Tajik State Institute of Languages

The Tajik State Institute of Languages (Tajik: Донишкадаи давлатии забонҳои Тоҷикистон ба номи Сотим Улугзода) is a state higher-education institution located in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. It is dedicated to the study and teaching of foreign languages and is one of the country's principal language-focused universities. The institute traces its origins to a decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated 29 May 1979, when it was established as the Tajik State Pedagogical Institute of Russian Language and Literature. Following Tajikistan's independence, the Council of Ministers of the new republic renamed it the Tajik Institute of Languages on 6 August 1992. In 2009 the name of the writer Sotim Ulugzoda was added to the institution's title, the same year in which doctoral aspirant studies began. The institute is organized around three internal institutes — the Russian Institute, the Korean Institute (established in 2009) and the Iranian Institute — together with four faculties and fifteen academic chairs. Its faculties cover Romance and Germanic languages, Oriental languages, Russian, and correspondence education. Programmes include English (for teaching, translation and higher education), German, French, intercultural communication, linguistics and information technology, Tajik language and literature, document and information management, Oriental philology (Arabic and English), Persian philology (Persian and English), Chinese, Chinese and Chinese-language informatics, Japanese, Korean, and a broad range of Russian-language specializations from school teaching to legal linguistic support. The bachelor's degree is awarded after four years of study. The institute has more than two thousand students and 195 teachers, according to 2012 figures. It collaborates with thirteen foreign universities, with cooperation with Germany being particularly significant among Western partners. Arabic has been taught since 2009, with students benefiting from a credit system. The rector is Dr. Radjabzoda Makhmadoullo, who succeeded Professor Khourcheddjon Makhmoulovitch Ziyoïev. As a state institution, it operates under the authority of the Government of Tajikistan and serves as a national centre for language education and applied linguistics.

The Tajik State Institute of Languages was founded by a decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on 29 May 1979, under the name Tajik State Pedagogical Institute of Russian Language and Literature (Таджикский государственный педагогический институт русского языка и литературы). Its original mission was the training of teachers of Russian language and literature, reflecting the role of Russian in the Soviet education system of Tajikistan. After Tajikistan gained independence, the Council of Ministers of the new Republic of Tajikistan renamed the institution the Tajik Institute of Languages on 6 August 1992. This change marked a broadening of its mandate from a Russian-language pedagogical institute to a general language institute covering multiple foreign languages. In 2009 the institute was renamed again to include the name of the writer Sotim Ulugzoda, becoming the Tajik State Institute of Languages named after Sotim Ulugzoda. The same year saw the introduction of doctoral aspirant studies and the establishment of the Korean Institute as one of the institution's internal institutes. Arabic instruction also began in 2009, with students benefiting from a credit-based system. By 2012 the institute had more than two thousand students and 195 teachers. It had developed a structure of three internal institutes — the Russian Institute, the Korean Institute and the Iranian Institute — four faculties and fifteen academic chairs. It also maintained collaborations with thirteen foreign universities, with cooperation with Germany being the most significant among Western partnerships. The rector, Dr. Radjabzoda Makhmadoullo, succeeded Professor Khourcheddjon Makhmoulovitch Ziyoïev. The institute has continued to operate as a state higher-education institution in Dushanbe, offering bachelor's degrees after four years of study and a range of language and philology programmes across its faculties.

• 2012

  Institute reported more than two thousand students and 195 teachers.

• 2009

  Writer Sotim Ulugzoda's name added to the institution's title; doctoral aspirant studies began; Korean Institute established; Arabic instruction introduced with a credit system.

• 1992

  Renamed the Tajik Institute of Languages by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Tajikistan on 6 August.

• 1979

  Founded by decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR as the Tajik State Pedagogical Institute of Russian Language and Literature.

State-funded language university and national centre for foreign-language education in Tajikistan.

• Faculty of Romance and Germanic Languages

  Specialities include English (teaching, translation, higher education), intercultural communication, German, French, and linguistics and information technology.

• Faculty of Oriental Languages

  Specialities include Tajik language and literature, document and information management, Oriental philology (Arabic and English), Persian philology (Persian and English), Chinese, Chinese and Chinese-language informatics, Japanese, and Korean.

• Faculty of Russian Language

  Specialities include Russian philology, Russian language and literature for teaching in the Tajik national school system, translation, Russian in primary and preschool education, and Russian for legal linguistic support.

• Faculty of Correspondence Education

  Offers Tajik literature and language, document and information management, Russian language and literature for teaching, and Russian in primary and preschool education.

1. 1Tajik State Institute of Languages — Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Institut tadjik des langues Oulougzod — Wikipédiafr.wikipedia.org