Avicenna Tajik State Medical University was set up in 1939 with the name Abu Ali Ibn Sino University as a school of medical personnel.
In 1945, this university was allocated leading disciplines like therapy, surgery, obstetrics, and gynecology and during 1950-1959 the university was then renamed as Avicenna Tajik State Medical Institute.
From the very beginning of 1989, there were 51 doctors and 326 candidates of sciences working at the institute. There were around 65+ faculties and 10 courses that were working. Tajik State Medical Institute received the status of Tajik State Medical University after the name of Avicenna in 1992.
In the year 2010, ATSMU started the 5 years complete MBBS program (with internship) for foreign medical students