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Khorog State University (KSU-Khorog / Донишгоҳи давлатии Хоруғ)

Khorog State University (KSU-Khorog / Донишгоҳи давлатии Хоруғ) is a recognised university in Tajikistan. Below is what AlmiStudy records about it — only verified fields are shown; anything not confirmed is deliberately left out rather than guessed.

CityKhorog
RegionAsia
TypePublic
SubjectsEngineering & Technology; Natural Sciences; Business & Management; Arts & Humanities; Social Sciences; Law; Computer Science & IT
AccreditationMinistry of Education and Science, Republic of Tajikistan (Вазорати маориф ва илми Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон) — apex regulator for Tajik HEIs. Tajik HE: (1) NATIONAL FLAGSHIP — Tajik National University (1948 Soviet-era); (2) SPECIALIZED PUBLIC — technical (Tajik Technical / TTU), medical (Avicenna Medical), pedagogical (Sadriddin Ayni Pedagogical), agrarian, commerce, finance, languages, law-business-politics, arts/culture; (3) RUSSIAN-AFFILIATED — Russian-Tajik Slavonic University (Russian-language instruction, joint Russia-Tajikistan oversight); (4) REGIONAL — Khujand State (north — Sughd region), Kulob State (south — Khatlon), Khorog State (east — Gorno-Badakhshan Pamirs), Bokhtar State; (5) INTERNATIONAL — University of Central Asia (UCA, Aga Khan-founded with Tajikistan + Pakistan + Kyrgyzstan governments); (6) PRIVATE — smaller sector. Tajik is national language (Persian/Farsi dialect using Cyrillic script Soviet-era → being converted to Latin/Persian); Russian widely used in HE especially STEM + medicine + research; English-medium programmes growing.
Official websitehttps://khorogstate.tj
Accreditation registryhttps://maorif.tj
Founded 1991 (chartered as Pamir regional university for Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region — Tajikistan's mountainous east; serves Ismaili Shia Pamiri community). Pamir mountain regional university. Chartered 1991 — same year as Tajik independence. Located in KHOROG — capital of GORNO-BADAKHSHAN AUTONOMOUS REGION (GBAO), Tajikistan's mountainous east covering ~45% of country's land but only ~3% of population (~250K). PAMIR PEOPLE majority — ETHNIC + RELIGIOUS distinction from mainstream Tajiks: Pamiris speak Pamiri languages (Eastern Iranian, distinct from Tajik Persian), are ISMAILI SHIA MUSLIMS (following Aga Khan IV) unlike Hanafi Sunni majority Tajiks. ~3,000 students. CRITICAL CONTEXT: GBAO has been site of periodic 2012+ tensions between Tajik government + Pamir community.
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