The Berdakh's Karakalpak State University (Karakalpak: Berdaq atındaǵı Qaraqalpaq mámleketlik universiteti, Uzbek: Berdaq nomidagi Qoraqalpoq davlat universiteti) is a public university in Nukus, capital of autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan in north-western Uzbekistan.

[1] The university's scientific initiatives focus on sustainable practices and environmental science, tackling regional ecological issues, including the desiccation of the Aral Sea.

The idea of establishing the university in the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic emerged in the late 1950s when there was a growing demand for skilled specialists to support the region's economic and cultural development.

[5] Initially proposed by the academician S. Kamalov at a regional conference of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan in 1958, the plan gained momentum in the 1960s.

[5] The new university was named after Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure.