NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF UZBEKISTAN

The National University of Uzbekistan, founded in 1918, is the first university in Central Asia. Over its century-old history, the university became the founder of a number of universities in Uzbekistan, graduates of NUU are leading specialists whose qualifications were recognized not only in Uzbekistan, but also abroad.

The University supports fundamental and applied research in accordance with international standards, builds partnerships with prestigious foreign educational universities and research centers in the field of education and science.

Currently, the university consists of 15 faculties (Faculties of natural sciences: Mathematics, Applied mathematics and intellectual technologies, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Ecology, Geology and geoinformational systems, Geography and natural resources; Humanitarian faculties: Social sciences, History, Economics, Foreign philology, Journalism; Sport faculty: Taekwondo and sport activities), one of them is opened jointly with the Holon Institute of Technology (Israel).

The university implements 12 joint educational programs with the Holon Institute of Technology (Israel), the Moscow State University, Tomsk State University, Kazan Federal University, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Russian Federation) and the International Institute of Ecology named after A. Sakharov at the Belarusian State University (Republic of Belarus)

More than 28,000 students study in 68 areas of undergraduate, 71 graduate and 97 PhD and DSc programs, 1,200 members of the teaching staff conduct their activities (from which 14 are academicians, 210 are doctors of science, 539 have a PhD degree) at the university,

The library fund of the university is 3.5 million copies.

The university has 5 museums, 4 academic lyceums and specialized schools, 2 scientific and research centers.

The University is an active participant of international programs sponsored by Erasmus+, International Atomic Energy Agency, The World Academy of Science, Central Asia University Partnerships Program and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. Also, it participates in international and scientific exchanges as the DAAD (Germany), “Sumitomo Corporation” (Japan), “STEP@TUAT” and “JICA” (Japan), “KOICA” (Korea), “Fulbright” (USA), NAWA (Poland) and etc.

Currently, the international contingent of NUU consists of more than 160 foreign students and 105 foreign specialists. The University has close ties with Moscow State University (Russian Federation), Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, M.Auezov South Kazakhstan University, Silkway International University (Republic of Kazakhstan) and Osh State University (Kyrgyzstan) in the field of academic mobility of students.

Among the developing countries of European and Central Asia, the National University of Uzbekistan is ranked 351-400 in the ranking of the strongest universities in 2020. (QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia University Rankings).

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