Samarkand State University Faculty of Biology

The Faculty of Biology is a division of Samarkand State University, an institution that traces its intellectual roots back to the Mirzo Ulughbek Madrasa, which opened in fourteen twenty. While the university officially dates its modern founding to nineteen twenty-seven, this faculty maintains specialized collections that reflect centuries of regional study. Within its facilities, you can find a zoological museum housing over four thousand exhibits, an entomological collection representing local insect life, and a greenhouse containing more than one thousand specimens across two hundred fifty plant species.