The National Pedagogical University of Uzbekistan named after Nizami (NPUU) is one of the best-seeded public universities established on 14 September 1935, in Tashkent. It specializes in pedagogical personnel training and is one of the best teacher-training schools in the region.
Its research areas are wide and cover the whole spectrum of disciplines regarding education, such as primary education, physics and mathematics science, natural sciences, history, foreign languages, special pedagogy, and preschool education, from a pedagogical perspective.
The University has trained over 200, 000 scientific and pedagogical personnel, forming trained teachers, educators, scientists, and specialists who are used in schools, lyceums, colleges of Uzbekistan, and actively contribute to the education of the world.
It was then renamed Tashkent State Pedagogical Institute named after Nizami in 1947, to honor Nizami Ganjavi, the Azerbaijani poet and educator of the 12th century. The poet and educator had heavily focused on the teachings of knowledge and moral education in his works. The institute was called the Tashkent Pedagogical Institute from 1953 to 1998, but it still provided training for teachers.
The National Pedagogical University of Uzbekistan entered a new phase of its development after the implementation of the Presidential Decree with the title "About the establishment of the National Pedagogical University of Uzbekistan", dated 28 April 2025 (PF-73). The current campus can now support an enrollment of around 19,000 students, while the new campus can support up to 25,000 students.
The History of the Creation of University The National Pedagogical University of Uzbekistan named after Nizami (NPUU) was established on 14 September 1935, based on the Faculty of Pedagogy at the Central Asian State University under Order No. 13/64 of the Commissariat of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The university has grown as a result of the union with the Tashkent Evening Pedagogical Institute named after V.G. Belinsky, a prominent Russian literary critic and pedagogue, in 1961, introducing other programs for evening education and expanding the student body. Tashkent State Pedagogical Institute was given the university status by the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. 77 of 02.02.1998. After that, the institution served as Tashkent State Pedagogical University named after Nizami for almost two decades, and during this period, despite the stipulations of Stalin's pedagogical program, over three hundred thousand students graduated who can now be counted among the distinguished activities of Uzbekistan's people today and who are already working in various countries of the world.
In total, since its inception, the university has trained more than 200 thousand scientific and pedagogical personnel.
2025 Reorganization Tashkent State Pedagogical University named after Nizami was changed to the NPUU by the Presidential Decree PF-73 of 28 April 2025, with the goal of making NPUU the leading teacher training university and ensuring its scientific work is conducted in accordance with international standards. The reform aimed to establish NPUU as the leading university for teacher training and to ensure that the scientific processes take place according to international standards (PF-73 of 28 April 2025, Presidential Decree of Uzbekistan).
14 faculties, which had to support these processes, were merged and restructured, and the university's pre-existing teaching administration system was further strengthened into six Pedagogical Higher Schools, led by a dean who became responsible for teaching, scientific research activities, and establishing partnerships for the university. Academic processes were also digitalized by introducing a Learning Management System (LMS), connected with the national Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS).
Campus
The National Pedagogical University of Uzbekistan is located in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan and the center of the country. The main campus of the university is on Bunyodkor Avenue 27, in the district of Chilanzar of Tashkent. The total area of the university complex is 77,074.25 m2 with 24,694 m2 allocated for teaching and academic use.
Academic Buildings In total, the campus consists of 8 academic buildings with lecture rooms, seminar rooms, labs, and offices of the academic staff, and over 700 academic staff members conduct instruction at the academic buildings.
University museums The university has a museum complex which consists of three collections: The museum of the history of the university, the museum of archaeology, and the educational zoological museum.
Governance and Structure The governance of the University was significantly changed after the reorganization in 2025, mandated by Presidential Decree PF-73. This was symbolized by the six Pedagogical Higher Schools, each headed by a dean who has full academic and research, and partnership responsibilities in their school, instead of the previous 14 faculties.
The six Pedagogical Higher Schools are not legal entities, but are academic units of the unified framework of the National Pedagogical University of Uzbekistan. The university is based on the legislative act of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of national education and is included in the system of the national education as a subordinate organization of the Ministry of Preschool and School Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Academics
From the 2025/2026 academic year, the university’s academic structure has been adapted, based on Presidential Decree PF-73 from 28 April 2025, to six Pedagogical Higher Schools. Before this reform, there were 11 teaching faculties at the university: primary education culture, pedagogy, physics and mathematics, natural sciences, history, vocational education, foreign languages, special pedagogy, innovation pedagogy, Russian language and literature, and preschool education, as well as a pre-military training faculty.
Faculties Exact Sciences — Provides deep training in exact sciences and prepares teachers and researchers.
History — Training specialists in history, cultural studies, and social sciences.
Natural Sciences — Provides training in biology, chemistry, and ecology.
Professional Education and Art — Training specialists in music, fine arts, theater, and cultural studies.
Preschool and Primary Education — Training teachers and methodologists for primary classes, studying psychological-pedagogical foundations of education.
Philology — Training specialists in Uzbek linguistics, literary studies, and teaching methods. The faculty offers 7 programs.
Joint Education — Established on 25 September 2017, under a memorandum between Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University and the Nizami National Pedagogical University of Uzbekistan, as the Joint Higher School of Innovative Pedagogy.
Pedagogy, Psychology and Inclusive Education — The faculty comprises 20 doctors of sciences, 35 candidates of sciences, 26 professors, and 34 associate professors, with a scientific potential of 75%.
Military Education — Functions as a military educational unit ensuring the implementation of a continuous educational and training process.
Undergraduate studies Source:
The bachelor's programs of NPUU are provided in the fields of education, humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and physical culture. Programs are structured according to the national qualification frameworks and/or professional standards based on four years’ full-time undergraduate study, plus two years of intensive English during the first year, and structured professional teaching internships in the third and fourth years of the courses.
Beginning in the academic year 2025/2026, the part-time (correspondence) courses were withdrawn; only part-time (evening) courses are available.
Undergraduate Programs (Full-time)
No. Program ID Field of Study 1 60110100 Pedagogy 2 60110200 Preschool Education 3 60110300 Special Pedagogy: Speech Therapy 4 60110400 Primary Education 5 60110500 Fine Arts & Engineering Graphics 6 60110600 Music Education 7 60110700 Uzbek Language & Literature 8 60110800 Native Language: Russian 9 60110900 Foreign Language: Korean 10 60111000 Military Pre-training 11 60111100 National Idea & Legal Education 12 60111200 Physical Education 13 60111300 Technology Education 14 60220300 History 15 60310300 Psychology 16 60510100 Biology 17 60530100 Chemistry 18 60530200 Geography 19 60530500 Physics 20 601103001 Special Pedagogy: Deaf Education 21 601103002 Special Pedagogy: Intellectual Disability 22 601103003 Special Pedagogy: Sign Interpreting 23 601108001 Native Language: Kazakh 24 601109001 Foreign Language: English 25 601109002 Foreign Language: German
Undergraduate Programs (Evening)
No. Program ID Field of Study 1 60110100 Pedagogy 2 60110200 Preschool Education 3 60110400 Primary Education 4 60110700 Uzbek Language & Literature 5 60310300 Psychology
Undergraduate Programs (Distance)
No. Program ID Field of Study 1 60530500 Physics
Graduate Studies Source:
The University has master's degree programs such as pedagogy, psychology, teaching methodologies of the subject, and educational management. Master's programs are compulsory additional courses that further the undergraduate curriculum and qualify the student for leading roles within an education institution, teaching and research units, and in politics.
Graduate Programs (Full-time)
No. Program ID Field of Study 1 70110102 Pedagogy 2 70110101 Pedagogy Theory & History 3 70110103 Testology & Assessment 4 70110201 Teaching Methods (Preschool) 5 70110301 Special Pedagogy: Speech Therapy 6 701103011 Special Pedagogy: Deaf Education 7 701103012 Special Pedagogy: Intellectual Disability 8 70110401 Teaching Methods (Primary) 9 70110501 Fine Arts 10 70110502 Engineering Graphics & Design 11 70110601 Music Education & Art 12 70110701 Uzbek Language & Literature 13 70110801 Native Language: Russian 14 701108011 Native: Russian & Literature 15 70110901 Foreign Language: English 16 701109011 Foreign Language: Korean 17 70111001 Teaching Methods (Military) 18 70111101 Social-Humanitarian (Spirituality) 19 70111102 Social-Humanitarian (Law) 20 70111201 Physical Education Theory 21 70111301 Teaching Methods (Technology) 22 70220303 Social-Humanitarian (History) 23 70310301 Psychology 24 70510105 Exact Sciences (Biology) 25 70530104 Exact Sciences (Chemistry) 26 70530203 Exact Sciences (Geography) 27 70530510 Exact Sciences (Physics) 28 70540104 Exact Sciences (Mathematics) 29 70610103 Information Systems 30 70610105 IT in Education
Graduate Programs (Distance)
No. Program ID Field of Study 1 70110102 Pedagogy 2 70310301 Psychology 3 70610105 IT in Education
Admissions
The NPUU Academy is accepted based on the state testing system of Uzbekistan (Davlat test markazi), which is universal in the country. Admission of prospective students depends on the results of the national entrance tests and requires a secondary education diploma. Students are admitted based on the results of national entrance tests and a completed secondary education diploma.
International students can submit an application online via the university's website using a university-designed application form, including personal information, academic transcripts, and supporting documents.
Rectors A.Zargarov – 1935-1938y A.Usmonov – 1938-1940y M.Karimov – 1940-1943y T.Alimova – 1943-1946y A.Islomov – 1946-1951y Shopulat Abdullayevich – 1951-1971y Nuriddinov Zuhriddin Rasulovich – 1971-1976y Tursunov Xabib Tursunovich – 1976-1979y Tursunmuxamedov Sattor Pozilxaqovich – 1979-1983y Abdurahmanov G’ani Abduraxmonovich – 1983-1988y Yusupov Komil Yusupovich – 1988-1990, 1992-1994y Zoidov Mirg’iyos Abbosovich – 1991-1992y Qodirov Bahrom G’ofurovich – 1994-2005y