About Tashkent State Technical University named after I. A. Karimov

Founded in 1920, Toshkent Davlat Texnika Universiteti (Tashkent State Technical University) is a non-profit public higher-education institution located in the urban setting of the metropolis of Tashkent (population range of 1,000,000-5,000,000 inhabitants). Officially recognized by the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of Uzbekistan, Toshkent Davlat Texnika Universiteti (TDTU) is a large (uniRank enrollment range: 10,000-14,999 students) coeducational Uzbekistani higher education institution. Toshkent Davlat Texnika Universiteti (TDTU) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees, master degrees, doctorate degrees in several areas of study.
See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. This 100 years old Uzbekistani higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations. The admission rate range is 30-40% making this Uzbekistani higher education organization a very selective institution. International students are welcome to apply for enrollment.
Tashkent State Technical University (TSTU) (Uzbek: Toshkent Davlat Texnika Universiteti) is one of the oldest universities of Uzbekistan. Currently, the university consists of 6 faculties, and prepares highly-skilled professionals in technical and engineering fields. For this year, it is estimated to run 56 departments with over 10 746 students, who are taught by 6 academicians of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, 74 doctors of sciences and 314 candidates of sciences.
 The history of "Tashkent State Technical University," named after Abu Rayhan Beruni ('’’TSTU'’’), goes back to the Soviet Union times. TSTU is currently one of the oldest educational places in Uzbekistan. Its first establishment date refers to the April 21, 1918. Firstly, the university was established as the small technical faculty of "Turkistan National University", and it worked for the whole Central Asia. That technical faculty saw many changes in its history, but it is the base of current "Tashkent State Technical University". In 1923 it was re-set as the new faculty called "Engineering-melioration faculty".
From the year of 1949 it was renamed to "Central Asian Poly Technical Institute". From the year 1961 it was called as the "Tashkent Poly Technical institute". In 1973 it was named after one of the greatest scientists of Uzbekistan Abu Rayhan Beruni, and was called as the "Tashkent Poly Technical Institute named Abu Rayhan Beruni". After the Independence of Uzbekistan, by the edict President of Republic Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, university was renamed to its current name and it became one of the leading educational centers of Uzbekistan.
University has passed about 100 years of history to get its current name "Tashkent State Technical University named Abu Rayhan Beruni" and to reach its current prestige. President of Republic Uzbekistan Islam Karimov has also graduated from this University. During its long history the "Tashkent State Technical University" has become the base for 16 other universities and colleges in Uzbekistan, which are "Fergana Poly Technical Institute" (1967), "Tashkent Institute of Automobile and Highways"(1972), "Samarkand architectural institute"(1980), "Bukhara Technological Institute of Food and Light Industry" (1977), "Namangan Engineering-Economic Institute" (1973), "Navoi State Mining Institute" (1995), "Andijan Institute of Engineering Economics and Management (1995), "Tashkent Engineering Institute" (1989), "Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology" (1991), "Tashkent Architecture and Construction Institute" (1991), "Karshi Engineering-economic Institute" (1995), "Tashkent State Institute of Aviation" (1995), "Nukus Industrial-Pedagogical Institute" (1995), "Angren Technical College" (1995), "Almalyk Technical College" (1995), "Chirchik Technology College" (1995).
There are 7 faculties, 58 departments, 735 professors-teachers and more than 11 thousand students at Tashkent State Technical University. Tashkent State Technical Institute nowadays trains specialists and professionals following the educational programs which are listed below:
Bachelor’s degree, duration 4 years
Master’s degree, duration 2 years
Doctoral degree, duration 3 years