In this thesis, the model reference adaptive fuzzy control strategy is presented for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems with state time-delay and dead-zone input. Within this scheme, fuzzy systems are used to estimate unknown uncertainties upper bounds of the dynamic system. By means of some adaptive laws to compensate the unknown parameters, a feasible and simple memoryless adaptive fuzzy controller is developed. By employing a Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, the proposed controller not only guarantees the stability of the uncertain nonlinear state time-delay systems, but also obtains good tracking performance. Finally, a series of simulation results are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed controller.