Italian Information Day on Erasmus international dimension

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1 Italian Information Day on 2015 international dimension January 2015 Milan, Italy National priorities&developments of higher education in Uzbekistan and Central Asian regional priorities

2 PRESENTATION OUTLINE 1. About the country and developments of higher education of Uzbekistan 2. Participation of the Italian universities in Tempus IV and Erasmus Mundus in Uzbekistan 3. National priorities for Uzbekistan and regional priorities for Central Asia

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4 UZBEKISTAN 1. Territory square km, nearly size of Sweden million people with growing young population: 30% are under the age of Fast developing industrial sector of economy,which has been growing by over 8 % per annum since the mid- 2000s 4. Natural resources include gold, natural gas, oil, coal, silver and copper 5. Among the fifteen largest producers of gas and the forth largest exporter of cotton in the world

5 RAW MATERIALS AND ENERGY Solid raw materials, including ferrous and non-ferrous Over 2800 of deposits and 100 kinds of mineral resources

6 LEADING INDUSTRIAL SECTOR Model of accelerated industrialisation and restructuring share of industry in GDP increased up to 26.4 % in 2014 (14.2 in 2000).

7 FIELD OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES ADDITIONAL EDUCATION OR QUALIFICATION UPGRADE STRUCTURE OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN (as from 1 st January 2013) FURTHER QUALIFICATION-STAGE TWO Doctor of Science SECOND STAGE OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION (MAGISTRACY) FIRST STAGE OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION (BACHELOR DEGREE) SPECIALISED SECONDARY EDUCATION (ACADEMIC LYCEUM) 4 PROFESSIONAL SPECIALISED EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE) GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION (5-9 th YEAR) PRIMARY EDUCATION (1 st - 4 th YEAR) PRE SCHOOL EDUCATION 1

8 THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN UZBEKISTAN (1 st January 2013) Doctor of Science

9 PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (HEIs) Tashkent HEIs 27 (11) (including affiliates of overseas universities) HEIs in the regions 31 Branches of foreign HEIs 7 (WIUT, MDIS, IUT, MSU in Tashkent, TurPU in Tashkent, RSIOG after I.M.Gubkina, REU after G.V. Plekhanov) Total number of HEIs 65 6 HEIs are presented by 11 branches in 6 country regions

10 HIGHER EDUCATION: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS Decree On modernisation of technical facilities, resources of higher education institutions and considerable improvement of quality of graduates for the period of (20 May 2011) Decree "On measures for further improvement of the system of foreign languages learning (10 December 2012) Decree on introduction the third Doctorate cycle and development of university research ( as from 1 st January 2013)

11 HIGHER EDUCATION: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS to reconsider education areas and specialties for training of highly qualified personnel: quotas for engineering fields for Bachelors programme will be increased from 23% to 36%; to construct/reconstruct/equip training laboratories, sport facilities and student dormitories; to create modern scientific-research laboratories for further improvement of university research activities, integration of the educational process with research activities of teachers and students.

12 DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPUS PROJECTS IN UZBEKISTAN

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14 PARTICIPATION OF THE ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES IN TEMPUS IV IN UZBEKISTAN: 1.Università degli studio di Milano TuCAHEA 2. Politecnico di Torino - CIBELES, UNIQTOOL, TERSID, ISMU, ENGITEC 3. Università degli Studi di Parma NMPLIS 4. Università degli Studi di Genova SWAN, QUEECA 5. Università di Udine CIBELES 6. Università degli Studi dell Aquila - AIDA, CIBELES, EPASAT 7. Università degli Studi di Firenze - Facoltà di Ingengeria QUEECA 8. Sapienza Università di Roma - QUEECA, UzDOC 9. Università di Pisa - TuCAHEA, UzHELTH

15 Participation of the Italian universities in Erasmus Mundus in Uzbekistan: 1. Politecnico di Torino TARGET, ARCADE, GATE II, TIMUR 2. Università degli Studi di Genova eastana, CANEM 3. Università degli Studi dell Aquila - TARGET, TOSCA, GATE II 4. Università di Bologna - CENTAURI 5. Università degli Studi di Ferrara EuroAsian CEA 2 6. Università degli Studi di Padova - SILKROUTE 7. Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna - SILKROUTE

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17 CENTRAL ASIA IN ERASMUS CALL: Capacity Building in Higher Education, regional allocation for Central Asia million EURO Credit mobility, regional allocation for Central Asia (DCI) - 4,84 million EURO

18 NATIONAL/REGIONAL PRIORITIES Uzbekistan Central Asia Teacher training and education science Category A Curriculum development (DeTEL); Humanities; Physical sciences (SWAN, GE-UZ); Engineering and engineering trades (PROMENG, ENGITEC, NMPLIS, HEICA, CANDI, MACH, HIGHVEC, PROMIS); Manufacturing and processing; Architecture and building; Agriculture, forestry and fishery (SAMUz); Health; Transport services; Environmental protection (UZWATER, Teacher training and education science; Social and behavioral science; Business administration; Law; Physical sciences; Agriculture, forestry and fishery; Health; Environmental protection; Security services. CIBELES, EPASAT).

19 PRIORITIES NATIONAL/REGIONAL Uzbekistan Central Asia Bologna process (cycle system, credit transfer, Category B Improving quality of education and teaching Learning and teaching tools, methodologies and pedagogical approaches including learning outcomes and ICT-based practices. Diploma supplement, etc.); Learning and teaching tools, methodologies and pedagogical approaches including learning outcomes and ICT-based practices.

20 PRIORITIES NATIONAL/REGIONAL Uzbekistan Central Asia Governance, strategic planning Category C Improving management and operation of higher education institutions Quality assurance processes and mechanisms (ISMU, UNIQTOOL, QAPD, QUEECA, UzDOC) and management of higher education institutions; Internationalisation of higher education institutions; Access to and democratisation of higher education (including the disadvantaged groups of people and regions).

21 PRIORITIES NATIONAL/REGIONAL Uzbekistan Central Asia Lifelong learning, continuing education; Development of school and vocational education at post-secondary nontertiary education level (including Development of school teacher training); and vocational education Category D Developing the Higher Education sector within society at large University-enterprise cooperation, employability of graduates (AIDA, UnIvEnt, TERSID, UNIWORK); Qualification frameworks (UzHELTH); Knowledge triangle, innovation (reinforcing links between education, at post-secondary nontertiary education level; University-enterprise cooperation, employability of graduates; research and business) (PERSEUS, International cooperation TuCAHEA, INOCAST, MATcHES); at regional level. Development of the higher education sector in the regions within the country.

22 Bologna process (cycle system, credit transfer, Diploma supplement, etc.) Learning and teaching tools, methodologies and pedagogical approaches including learning outcomes and ICT-based practices Multidisciplinarity / Interdisciplinarity Governance, strategic planning and management of heigher education institutions Internationalisation of higher education institutions Quality assurance processes and mechanisms Development of research and innovative capacities (excluding research activities) Lifelong learning, continuing education Development of school and vocational education at postsecondary non-tertiary education level University-enterprise cooperation, employability of graduates Qualification frameworks and recognition of qualifications Knowledge triangle, innovation (reinforcing links between education, research and business) Development of the higher education sector in the regions within the country International cooperation at regional level CATEGORY A Curriculum Development Valid ONLY for JOINT PROJECTS NATIONAL PRIORITIES of Central Asian countries CATEGORY B Improving quality of education and teaching CATEGORY C Improving management and operation of higher education institutions CATEGORY D Developing the Higher Education sector within society at large Subject areas Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Teacher training and education science; Humanities; Life sciences; Physical sciences; Mathematics and statistics; Engineering and engineering trades; Manufacturing and processing; Veterinary; Health; Transport services Humanities; Social and behavioural science; Business and administration; Law; Agriculture, forestry and fishery; Health; Personal services; Others (Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary) X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Teacher training and education science; Humanities; Business and administration; Law; Computing; Engineering and engineering trades; Manufacturing and processing; Agriculture, forestry and fishery; Health; Personal services. Teacher training and education science; Business and administration; Physical sciences; Computing; Engineering and engineering trades; Manufacturing and processing; Architecture and construction; Agriculture, forestry and fishery; Health; Transport services Teacher training and education science; Humanities; Physical sciences; Engineering and engineering trades; Manufacturing and processing; Architecture and construction; Agriculture, forestry and fishery; Health; Transport services; Environmental protection X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

23 ADVANTAGES OF COOPERATION Committed and highly motivated partners, enhanced project management capacity of the Uzbek HEIs; Local ownership is enhanced, thanks to recognition of overall programme impact; Adopted simplified visa procedure for the EU and Uzbek partners (the EU MS embassies in Tashkent); Specific decree for customs clearance of Tempus equipment; Considerably improved foreign language and IT skills. NOTABLE CHALLENGE Use of university bank account in hard currency is under development.

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28 THANK YOU! National Office (NEO) in Uzbekistan