The department of history of Uzbekistan prepares specialists in the field of bachelor's degree 5120300 - History (by countries and regions), masters in 5A120301 - History of Uzbekistan. Also, since 1992, the department has a postgraduate and doctoral program in the specialty 07.00.01 - History of Uzbekistan, and now there is a large school of research. The department has a scientific school of Professor R.T. Shamsutdinov, which has trained more than a dozen scientific and pedagogical staff.

In 1993-1998 and 2005, the Department of History of Uzbekistan had a specialized council for the defense of dissertations on the history of the Motherland, and about 20 candidate dissertations were defended at this council.

The main scientific direction of the department is "History of Uzbekistan in the Russian Empire and Soviet colonial period", "History of Andijan (from ancient times to the present)." During the years of independence, the department has done a lot to teach and study the history of Uzbekistan. Over the past 25 years, the staff of the department has published a 3-volume textbook "History of the Motherland" from ancient times to the period of independence, as well as the history of Soviet deafness, repression in Uzbekistan, the Jadid movement. He has published dozens of major monographs on the history, history and historiography of the national independence movement, the history of Andijan, as well as dozens of works on the history of the Motherland, more than a thousand scientific articles. Also, the team of authors headed by Professor R.T. Shamsutdinov published about a dozen monographs, books and more than a hundred articles on the history of Andijan from ancient times to the present day. Professor R.T. Shamsutdinov has published books on the history of the Department of History of Uzbekistan and the history of the University.

In 1991-1998, the department of history of Uzbekistan was headed by Professor R.T. Shamsutdinov. During his time, the department rose to the top in all respects. From year to year, the department has expanded, and the quality of educational, scientific and spiritual-educational activities has improved. The department was headed by Professor I.Alimov in 1998-1999, N.Kadirova in 1999-2001, S.Khoshimov in 2001-2005, M.Abdullaev in 2005-2007, and RT Shamsutdinov in 2008-2012. In 2012-2015, Associate Professor MG. Abdullaev, docent in 2015-2019. S. Hoshimov was the director. Since November 2019, the department is headed by Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor Muhammadjon Alikhojiev.

In 2016, on the initiative of Professor of the Department, Doctor of Historical Sciences R.T. Shamsutdinov, the socio-historical scientific and popular journal "Vodiynoma" was published.