Tajik National University
Tajik National University (; ) is the first and largest university in Tajikistan. It enrolls 23,000 students per year in 18 different academic disciplines. The head office of the university is located in the capital city of Tajikistan. Tajik National University prepares extensive human resources for the economy of Tajikistan, from journalists to finance professionals and managers. President Emomali Rahmon and the former chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan Murodali Alimardon are alumni. History 
TNU was formed on 21 March 1947. In 2009, a high school and Mathematics discipline were established at the university. Facilities 
The university encompasses publishing, a research library, a botanical garden, a hostel, 114 departments (107 special departments) and a military chair and high school. For the industrial and practical training of students in the establishment, the functioning educational and production bases are Takob, Ziddi and Javoni. The university has 154 doctors, professors and 509 candidates of sciences. TNU has 8 dissertation councils over 10 areas in which each  year around 100 master's and doctoral theses are defended. Its scientific library with 945 000 copies of scientific, educational, fiction and periodicals. TNU Research Institutes offers 110 research laboratories, electronic library with access to more than 12 million digital online sources, bio-technology Centre, Techno Park, Center for Language Studies, Cultural Education Center “Confucius”, Center of periodicals, printing and translation center. It emphasizes “Russian world”, and the cultural centers of Iran and Pakistan. Academic departments 
 Faculty of Law
 Faculty of International Relations
 Faculty of Economics and Management
 Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
 Faculty of Chemistry
 Faculty of Accounting and Economics
 Faculty of Journalism
 Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
 Faculty of Physics
 Faculty of Philology
 Faculty of Geology
 Faculty of Languages of Asia and Europe
 Faculty of Philosophy
 Faculty of Psychology
 Faculty of Finance and Economy
 Faculty of Biology
 Faculty of History
 Faculty of Russian Language and Literature

Notable alumni 
 Salimjon Aioubov – journalist, reporter and writer
 Guljahon Bobosodiqova – Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR and the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
 Sherali Khayrulloyev – former Minister of Defense of Tajikistan. Rohat Nabieva - Historian, wrote Women of Soviet Tajikistan  (1967)
 Umarali Quvvatov – an outspoken critic of veteran Tajik leader Emomali Rahmon
 Emomali Rahmon – current president of Tajikistan

References

External links
Official site

Universities in Tajikistan
Education in Dushanbe
Universities and colleges established in 1947
1947 establishments in the Soviet Union
Tajik National University