Established in 1923, "TIIAME" National Research University (The Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers) is Uzbekistan's premier institution for engineering, agriculture, and environmental sciences. Designated as a national research university by Presidential Decree in 2021, TIIAME has evolved into a regional hub for academic excellence, technological innovation, and global scientific cooperation. With over 100 years of academic legacy, TIIAME plays a vital role in preparing highly qualified professionals and advancing research to address global challenges related to water, food, climate, Renewable Energy and sustainability. Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers is located in the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent city, Kari Niyozov street, 39-house.National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan, letter "T", page 562. TIIAME- National Research University ranked no. 1 university in Uzbekistan in national, QS and Times Higher Education World University Ranking. It is ranked 458th in the QS World University Rankings 2027 (Global), 103rd in the QS World University Rankings: Asia 2026, and ranked 501 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026. It holds the distinction of being the No. 1 university in Uzbekistan across all major national and international ranking platforms.

History The history of the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers dates back to the Soviet Union. The university was first established in 1923 as the department of Turkistan State University. It was created under the technical faculty and was called Hydro Technical Engineering. In its first year of establishment, 24 agronomists and 16 water conservation specialists graduated from the faculty. The history of this university could be recognized on the second occasion. After six years of opening the Hydro Technical Engineering department, the government decided to establish a new department under the Melioration Engineering Faculty. Those two departments were linked together in 1929, which led to the establishment of Central Asian Cotton Irrigation Polytechnic University. On 11 November 1934, Central Asian Cotton Irrigation Polytechnic University was merged with the Central Asian Institute of Agricultural Industry Irrigation and Mechanization, which was the reason for the creation of the Tashkent Institute of Agricultural Industry Irrigation and Mechanization. In the first years of establishment, there were only two faculties, Hydromelioration and Mechanization. After World War II, the agricultural industry of the country increased rapidly, which affected the need for professional employees.

After World War II, a number of faculties were created: Building (1945), Mechanization of Hydro Melioration (1946), and Hydro Energetics (1946). In 1974 a new faculty was named Technology of Repairing Agricultural Industry Machines and Creating Them. In 1979 a number of engineering faculties were opened, which was directly linked to the economic growth in Uzbekistan.

After the independence of Uzbekistan, all the textbooks were interpreted into Uzbek language, and most of the classes started to be taught in the native language of Uzbekistan. In 2004, on 30 March by the edict of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan, the institute obtained its current name. This meant that the Tashkent Institute of Agricultural Industry Irrigation and Mechanization was renamed to the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration. In 2017 institute took the name Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers. Nowadays the institute involves five faculties with 30 departments. It has 353 professors and teachers and more than 4860 students.Article about the instituteInformation about the InstituteInformation about the International House lyceum in TashkentSecond source information about the instituteHistory

Campus Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers consists of four main buildings, three laboratory buildings, scientific centers, an information resource center which has 700,000 materials in its fund, three dormitories with an overall capacity for 1200 students, a canteen which can serve 484 people at one time, and a park.

Rector The rector of Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers is Bakhadir Mirzaev Suyunovich, a doctor of Technical sciences and professor.

Duties Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers has set its duties and provided them in the rules of the institute. The six main duties are: Supply the individual (student) with intellectual and cultural education, and meet their ethical needs Help those individuals (students) to become improved by all of the sides To develop the subject by giving attention to volunteers who are creating something new relating to that subject To improve the qualification in the economy of interested people To keep the nation's ethic and cultural beliefs and enlarge them To spread the knowledge among the citizens

Faculties

National Research University "Tiiame" currently consists of seven faculties, which are divided into more than 40 departments. The seven faculties are as follows:

Faculty of "Energy" Faculty of "Economics" Faculty of "Hydrotechnical construction" Faculty of "Ecology and Law" Faculty of "Agricultural Mechanization" Faculty of "Land Resources and Cadastre" Faculty of Hydromelioration

Faculty of Energy

The Faculty of Electrification and Automation of Agriculture was established in 1961, commencing its activities with the training of specialists in the field of agricultural electrification and the automation of technological processes. In 1978, the specialization in agricultural automation was separated into an independent faculty, which, three years later in 1981, was re-integrated into the Faculty of Electrification and Automation of Agriculture.

