The department "Social-political sciences" was established in 1991. From the very beginning, the main priority of the department was to educate students on the basis of advanced world technology and to make them spiritually rich national cadres.
In connection with the formation of the Tashkent Chemical and Technological Institute, the departments "Political Science and Economics", "History and Philosophy" were established. Heads of the departments were appointed: at the department "Political Science and Economics" Professor S.O.Otamuratov, at the chair "History and Philosophy" Associate Professor H.Nasrullayev. In March 1993, these departments were merged and the Department of Socio-Political Sciences was set up. As the head of this department, Professor S.O.Otamuratov was appointed. In connection with the increase in the number of students in the 1996-1997 academic year, the department "History of Uzbekistan and Culturolo
gy" was assigned from this department and the head of the department, Associate Professor E.Kosimov was appointed. In the 2000-2001 academic year, on the basis of these two departments, the "Foundations of Spirituality" department was established. In the academic year of 2004-2005, the departments "Socio-political sciences" and "Fundamentals of spirituality" were merged and formed the chair "Philosophy and the basis of spirituality", which is still working in the institute. In 2018, it was merged with the "History of Uzbekistan" department and was reorganized as the "Social-Political Sciences" department and has been operating until now. Before 2011, the department was headed by Professor S.O.Otamuratov, and from 2011 to the present time the department is headed by associate professor O.O.Sirojov.
The main goal of the department is to provide high-quality education to students based on the world's advanced educational technologies, to educate intellectually and physically mature personnel.
For this tasks such as mental, moral and physical improvement are defined, undergraduate students are taught patriotism, loyalty to the country, respect for national and universal values, preservation of peace, independence through the subjects of "Newest History of Uzbekistan", "Philosophy" and "Physical Education and Sports Culture".
The development of the scientific potential of the department is always an important task of the chair's management. In particular, under the leadership of Professor S.O.O
tamuratov, research is being conducted on such a broad subject as "Socio-political and spiritual problems of national and spiritual development". Over the years, 4 doctoral dissertations have been prepared and successfully defended. In particular, in 1996, H.Uzokov successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic "History of the struggle for independence of Uzbekistan" (1900-1940) and received a doctorate in historical sciences,In 2000, J. Bakhramov successfully is advised by S.Otamuratov on his doctoral dissertation on "Problems of national identity of a person in conditions of independence" and received a doctorate in political science,In 2005, R. Samarov, at the consultation of S.O.Otamuratov, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on "Feminization in the Armed Forces: Developmental Features and Social Mechanism "(on the example of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan) and received a Doctor of Philosophy, T. Alimardonov presented his doctoral dissertation on "The problem of correlation of politics and morality" for consideration in a specialized scientific council. From 1994 to 2013, the department organized postgraduate study in the field of political philosophy - 09.00.10. During this time, 8 young specialists were trained in graduate school. Among them, H. Jumaniyazov on "Independence and the problems of the formation of spiritual and ideological potential in national development”, N.Berdialiyev – " The policy of restoration and development of national spirituality in the conditions of independence of the state ", O.Sirojov" The activity of Uzbekistan in resolving regional problems ", H.Yorkulov - "Problems of formation and development of intellectual potential in the state policy of the transition period" successfully defended the thesis and received the degree of candidate of political science.
Under the scientific supervision of Professor S.Otamuratov, In 2018, O.O.Sirojov defended his dissertation on the topic "Uzbekistan's interests in the regional cooperation processes in Central Asia" and received the scientific degree of Doctor of Political Sciences (DSc), A.F. Sultonov defended his dissertation on the topic "Management culture in the executive power of Uzbekistan" Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) scientific degree; in 2020, B.A. Omonov defended his dissertation on "Political-philosophical analysis of conceptual models of modernization of society" and received the scientific degree of Doctor of Political Sciences (DSc); in 2021, senior lecturer of the department A.B. Qilichev defended his dissertation on the topic "Mechanisms of social and political institutions in the State of Amir Temur (political analysis)" and received the scientific degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in political sciences. In addition, in 2021, the senior teacher of the department L. Kholmatov defended his dissertation on the topic "Theory and practice of developing students' ecohygienic knowledge in the process of physical education" and received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in pedagogic sciences, the doctoral student of the department F.Amonova defended her dissertation on "The role of industrial enterprises in the economy of the Bukhara emirate (second half of the 19th century - the beginning of the 20th century)" and received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in historical sciences.
The department has published more than 400 monographs, educational and teaching aids, scientific articles, texts of lectures on readable subjects, theses of speeches at conferences and seminars. Teachers of the department are the initiators and participants of the theoretical seminars held at the Institute for gifted students in the humanities.
