This year, 2022, marks 30 years since the formation of a separate higher educational institute for architecture and construction education. The beginning of the organization of such higher education in Kyrgyzstan is the mid-50s-60s of the last century, as a faculty at the Frunze Polytechnic Institute. The development of architecture and the construction sector in the republic is associated with the activities of the leadership of Kyrgyzstan, the organization of a special department for architecture, the formation of architectural personnel, directions for restoration, design, urban planning and other related specialties. The article discusses the activities of the Department of Urban Planning of KSUCTA named after N. Isanov for a ten-year period and the features of the specialty of urban planning and the tasks facing urban planners in the development of cities and the country.