Tashkent State Technical University

Tashkent State Technical University (TSTU) (Uzbek: Toshkent Davlat Texnika Universiteti) is one of the oldest universities in Uzbekistan. Currently, the university consists of 6 faculties, and prepares highly skilled professionals in technical and engineering fields. For this year, it is estimated to run 56 departments with over 10 746 students, who are taught by 6 academicians of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, 74 doctors of sciences and 314 candidates of sciences. History The history of "Tashkent State Technical University," named after Abu Rayhan Beruni ('’’TSTU'’’), goes back to Soviet Union times. TSTU is currently one of the oldest educational institutions in Uzbekistan. Its first establishment date refers to April 21, 1918. Firstly, the university was established as the small technical faculty of "Turkistan National University", and it worked for the whole Central Asia. That technical faculty saw many changes in its history, but it is the base of current "Tashkent State Technical University". In 1923 it was re-set as the new faculty called "Engineering-melioration faculty". After 6 years, in 1929 in base of this faculty, there was created new institute called "Central Asian cotton-irrigation institute". After 4 years, in 1933 this institute became the fundament for new and unique technical university in Central Asia. From the year of 1949 it was renamed to "Central Asian Poly Technical Institute". From the year 1961 it was called as the "Tashkent Poly Technical institute". In 1973 it was named after one of the greatest scientists of Uzbekistan Abu Rayhan Beruni, and was called as the "Tashkent Poly Technical Institute named Abu Rayhan Beruni". After the Independence of Uzbekistan, by the edict President of Republic Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, university was renamed to "Tashkent State Technical University named after Abu Rayhan Beruni" and it became one of the leading educational centers of Uzbekistan. Based on the decree of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev dated January 25, 2017, on June 23, 2017, the Tashkent State Technical University was named after Islam Karimov. University has passed about 100 years of history to get its current name "Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam Karimov" and to reach its current prestige.