Prospects of Uzbek-British cooperation in the field of Higher Education Prof. Majid Karimov Deputy Minister of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan 2016

Education is announced as the state priority policy of Uzbekistan; Country literacy indicator is one of the highest in the world - 99,34%; More than 64% of country population is under age of 30; 59% of state budget is spent to social sphere and particularly 33,3% of state budget is spent to educational sphere

The President of Uzbekistan took the initiative to launch the “National Program on Personnel Preparation” adopted by the Parliament of Uzbekistan in 1997 Main purpose of the Program was to introduce a new system of continuing education in accordance with the standards as close to internationally recognized system as possible. Introduction of the new system of lifelong learning which includes a new type of education: Secondary specialized and vocational education which is implemented in academic lyceums and vocational colleges Two-level system of higher education (Bachelor’s and Master’s)

Education System of Uzbekistan Continuity Curriculum Professional Education Program General Education Program Age Up to 6-7 Up to (6-7) -15 Up to (14-15) -18 Up to (17-18) -23 Senior age Forms of educa-tion Pre-school education General Secondary Education Secondary Specialized and Professional Education Higher education Post graduate education In-service training and personnel retraining Bache-lor’s Master’s Post-gra-duate Doc-tor’s Out-of-school education Educational organizations Kinder-gartens Combination of kindergartens-schools Basic schools Academic lyceums Institutes, Universities, Academies Institutes, Universities, Academies In-service training institutes, institutes, univer-sities, academies Family kindergartens Specialized schools Vocational colleges Special schools Special schools

Number of HEIs in Uzbekistan Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) 76 including Higher Educational Institutions located in Tashkent city (capital of Uzbekistan) 27 Higher Educational Institutions located in regions 31 Branches of overseas universities 7 Westminster International University Tashkent Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent Management Development Institute of Singapore in Tashkent Branch of Moscow State University in Tashkent Branch of Russian Economic University in Tashkent Branch of Russian University of Oil and Gas in Tashkent Inha University in Tashkent 6 local Higher Educational Institutions of Uzbekistan have their branches in regions 11 Number of HEIs in Uzbekistan Academic year 1990-1991 2014-2015 37 76

Westminster International University in Tashkent

Cooperation with British Council – ongoing projects 5 partnerships within the project London Metropolitan University – University of World Economy and Diplomacy University of Bath – Tashkent State University of Economics London College of Fashion (University of the Arts London) – Tashkent Institute of Textile and Light Industry (TITLI) University of East Anglia – Uzbek State World Languages University University of Cambridge – Tashkent State Institute of Oriental studies

Cooperation with Universities of UK in the framework of projects of EU program Tempus and Erasmus + To date the Universities of Uzbekistan are participating in 27 projects of EU Tempus and Erasmus + program. Including 7 joint projects in collaboration with Universities of UK Project: “NMPLIS - New Masters Program on Library and Information Science” Partnership between Middlesex University, Robert Gordon University – Tashkent State Institute of Culture, Tashkent University of Information Technologies Project: “CANDI:Teaching Competency and Infrastructure for e-Learning and Retraining” Partnership between The Open University - National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent Chemical-Technological Institute, Urgench State University “QAPD: Enhancement of Quality assurance System through Professional Development of Academic Leaders” Partnership between London Metropolitan University, British Council – University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Samarkand Institute of Economics and Services, Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages, Karshi State University, Bukhara State University

Cooperation with Universities of UK in the framework of projects of EU program Tempus and Erasmus + Project: “NURSLIN: National Qualification Frameworks: Guidelines for Development and Recognition of Qualifications” Partnership between Bath Spa University– National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent State Technical University, Tashkent University of Information Technology, Samarkand State University Project: “IMEP: Internationalization and Modernization of Education and Processes in the Higher Education of Uzbekistan” Partnership between London Metropolitan University - Uzbekistan State University of World Languages, Tashkent State Pedagogical University, University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent Medical Academy, Bukhara State University, Namangan State University, Samarkand State Institute

Proposals for the further development of bilateral cooperation: Training of the teaching staff of universities of Uzbekistan at British universities; organization of training of English language courses for teachers and students; attraction to the universities of Uzbekistan British professors to organize lectures in various disciplines, including distance forms of lectures; cooperation on the implementation in the educational process of new educational and modern information and computer technologies; - expansion of direct inter-university co-operation in areas such as sciences, engineering, architecture and construction, materials science, geology and mining, information technology, medicine;

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