Kyrgyz National Agrarian University ( ky, Кыргыз улуттук агрардык университети, russian: Кыргызский национальный аграрный университет) is a public university in
Bishkek
Bishkek ( ky, Бишкек), ), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. The region surrounds the city, although the city itself is not part of ...
, the
capital
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of
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...
. It is named after K. I. Skryabin.
KNAU was established in 1933 by then
Soviet
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constituent
Kirghiz SSR
The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR; ky, Кыргыз Советтик Социалисттик Республикасы, Kyrgyz Sovettik Sotsialisttik Respublikasy, ky, Кыргыз ССР, Kyrgyz SSR, russian: Киргизск ...
with its first admission of 53 students.
Now more than 7,000 students study at KNAU in 7 faculties and 31 specializations. The instruction is provided in Russian by 287 professors including 93 holding
PhDs
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.
As of 2022, the current rector of the university is Professor R. Z. Nurgaziev.
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1933 establishments in the Soviet Union
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