its inauguration on 28 February 1920.
  Since 12 October 1994, the library is housed in a new building within the university complex on the Charents Street, opened on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the university.
  On 7 October 1997, the library was named after Sarkis and Mary Izmirlian (the parents of the Swiss-Armenian benefactor Dikran Izmirlian).
  In 2015, the "alley of gratitude" was opened at the entrance of the library, in memory of all the great people who have expressed the pro-Armenia positions during and after the Armenian Genocide, including European and American intellectuals, political and cultural figures, etc.
caption: YSU Library named after Sarkis and Mary Izmirlian
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