The Osh State University ( ky, Ош мамлекеттик университети, russian: Ошский государственный университет, uz, Osh davlat universiteti) is a

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Osh Osh (Kyrgyz: Ош, romanised Osh; uz, O‘sh/Ўш) is the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in the south of the country and often referred to as the "capital of the south". It is the oldest city in the country (e ...

, the second largest city in

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. ...

. The university was originally established by the

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 ...

in 1939 as a

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institute and was upgraded to a comprehensive pedagogical institute in 1951. The institute was awarded full university status in 1992 in the immediate aftermath of the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

. Today, Osh State University is one of the leading universities of Kyrgyzstan and one important center of higher education outside of the capital city of

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 university enrolls around 40,000 students, with 3,000 of them being international students. Instruction is offered both in English and

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. Most of the foreign students study at the Medical Faculty. Other faculties include the

Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

Institute, the Business and Management Faculty, the

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, the

Pedagogical Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and Developmental psychology, psychological development of le ...

Faculty, the Faculty of Modern Languages, the Faculty of

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, the Faculty of

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and Electronics, and the Faculty of Arts.

History

Osh State University traces its origins back to 1939 with the founding of higher education teacher training institute in the city. The institute was established to address the shortage of teachers in schools in southern Kyrgyzstan. The institute was established by the decision of the

Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR; ky, Кыргыз Советтик Социалисттик Республикасы, Kyrgyz Sovettik Sotsialisttik Respublikasy, ky, Кыргыз ССР, Kyrgyz SSR, russian: Киргизск ...

, one of the

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of the

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. Future teachers received 2 years of training which included courses in history and philology, physics, mathematics and natural sciences and geography. On 24 May 1951

Council of Ministers of the USSR The Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Совет министров СССР, r=Sovet Ministrov SSSR, p=sɐˈvʲet mʲɪˈnʲistrəf ɛsɛsɛˈsɛr; sometimes abbreviated to ''Sovmin'' or referred to as the '' ...

adopted decision ''No. 1759'' followed by the Council of Ministers of the Kyrgyz SSR ''No. 511-193-1'' on 26 June 1951 which upgraded the ''Osh Teachers' Institute'' to the ''Osh Pedagogical Institute''. The new institute was reorganized into faculties of philology, physics and mathematics and foreign languages. For the purposes of the implementation of reform, authorities allocated 1 million

roubles The ruble (American English) or rouble (Commonwealth English) (; rus, рубль, p=rublʲ) is the currency unit of Belarus and Russia. Historically, it was the currency of the Russian Empire and of the Soviet Union. , currencies named ''rub ...

Rectors

References

* https://www.4icu.org/reviews/3127.htm * http://www.webometrics.info/en/asia/kyrgyzstan%20 * http://www.bolognakg.net/kg2/osu.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20170517061038/https://www.usaid.gov/kyrgyz-republic/press-releases/usaid-supports-osh-state-university-kyrgyzstan * http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=1006&menu=1348&nr=178 {{authority control Universities in Kyrgyzstan Osh Universities established in the 1990s Educational institutions established in 1939 1939 establishments in the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic