According to the Decree of the first President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, I.A. Karimov, dated January 18, 2001, on the creation of educational programs for the subject "The idea of national independence: basic concepts and principles" and its introduction into the Republic's education system, this subject is from the second half of the 2000-2001 academic year. Teaching began in all areas of undergraduate and graduate specialization of higher education.
From the 2001-2002 academic year, the undergraduate course "The idea of national independence, law and moral foundations" was established. Since then, the department has been teaching "Philosophy", "Philosophy and Law", "Theory and National Idea of Building a Democratic Society in Uzbekistan", "Idea of National Independence, Fundamentals of Law and Morality", and since 2012 "National Idea, Fundamentals of Morality and Legal Education". operates as a specialist training department under the name