Uzbekistan to Expand International Standards and Dual Education at Universities
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan’s higher education institutions will move towards developing national education programmes based on advanced international standards. At the same time, the dual education system will be expanded: from 2027 it will operate at 75 universities, and from 2028 at all higher education institutions.
INHA University and the University of Architecture have already introduced programmes based on British standards, allowing students to continue their studies at several foreign universities. From next year, the same approach will be introduced at another 20 universities. The President instructed rectors to adapt management systems and establish dedicated structures for working with international programmes. The goal is to combine foreign standards with national educational content and provide students with internationally recognised training.
A new decision will introduce the “enterprise–university–targeted specialist” model. Employers will place orders with universities to train the specialists they need, while candidates will be admitted through interviews rather than tests. The state will cover half of the salary paid to an employed student.
A university will provide additional payment to an enterprise-appointed mentor equal to the salary of its teaching staff. If the enterprise is located far from the university or the student’s place of residence, rental costs will be covered. Students who achieve strong results in both study and work will be able to move to state-funded grants from their second year.
Universities will establish dual education departments, while vice-rectors responsible for academic affairs will devote most of their working time to this area. The three best-performing universities and their partner enterprises will each receive awards ranging from 1 billion to 3 billion soums. Half of the award allocated to a university will be used to reward the teachers who contributed to the programme.
There are currently 32 foreign higher education institutions operating in Uzbekistan. The next priority will be to establish branches of the world’s top 300 universities. Private universities bringing in prestigious foreign franchises will receive compensation of up to 50% of spending on laboratories and equipment and brand fees, as well as up to 30% of campus construction costs.
Priority will be given to engineering, agriculture and water management, energy, artificial intelligence and medicine. At the end of the meeting, the President said: “To honour a teacher is to honour not one profession, but the future of an entire nation.”
A new decision will introduce the “enterprise–university–targeted specialist” model. Employers will place orders with universities to train the specialists they need, while candidates will be admitted through interviews rather than tests. The state will cover half of the salary paid to an employed student.
A university will provide additional payment to an enterprise-appointed mentor equal to the salary of its teaching staff. If the enterprise is located far from the university or the student’s place of residence, rental costs will be covered. Students who achieve strong results in both study and work will be able to move to state-funded grants from their second year.
Universities will establish dual education departments, while vice-rectors responsible for academic affairs will devote most of their working time to this area. The three best-performing universities and their partner enterprises will each receive awards ranging from 1 billion to 3 billion soums. Half of the award allocated to a university will be used to reward the teachers who contributed to the programme.
There are currently 32 foreign higher education institutions operating in Uzbekistan. The next priority will be to establish branches of the world’s top 300 universities. Private universities bringing in prestigious foreign franchises will receive compensation of up to 50% of spending on laboratories and equipment and brand fees, as well as up to 30% of campus construction costs.
Priority will be given to engineering, agriculture and water management, energy, artificial intelligence and medicine. At the end of the meeting, the President said: “To honour a teacher is to honour not one profession, but the future of an entire nation.”
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