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

Indicator Units 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Demographic profile              

Number of population: women in thousands 12294..4 12449.2 12594.7 12743.4 12876 13027.7

Urban population in thousands 9165.5 9225.3 9286.9 9340.7 9381.3 9441.9

Total population in thousands 24487.7 24813.1 25115.8 25427.9 25707.4 26021.3

Number of population: men in thousands 12193.3 12363.9 12521.1 12984.5 12931.4 12993.6

Rural population in thousands 15322.2 15587.8 15828.9 16087.2 16326.1 16579.4

Population densitypeople per

sq.km 55.5 56.2 56.9 57.5 ... ...

Land ResourcesIndicator Units 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Land resources            

Total land areain thousand

hectares ... 44410.3 44410.3 44410.3 44410.3

Total forest stock thousand hectares 8532.7 8052.7 8052.7 8088.8 8110.5

Land area utilized in agriculturein thousand

hectares ... 26734.5 26694.1 25841.1 25681.3

Land disturbance and reclamation hectares ... ... ... ... ...

Land disturbed 45403.4 44206.4 45000.8 45101.9 43938.7

Land worked-off 13691 12367 13601.7 13152.2 13206.5

Area of reclaimed land 47689.2 49890.7 51581.9 54118.3 78781

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Human Development Indicators Units 2000 2001 2002 2003

Human development          

Adult literacy rate in % 99.17 99.18 99.19 99.2

Index of achieved level of education 0.913 0.913 0.913 0.917

Average years of schooling years 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.6

Literacy index 0.992 0.992 0.992 0.992

Schooling index 0.76 0.77 0.77 0.77

Educational attainment 2.74 2.74 2.74 2.76

Life expectancy index 0.763 0.772 0.77 0.777

GDP index 0.532 0.535 0.54 0.545

Human Development Index (HDI) 0.736 0.74 0.741 0.747

The gender empowerment index (GEM) 0.382 0.378 0.38 0.411

Higher education in Uzbekistan

Number of institutions

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total: 61 61 63 63 63 64

In Tashkent: 29 29 31 31 31 32

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

Ministries and authorities Number of institutions

Cabinet of ministers 1

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1

Ministry of higher and secondary special education 33

Ministry of public education 5

Ministry of health 6

Ministry of culture and sport 5

Art Academy 1

Uzbek Agency of communication and information 1

Ministry of Justice 1

Uzbek railway company 1

Uzbek metal concern (Концерн «Кизилкумнодирметаллолтин») 1

Ministry of agricultural and water industry 4

State taxation committee 1

Branch of institutes from abroad 3

Total 64

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)

Number of Students

In 2004/2005 academic year: the number of students came to

270 thousands, 60 thousands graduates, including

9,8 thousands graduates from pedagogical institutes

Indicator Units 2001 2002 2003 2004

Higher education          

Higher educational enrolments ... ... ... ...

Number of higher educational institutions 61 62 62 63

Students enrolled in higher educational institutions

thousand persons 207.2 232.2 254.4 263.6

Number of students per 10,000 persons 82 91 99 101

Students admittedthousand persons 50.6 54.6 61 59.3

Undergraduate admissionsthousand persons 46.6 50.6 56.1 54.2

Number of graduatesthousand persons 36 39.8 45.5 52.8

Number of graduates per 10,000 persons 14 16 18 20

Indicator Units 2001 2002 2003 2004

Higher education          

Universities ... ... ... ...

Number of universities 18 20 20 20

Students enrolledthousand persons 96.3 113.7 125 131.1

Students admittedthousand persons 24.5 28.1 31.6 30.3

Number of graduatesthousand persons 16.6 20 23.5 27.4

Admission of students to higher educational institutions for regular study and competition among app ... ... ... ...

Number of applications 222337 178443 167831 236281

Admitted persons 45279 45849 47863 54198

Number of applications per 1 admission 5 4 4 3

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Additional information 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

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

Science and ResearchIndicator Units 2001 2002 2003 2004

Science and research          

Research staffnumber of

persons 36132 36528 34899 33614

Researches involved in research and development

number of persons 24677 26294 25904 25556

Doctorates among research staffnumber of

persons 2024 2178 2248 2269

Candidates among research staffnumber of

persons 8514 8904 8837 8578

Postgraduate admissions and commencement ... ... ... ...

Number of postgraduate studentsnumber of

persons 3362 2891 2584 2188

Postgraduate admissionsnumber of

persons 873 810 699 576

Postgraduate commencementnumber of

persons 927 1036 789 682

Dissertation defensenumber of

persons 145 133 59 88

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Science and Research

BudgetFor 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.

International donors:

- USA: USAID, STCU, CRDF- EU: TEMPUS, INCO, INTASDuring 2003-2005 higher

educational establishments carried out projects of internacional grants on the total 2 million 646 thousands US dollars.

TEMPUS projects

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

Other sources 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.

Japan government grants

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.

Russia

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.

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 KimLiliya Safarova

National Unibersity of Uzbekistan