Kyrgyz National University named after Jusup Balasagyn (KNU / Жусуп Баласагын атындагы Кыргыз улуттук университети)

Founded 1925 (chartered as Kyrgyz Pedagogical Institute in then-Pishpek; multiple reorganisations; Kyrgyz State University 1932; renamed Kyrgyz National University 1993 after JUSUP BALASAGYN — 11th c Turkic poet/philosopher author of Kutadgu Bilig; KYRGYZSTAN'S OLDEST and PREMIER university). KYRGYZSTAN'S OLDEST and PREMIER university. Founded 1925 as Kyrgyz Pedagogical Institute (Frunze, formerly Pishpek, present-day Bishkek). Reorganised Kyrgyz State University 1932. Renamed KYRGYZ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 1993 post-independence after JUSUP BALASAGYN (Yūsuf Khāṣṣ Ḥājib, 1019-1085 CE) — 11th century ETHNICALLY-KYRGYZ Turkic poet, philosopher, scholar; author of the KUTADGU BILIG ("Wisdom of Royal Glory") — one of EARLIEST KNOWN works of Turkic Islamic literature, philosophical mirror-for-princes text. ~18,000+ students. 16 faculties. Trilingual Russian-Kyrgyz-English.

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