Following the success of her postgraduate studies (1955-1958), Z. I. Usmanova was hired as a teacher where she held different courses such as "Fundamentals of Archaeology" for historians; "Archaeology of the USSR" for archaeologists; "Art of the Ancient Orient", "Field Research Methods", "Ceramic Production of Central Asia", "History of the Development of Central Asian Architecture since Antiquity", "History of the Material Culture of Iran and Afghanistan" and "Art of Arab Countries" for students of the Eastern Faculty; "Art of the Ancient Orient and Central Asia" for students of the Drama Institute.