Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (YKSUG)

Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno is a member of the 12 international networks and organizations, including European University Association (EUA), BSRUN, Baltic University Program, Compostela Group of Universities (CGU), etc. In order to be a full member of these organizations the University is interested to develop the Information culture (literacy) at the University to provide better Information Literacy education in accessing national and international databases for both academic community and the greater part of the nation and is interested in general ideas and measures for library reform and modernization. 42 library staff.

The university is a major regional university complex in Belarus integrating all education levels. It is a big-scale scientific center of the region, a classical-type university acknowledged by the international community. It plays a leading role in the country’s scientific, social and political life, being a regional center of training specialists, academic masters, personnel of top scientific qualification, who meet legal and other requirements, as well as expectations of customers and interested parties.

Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno structure includes 15 faculties, 75 departments, Association of Socio-Humanitarian Departments, 5 autonomous structural units (Institute for Professional Skills Upgrading and Retraining, the Volkovysk College, the Lida College, the Technological College, and the Humanitarian College). The university is the founder of Republican Unitary Enterprise “Training-Scientific-Production Center ‘Technolab’”.

The University is actively cooperates with universities and organizations of neighboring and far-abroad countries, such as Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, China, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Austria, Germany, Finland, Bulgaria, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Norway, Latvia, Moldova and Great Britain, within the framework of more than 140 international cooperation agreements.