This figure increased by 1,168.5 thousand people, or 5.4 times, compared to the 2015/2016 academic year.

The number of students studying in higher educational institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan by year:

· at the beginning of the 2015/2016 academic year - 264.3 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2016/2017 academic year - 268.3 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2017/2018 academic year - 297.7 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2018/2019 academic year - 360.2 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year - 441 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2020/2021 academic year - 571.5 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2021/2022 academic year - 808.4 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2022/2023 academic year - 1,042.1 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2023/2024 academic year - 1,314.5 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2024/2025 academic year - 1,432.8 thousand people.