In 2004, the faculties of "Electrification and Automation of Agriculture" and "Mechanization of Irrigation and Reclamation Works" were merged, leading to the creation of the Faculty of Automation and Mechanization of Water Resources.

In 2017, based on Presidential Decree No. PQ-3003 dated 24 May 2017, the Faculty of Electrification and Automation of Agricultural and Water Management was reorganized at the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization. This faculty incorporated relevant departments from the Tashkent State Agrarian University, along with undergraduate programs and master's specializations.

In 2018, following Presidential Resolution No. PQ-3702 dated 8 May 2018, aimed at fundamentally improving the system for training highly qualified specialists at the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization, the faculty was renamed to "Energy Supply for Agricultural and Water Management."

In 2022, based on the decision of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PQ-3702 dated 10 December 2021, concerning the radical enhancement of the engineering workforce training system for economic sectors through innovation and digitalization, the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization was transformed into a university and renamed "Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers" of the National Research University. Consequently, the faculty was renamed to "Energy."

There are four departments in faculty of Energy: Electricity and renewable energy sources Electrical technologies and operation of electrical equipment Electrical Engineering and Mechatronics Automation and control of technology process"

Faculty of Economics

In 1974, the Department of "Economy of Water Management and its Organization" was opened at the "Hydraulic Constructions" Faculty of the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers. In 1976, this department was turned into an independent faculty.

Since 2004, the faculty has been operating under the name of "Water management and its economy", since 2015, under the name of "Management in water resources". According to the decision of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated 24 May 2017 No.-3003 "Measures for the fundamental improvement of the system of engineering and technical personnel training for the agriculture and water management sectors" the faculty was named as "Organization and management of water resources" and has been operating under this name.

Based on the Decision of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated 10.12.2021 No.-42 "On measures to fundamentally improve the system of training engineers for economic sectors based on innovation and digitization", it was renamed as "Economics" faculty within "Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers" National Research University from 1 February 2023, and modern educational and scientific-laboratory rooms, educational and scientific, advanced pedagogical activities of highly qualified pedagogic staff are performing their activities effectively.

The departments attached to the faculty consist of the following: Department of Economics Department of Information Technologies Department of Uzbek language and literature Department of English Department Accounting and auditing

Faculty of Hydrotechnical Constructions

In 1946, the Faculty of "Construction of Small and Medium Hydropower stations" was established on the initiative of the first female irrigator, T.A. Kolpakova, Later, the faculty continued its activities under the names "Hydraulic engineering", "River hydraulic structures and construction of hydroelectric power plants". After the organizational and structural transformations of the Institute, personnel training in the specialty "Water Management Construction" has been conducted since 1991 by the "Educational and Scientific Center for the Training of Irrigation Engineers", and since 1996 as part of the Faculty of "Hydro-Reclamation". In 2004, the Faculty of "Construction and Operation of hydraulic structures" was organized. According to the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated 3.11.2015 "On measures to improve the training and provision of the agricultural and water management system with highly qualified personnel", according to Resolution 311, the faculty "Construction and Operation of hydraulic structures" carried out its activities. According to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated 05/24/2017 No. PP–3003 "On measures to radically improve the system of training engineering and technical personnel for agriculture and water management", the Faculty of "Construction and Operation of Hydraulic Structures" was renamed the Faculty of " Hydrotechnical construction" as part of the Tashkent Institute of Agricultural Irrigation and Reclamation Engineers. For almost 73 years of activity, the faculty has trained more than 6,000 qualified specialists in the field of water management and energy and more than 100 specialists for foreign countries for the national economy of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the former Soviet republics. Graduates of the faculty completed practical training in the construction of Sayano-Shushenskaya, Bratsk, Toktogul, Nurek, Ust-Ilimskaya, Chorvakskaya hydroelectric power plants, Andijan, Talimardzhan, Gissarak reservoirs, Tuya-Muyunsky, Tupalangsky hydroelectric power plants. Currently, graduates of the faculty work in the construction of water management and energy facilities, in the operation of large hydraulic structures, hydropower facilities, in basin departments of irrigation systems, in organizations of water management construction, in regional departments of pumping stations, energy and communications.

The departments attached to the faculty consist of the following: The department "Hydraulic facilities and engineering structures"