Dear participants and guests of our city, we would like to invite you to enjoy the monuments, museums and beautiful views of Samarkand.

Located at the center of the main Asian trade routes, Samarkand was part of the first Persian Empire during its history spanning some 2,700 years; later it was under Arab, then Timurid and Uzbek influence.

The city, whose etymology means "stone fortress" in the Sogdian language (samar = stone / rock and kand = fortress) is located along the Silk Road in the path between China and Europe, practically in the center of Eurasia. It is located at 702 meters above sea level. and, despite being in Uzbekistan, most of the inhabitants are Tajik, a dialect of Farsi. Since 2001 the city has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List under the title of Samarkand - Crossroads of cultures.

The history of Samarkand State University began on September 21, 1420, from the moment the madrasah of Mirzo Ulugbek was founded. The great scientist Muhammad Khavofi had made a scientific report on the theory of Claudius Ptolemy in front of a learned audience of over a 100 on that day. Since that day, the madrasah of Mirzo Ulugbek began to function, where, along with the canons of Islam, students were taught such fundamental sciences as mathematics, algebra (al-zhabr), geometry (handasa), law (fiqh) and some other subjects.

Written sources and scientific research confirm that Samarkand State University is a direct descendant of the madrasah of Mirzo Ulugbek. In light of this, in 2020 Samarkand State University celebrated its 600th anniversary. The rector of the university since 2016 is Prof Rustam Ibragimovich Halmuradov.