Higher Education in IT: An Overview of the National University of Uzbekistan

Founded in 1918, the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek is ranked among the top 1000 universities worldwide and is considered the leading educational institution in the country, providing training of specialists in all fundamental fields.

Based on the university, numerous scientific and cultural centers and higher educational institutions have been created, offering vast opportunities and high status. More than 100 academicians of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, over 2000 doctors of sciences, professors, and about 10,000 candidates of sciences, doctors of philosophy, and associate professors have graduated from this institution. Since its founding, the university has trained about 200,000 qualified specialists for Uzbekistan and other countries.

The university's scientific schools have gained worldwide recognition. Significant contributions to this have been made by such academicians as T. A. Sarimsov, S. Kh. Sirojidinov, M. S. Salokhiddinov, O. S. Sodikov, Y. Kh. Turakulov, and others.

Ulugbek Rashitov, who won a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and became a two-time Olympic champion, as well as Svetlana Osipova, who entered history as the first woman to win a silver medal in taekwondo at the Olympic Games, are outstanding graduates of the National University of Uzbekistan.

The university's development strategy includes a combination of classical traditions and modern educational technologies, training of qualified specialists, formation of a modern worldview, and contribution to the socio-economic development of the country.

Currently, at the university:

— 56 bachelor's programs

— 59 master's programs

— more than 33,000 students are enrolled in bachelor's and master's programs

— more than 1000 young researchers are engaged in scientific activities in 98 specialties at the postgraduate level.

Detailed information about the study programs can be found in the university's profile catalog.

Accreditation

According to the results of the international QS ranking in the field of "Scientific Disciplines," the university entered the top 500 universities in the world in mathematics.

In the international QS WUR ranking, the university took the 781-790th place in the top 1000 universities in the world, the second place in Central Asia in terms of the share of foreign faculty members, and the 347th place in the ranking of the top 400 universities in the world in terms of academic reputation.

In the international Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, the university entered the top 1000 and became the leader among universities in the country in terms of the number of scientific publications.

42 projects with a total cost of 20 billion sum are being implemented at the university. These include:

— 20 fundamental projects worth 9 billion sum

— 18 practical projects worth more than 10 billion sum

— three innovative projects worth 1 billion sum

— one unique project worth 0.1 billion sum.

Also, large-scale scientific research is being conducted in such fields as environmentally friendly technologies, synthesis of new materials, organic chemistry, genetics, microbiology, and biotechnology.

Faculty

14 academicians, more than 250 doctors of sciences and professors, and over 450 candidates of sciences, doctors of philosophy, and associate professors work at the university. More than 1000 young scientists are engaged in scientific research.