History of the University

1918

1918

The beginning of a magnificent history

Central Asian State University, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy. Nowadays the faculty is the basis of several independent universities.

1921

1921

Central Asian State University, Faculty of Oriental Studies. Later on, this faculty served as a base for an independent university and several faculties.

1935

1935

Significant milestones of the Faculty of Uzbek Language and Literature history

Tashkent State Pedagogical University and  Central Asian State University were established. The Faculty of Uzbek Language and Literature  was the first to start functioning in both institutions.

1942

1942

The Glorious Years

The Faculty of History and Philology  established at the Central Asian State University became  a center for many famous scientists and artists.

1950

1950

The Faculty of History and Philology was established within the Tashkent State Pedagogical Institute. This faculty is considered to be the oldest and the largest faculty of the Institute.

1956

1956

The faculty served as a base for many new fields

Central Asian State University was renamed into Tashkent State University and the Faculty of Philology (Uzbek, Russian, Romano-Germanic languages and Journalism) was established.

1968

1968

A new stage in the field of Methodology

The Faculty of Philology (Uzbek, Kazakh, Russian and Tatar languages) was established at the Tashkent State Pedagogical Institute and became a basic institution for all educators and philologists of the country.

1976

1976

Institution created by prominent artists and scientists

Tashkent State Pedagogical Institute, Faculty of Uzbek Language and Literature was established. This faculty is the largest in the world in terms of training teachers of Uzbek language and literature. 

1981

1981

The only multidisciplinary faculty of Uzbek philology was established at Tashkent State University. Several independent faculties were further created at this faculty.

1998

1998

The Great Faculty of a Grand University

Tashkent State Pedagogical Institute was granted the status of a university. The Faculty of Uzbek Language and Literature was reorganized.

2000

2000

The largest university was the pride of Uzbekistan

Tashkent State University was renamed the National University of Uzbekistan, where the Faculty of Uzbek Philology was established as the largest center of knowledge.

2016

2016

New era - new victories

Alisher Navo’i Tashkent State University of Uzbek Language and Literature was established. There were educational programs specialized  in Uzbek Philology, Uzbek Language and Literature, Theory and Practice of Uzbek-English Translation.

2018

2018

A new educational program of Teaching the Uzbek language as a foreign language was introduced.

2019

2019

Taking into consideration the current demand for training highly qualified specialists, a new educational program- Publishing Studies-started functioning. 

2020

2020

Russian Language program was introduced into the curriculum of the Faculty of Theory and Practice of Translation

2021

2021

German and French languages were introduced into the curriculum of the Faculty of Theory and Practice of Translation, as well as new undergraduate disciplines such as: Computer Linguistics, Textual and Literary Source Studies, Applied Philology, Folklore and Spelling were launched.

2022

2022

Significant steps

The faculty of Sociology was established at the university. It is ranked sixth in the national ranking of HEI and in top 1001+ universities according to THE international rating organization