The Kyrgyz State University named after I. Arabaev has the status of a legal entity and is a state higher educational institution that implements educational programs in the field of higher, post-higher, secondary professional and additional general professional education.

The university provides personnel training, retraining and qualification improvement for scientific and educational institutions, state bodies, enterprises and organizations of various fields of education and science in Kyrgyzstan, as well as near and far foreign countries.

The mission of KSU named after I. Arabayev is to train competitive, socially and professionally competent teachers. At the same time, the main priority of the university is the optimal combination of practice-oriented and innovative pedagogical education, training of a creative thinking person based on the active use of innovative methods and information technologies.