Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (Belarusian: Гродзенскі дзяржаўны унівэрсітэт імя Янкі Купалы; Russian: Гродненский государственный университет имени Янки Купалы) is а higher education institution located in Grodno, Belarus.[3] It is the second (after BSU) education institution in the Republic of Belarus where the system of electronic student identification card was introduced.On February 22, 1940, by the decision of the Council of People's Commissars of the BSSR Teachers' Training Institute was founded in Hrodna/Grodno.In 2011, it was the first university, among higher education institutions of the country, which became the winner of the national contest "Prize of the Government of the Republic of Belarus for achievements in quality".[11] In addition, the university comprises the Regional Centre for Testing and Youth Career Orientation, the Institute for Professional Skills Upgrading and Retraining and colleges: The logotype of the university and faculties is a stylized letter “У” of the Cyrillic alphabet with certain symbols in the centre.
The entrance to the main building
Building of the Institute for professional skills upgrading and retraining