But after first year of studies she left the institute and entered the historical division of Yerevan State Conservatory.

After graduating from the Conservatory, in 1962 Araksi became a postgraduate student of Ethnography and Folklore Institute under Armenian academy of sciences under the guidance of musicologist Robert Atayan.

In 1969 she defended a thesis titled “Armenian town folk song composing of 19-20cc.” and was appointed to a musicologist candidate.

In 2003 she participated in scientific conferences devoted to 1000 anniversary of Grigor Narekatsi’s poem – Book of Lamentations, organized in Paris by the Institute of Oriental languages with the lecture entitled “Monodical traits of Gregory Narekatsy’s music tags”.

Araksi Sarian published articles on Armenian music art in the union and republican press (newspapers, magazines).