Naryn State University

URL http://www.nsu.to.kg/


On May 22, 1996, Kyrgyz President Askar Akaev decreed that measures should be taken to encourage the intellectual, scientific, and economic potential of the Naryn Region. Naryn State University was formed with this purpose in mind.

The mission of NSU is the preparation, through higher education, of skilled experts in the natural sciences and the humanities, as well as in pedagogy, law, economy, and agriculture

NGU is a complex educational institution composed of: 7 departments:
   

• 1. Social and Political Science
• 2. Foreign Languages
• 3. New Information Technology
• 4. Philology
• 5. Agrarian-technical
• 6. Natural and Humanitarian
• 7. Economy, Business, and Administration 

NSU also contains:

Agricultural Technical School, Pedagogical College,Centre of Continuing Education, offering qualifications  and refresher courses to specialist, Naryn Regional Center New Information Technology, Naryn Regional Center for Foreign Languages, Youth Center "Son-Kol", Naryn Athletic-Training Complex, School-Lycee, Driver's Training.

The current Rector of Naryn State University is Professor Almazbek Akmataliev. The staff of Naryn State University consists of 153 teachers, 36 of which are doctoral candidates in the sciences. Ten Doctors of Science cooperate with the university. For the 2003/04 academic year, NSU had 4250 students. For lectures and seminars, NSU faculty members actively engage students through advanced teaching techniques and the use of computer technology and audio-video equipment.

The university staff  participates in research, working in close contact with various scientific institutions of the Republic, C.I.S. countries and other foreign institutions. Annually scientist of the university participate in independent and government financed research projects.  Seasonly they conduct  conferences and seminars and publish academic articles.