1. 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

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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

5. Number of HEIs in Uzbekistan
Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs)
including
Higher Educational Institutions located in Tashkent city (capital of Uzbekistan)
Higher Educational Institutions located in regions
Branches of overseas universities
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
Number of HEIs in Uzbekistan
Academic year 37 76

6. Westminster International University in Tashkent

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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;

11. Thank you!