Fergana State University

Fergana State University was founded in 1930. It is a non-profitable university located in the Fergana Valley. Fergana state university is considered to be the leading educational university in Uzbekistan.

The number of students at Fergana Medical Institute of Public Health Uzbekistan has nearly 19,000 students in this university, including 14,500 for bachelors, 390 for masters, 4017 for extramural programs, and more than 100 students for doctoral studies.

The history of the University’s foundation is connected with the period of restoration of national economy in the last century’s 30s, development of educational system, training qualified specialists for various branches, first of all, for national education. At this time, Fergana Pedagogical Institution was founded based on the decision dated May 1, 1930, which was made by the Council of National Commissioners. The opening of the institution in Fergana Valley had very important meaning not only for the development of education, it opened opportunities for scientific and cultural flourishing. Based on the decree of Ministry of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated Macrh 1, 1991, Ferghana Pedagogical Institution received a status of Ferghana State University. Since this time, the institution went through many large-scale structural changes.

The administration of University paid special attention to further improvement in professional and teaching staff and it was positively reflected in the growing number of specialists with Academic Degrees, including Doctor’s, Candidate’s, Associate Professor and professor Degrees.At present Fergana State University is one of the top and prestigious universities in Uzbekistan. The geography of student studying at the university is very broad, as can be seen from the big number of students studying from the capital city and other regions of the country. Besides lots of foreign students from CIS countries are studying at the university.

The university has 45 undergraduate, 24 masters, 11 extramural and 26 Ph.D. programs. The total number of academic staff working at the university is more than 600, including 28 doctors of sciences (DSC), 141 professors and PhDs. Fergana State University has 12 faculties and 40 relevant departments. The number of students nearly 19000, including 14500 at bachelor, 390 at masters, 4017 at extramural programs and 77 at doctoral studies.