Osh State University was founded on 24 May 1951 as Osh State
Pedagogical Institute. It achieved status of the University on 17 june
1992. The city of Osh provides a unique setting for the urban campus
of Osh State University. At the heart of this picturesque city lies the
Osh State University administrative campus, with the remaining
departments located throughout the city. Osh State University is the
leading educational, cultural and scientific centre of the southern
Kyrgyzstan. The faculties of the University prepare specialists to
respond to all the region’s needs. Osh State University sows the
seeds of science and democracy that will bloom throughout the
country.
In 1939, in the south of Kyrgyzstan in order to overcome the lack of
teachers in schools and pedagogical training, Institute for teachers
in the city of Osh was opened.