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Khaydarov Bakhtiyar Tajievich
Dean of the Faculty of Art History
Professor

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The Faculty of art studies was originally established in 1969 under the name of the Department of “music and singing” under the Faculty of Uzbek language and literature of the Samarkand State Pedagogical Institute named after the former Sadriddin Ayniy.
                  Over the years, the department expanded and became the Faculty of music education from 1982. Since 1992, the former Sadriddin Ayniyi Samarkand State Pedagogical Institute has continued its activities at the universitit tasaruf of the Faculty of music education in connection with the addition of Samarkand State University.   
         President Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan Sh.M.Mirziyoev had put forward 5 important initiatives to establish work in the social, spiritual and educational spheres on the basis of a new system at the video director meeting on March 19, 2019. As a practical implementation of the first initiative, which serves to increase the interest of young people in music, painting, theater and other types of art, to bring their talent to the surface, on the basis of the order of the Ministry of higher and secondary special education “on the organization of art studies faculties in higher educational institutions of the Republic”dated May 2, 2019
     In connection with the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. 408 of June 30, 2021 “at the meeting of measures to organize the activities of the Uzbek-Finnish pedagogical Institute of Samarkand State University”and the establishment of the Uzbek-Finnish pedagogical Institute of Samarkand State University in iuyl 2, 2021, the “Faculty of Art Studies” was reorganized on the basis of musical education, Fine Arts and engineering graphics,
Today, the faculty operates a team of 24 qualified professors.  The faculty team determined that strengthening the youth's love for the motherland, parents, life was their main goal.
                 In 2019, as part of” 5 important initiatives“, " Jonajon Uzbekistan, forever survive! students participated in the Republican student youth festival under the slogan “youth with diplomas and honorary labels of the OTV, creative work on the topic” youth in favor of honesty and respect for laws in the service of the Fatherland " took the proud 1st place in the Republic in the Nomination” Best Poster“, the 2nd place in the Alla -2020 online Republic, She was awarded a diploma and certificate of the III degree by the Department of Karakalpakstan of the Academy of Fine Arts of Uzbekistan in the online painting competition “Aral Sea in the eyes of children”.
         Today, the faculty team has expanded further, with more than 50 prof-teachers operating.