Khujand State University - Донишгоҳи Давлатии Хуҷанд - was founded in 1932 in Khujand

Khujand

Khujand , also transliterated as Khudzhand, , formerly Khodjend or Khodzhent until 1936 and Leninabad until 1991, is the second-largest city of Tajikistan. It is situated on the Syr Darya River at the mouth of the Fergana Valley...

(formerly Leninabad

Leninabad

- Azerbaijan :*Leninabad, Nakhchivan*Leninabad, Shamkir*Sanqalan*Təklə, Gobustan...

), Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....

. First it was known as a High Pedagogical Institute. During Soviet era, Khujand State University was known as Leninabad State Pedagogical Institute. Leninabad State Pedagogical Institute was renamed to Khujand State University after Tajikistan gained Independence from the USSR. This university is named after Tajik academician Bobojon Gafurov

Faculties

Khujand State University has 16 faculties.

1. Mathematics
2. Physical and technical
3. Art and Graphics
4. Cybernetics
5. Foreign Languages (Arabic, English, German, Persian)
6. Institute of Management and Computer Technology
7. Russian philology
8. Law
9. Uzbek philology
10. Pedagogical
11. Tajik philology
12. Oriental Studies - Eastern Languages
13. Environmental Studies
14. History
15. Finance and Marketing Economy
16. Art Faculty