Issues of improving the quality of higher education considered

These days, entrance exams to higher education institutions are held. 805 thousand applicants are taking part in them.

Responsible persons provided information on the state order plan for personnel training in higher education institutions for the 2024/2025 academic year. It was noted that this year, the number of quotas in both bachelor’s and master’s programs in engineering, construction, natural sciences, mathematics, and information technology is increasing. Admission to study on a paid contract basis in state and non-state institutions is carried out on the same conditions within the framework of the scientific potential and material and technical base of universities.

The Head of state gave instructions on the approval of the general state order for higher education institutions, paying special attention to the country’s development requirements and the labor market’s needs.

There is a high demand for engineering personnel in Uzbekistan. At the meeting held on June 20, the task was set to improve the activities of higher education institutions in this area.

Currently, the Termez Institute of Engineering and Technology and the Termez Institute of Agrotechnologies and Innovative Development operate in Surkhandarya. Due to their consolidation, the Termez State University of Engineering and Agricultural Technologies is planned to be created.

This will allow for the introduction of an effective management system, the reduction of duplicating faculties and departments, and the optimization of individual staffing units.

The new university will create a cutting-edge engineering school. Students with high knowledge will be selected on a competitive basis and trained in special educational programs focused on practice. Industrial partners corresponding to the school’s areas will be identified, and modern laboratories will be created. Based on their proposals, research and development work will be organized.

At the presentation, instructions were given to attract specialists with foreign experience and high scientific and practical qualifications to managerial and teaching positions at the university and to evaluate the effectiveness of their work based on international standards.

The Head of state emphasized the need to strengthen the integration of industry, enterprise, and higher education institution and to train advanced, competitive specialists.

During the visit of the President of Uzbekistan to the United States in September 2023, agreements were reached in education. Thus, the opening of the Technological University of the Americas is expected in Tashkent.

The university will train personnel in engineering, architecture and design, information technology, healthcare, economics and finance, and international relations. Students can spend one year of undergraduate and graduate studies remotely. Graduates will be awarded a diploma from Arizona State University or a foreign partner university recognized in the United States.

Organizational measures and further goals in this direction have been identified.