Agricultural University of Tajikistan

Tajik Agrarian University 'S. Shotemur' (TAU) (Russian: Таджикский аграрный университет им. Ш. Шотемура; Tajik: Донишгоҳи аграрии Тоҷикистон ба номи Ш. Шотемур) is a university in Tajikistan, in the capital of Dushanbe.

History

In 1931, the 'Central Asian Fruit-and-Vegetable Institute' was founded in the city of Khujand (former Leninabad). In 1934 it was reorganized and renamed into the 'Tajik Agricultural Institute'. In 1992, the Institute was again reorganized into 'Tajik Agrarian University'. The Government of Tajikistan decided (#311 from October 31, 2009^{[citation needed]}) to rename it as 'Tajik Agrarian University Shirinsho Shotemur'.^[1]

Academics

TAU has a current enrolment of 6500 students.^{[citation needed]}

It has more than 35,000 alumni. There are nine faculties at the university: Agronomy, Agribusiness, Zoo-engineering, Veterinary science, Economics, Horticulture and Biotechnology of Agriculture, Mechanization of Agriculture and Hydromeliorative methods, educating experts in 31 specialities.