The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has approved the provision of a $250 million loan to Uzbekistan for the implementation of the EduImkon program aimed at expanding equal access to student finance in higher, technical and vocational education systems.
According to the National Statistics Committee, in January-October 2025, 26.4 thousand Uzbek citizens went abroad for education.
Presidential Decree No. PP-354 dated 11/26/2025 defines measures for the formation of the Uzbek-French University.
On November 24, 2025, Sardor Rajabov, First Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, held a meeting with Emin Amrullayev, Minister of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On November 16, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan Kongratbay Sharipov met with Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Bayramgul Orazdurdyeva in Tashkent.
According to the National Statistics Committee, 381.7 thousand students were admitted to higher education institutions in Uzbekistan in the 2024/2025 academic year.
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan Kongratbay Sharipov held a meeting with Minister of Education of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Chowdhury Rafikul Abrar.
On November 5, the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Kongratbay Sharipov, held a meeting with Veronica Garcia Del Arco, Director of the Department for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia at the German KfW Development Bank, as well as with Petar Georgiev, Director of the KfW Regional Office for Central Asia in Tashkent.
As part of the 43rd session of the UNESCO General Conference in Samarkand, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan Kongratbay Sharipov held a meeting with Deputy Minister of Higher Education of Greece Nikolaos Papaioannou.
Important Decrees and Resolutions aimed at deepening reforms in the vocational education system were recently signed by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
