Education and Religion
Gyumri has a large number of educational institutions. It is considered the main cultural and educational centre of northern Armenia. The city has the following higher educational centers:
- Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute (named after Mikael Nalbandian)
- Progress University
- Imastaser Anania Shirakatsi University
- Gyumri Campus of State Engineering University of Armenia (SEUA)
- Gyumri Campus of Armenian State University of Economics (ASUE)
- Gyumri Campus of Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (YKSC)
- Gyumri Campus of Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts
- Gyumri Campus of Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinema
- Gyumri Campus of European Regional Educational Academy
- Gyumri Campus of Yerevan Haybusak University (YHU)
Currently, there are 47 public education schools, 23 nursery schools and 7 special schools for music regularly operating in the city.
Almost the entire population of Gyumri belongs to the Armenian Apostolic Church. Gyumri is the home of the Diocese of Shirak with the Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God. The Armenian Catholic Church has a tiny community in Armenia headed by the Eparchy of Armenia and Eastern Europe which is based in Gyumri. The presence of the small Russian Orthodox community in the city is marked with the church of Saint Nikolai the Wonderworker.
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