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Uzbekistan. Location : Central Asia , to the north from Afganistan . Central Part of Uzbekistan located between Syr-Darya and Amu-Darya rivers . Neighbours : Afganistan , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tadjikistan , Turkmenistan . Square - 447.400 sq.km. Demografic profile.
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Uzbekistan Location:Central Asia, to the north from Afganistan. Central Part of Uzbekistan located between Syr-Darya and Amu-Darya rivers. Neighbours:Afganistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan. Square - 447.400 sq.km.
Higher education • Universities - 24 • Institutes – 40 • Including • · Technical - 14 • · Economic - 3 • · Humanitarian - 15 • · Pedagogical - 6 • · Medical - 6 • · agrarian - 4 • · Special - 13 • · Branch of the Economic Academy named after V. Plehanov (Moscow) - 1 • · International Westminster university in Tashkent - 1 • · Moscow State university in Tashkent - 1
Distribution of institutes according the subordination to ministries and authorities
Since 1998 in accordance with the Law of Education of the Republic of Uzbekustan the 2 levels of preparation in higher education has been implemented: • Bachelor Level (4 years) • Magister Level (2 years)
In 2004/2005 academic year: • the number of students came to 270 thousands, • 60 thousands graduates, including 9,8 thousands graduates from pedagogical institutes
There are two forms of payment: governmental grants (free for students) and contract form (paid) There are state educational credits in the republic There are 350-400 women per thousand men on average per year Teaching laguages are: Uzbek, Russian, Karakhalpak, cometimes – Kazakh, Tajik and Turkmen Additional information
The state educational standards and curricula of 131 bachelor courses and 664 magister specialities are approved by the Ministry of higher and secondary special education. Based on the standards programs of the disciplines are developed.
There are 22 thousands faculties working in institutes and universities of Uzbekistan, including 42,8% with academic degree of candidates and doctors of sciences
Science and Research institutes • Universities and institutes • Academy of Sciences • Academy of State Building attached to the President’s Staff • Institute of History • Institute of Phylosophy • Institute of Art • Center of Economic Research • Centers of sociological research
For the period from 2003 to 2005 for higher educational establishments the governent allocated 3 million 665 thousands EUR. Distribution of the sum among the ministries is as follows: Ministry of higher and secondary special education – 2 millon 823 thousand EUR; Ministry of health – 289 thousands 200 EUR; Ministry of agricultural and water industry – 256 thousands EUR; Ministry of public education– 60 933 EUR Other ministries – 198,733 EUR. Budget
USA: USAID, STCU, CRDF EU: TEMPUS, INCO, INTAS During 2003-2005 higher educational establishments carried out projects of internacional grants on the total 2 million 646 thousands US dollars. International donors:
Currently 25 universities and institutes participate in 22 TEMPUS projects. In 2005 European Committee alloted 2,6 million EUR. The total alloted for Uzbekistan in the framework of TEMPUS program is 15,4 million EUR TEMPUS projects
From 2005 some projects are realised at the expense of reduced credits of Japan Bank of International Coperation, Asian Development Bank, German Bank of developmet (KFW), and governments of Belgium, Poland and Korea These projects are dedicated to technical support, professional training of teaching staff, development of teaching materials. In 2006 19,05 million US dollars has been spent for these projects. It is planning to use 32,97 million $ total. Other sources
Since 1999 government of Japan alloted educational grants for Uzbek citizens for study in Japan in the fields of law, policy and management, economics, business, informational technology, engineering. There are 69 alumnus of the programs in Uzbekistan. Currently more than 50 Uzbek citizens continue the study in Japan. Japan government grants
In accordance of quotas of Ministry of science and education of Russian Federation, in 2005 65 students, 10 postgraduates and 1 doctoral students have been sent for study in Russian universities. Russia
Educational websites – • http://www.edu.uz (Ministry of higher education – 33 institutes) • http://ec.edu.uz • http://performance.edu.uz • http://talim.uz
All the presented information is available on web sites:http://www.gov.uz (web site of the authority of the Republic od Uzbekistan) http://www.statistics.uz (UNDP CO in Uzbekistan, 2006).
Thank you for your attention Lyudmila Kim Liliya Safarova National Unibersity of Uzbekistan