Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the
Republic of Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan State World Languages University
HISTORY AND FOUNDATION
The Uzbekistan State University of World
Languages in Tashkent, capital of
Uzbekistan, was founded in accordance
with the Decree of the President of the
Republic of Uzbekistan as of May 12, 1992
No 401, by merging the Tashkent State
Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages
and the Republican Pedagogical Institute of
the Russian Language and Literature.
MISSION AND OBJECTIVES:
Training professional
language teaching specialists and researchers
The Bachelor’s Courses:
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English
German
French
Spanish
Chinese
Russian
Russian and Russian Literature for foreigners
Theory and practice of translation
Journalism (International and Sports journalism)
Total No of students in 2013-2014 academic year - 5863
The Master’s Courses:
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English Literature and literary criticism
Linguistics (English, German, French, Spanish,Chinese, Russian)
Theory and practice of translation (by languages)
International journalism
Sports journalism
Total No of Master’s students in 2013-2014 academic year - 332
The second foreign language programmes imply Arabic, Italian,
Korean, Japanese, Persian, Malay, Polish, Indian, Turkish, Greek and
Indonesian languages
Subdivisions of the UzSWLU
Recently the Republican Scientific-Practical Centre for Developing
Innovative Methodologies in Foreign Languages’ Teaching was created.
The Centre is responsible for retraining and upgrading of pedagogical
personnel, and preparation and publication educational and didactic literature in
learning and teaching foreign languages in line with the highest international
standards.
The Centre devises recommendations for testing and certification of
language proficiency in the republic and develops distance education.
There is the Republican Language Training Centre where one who wishes
can attend the language classes and learn English, French or German.
There is also the institute of senior researchers, where senior scientific
workers conduct investigations for their doctoral dissertations and write
monographs in theory-related linguistic subjects. Out of 480 teachers 88 are
candidates of sciences, associate professors, and 18 are doctors of sciences,
professors.
There are three lyceums under the UzSWLU which train graduates of
secondary school, years 9-12 of compulsory 12-year secondary education.
UzSWLU
FACULTIES
MANAGEMENT
CENTRES
English Faculty 1
LYCEUMS
Innovative Methods
Devp. Centre
LYCEUM #1
Language Learning
Centre
English Faculty 2
English Faculty 3
Roman-German Faculty
LYCEUM #2
Translation Faculty
International Journalism
Faculty
LYCEUM #3
Information-Resource
Centre
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
The Uzbekistan State University of World Languages has professional links
with more than 30 prestigious HEIs from many countries of the world, namely:
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England
France
Germany
Spain
Greece
Italy
Belgium
Poland
South Korea
Egypt
Malaysia
Russia
China, etc..
In the framework of the mutual agreements study visits to participate at the
international conferences, seminars and forums, as well as students and
masters exchanges and trainings for upgrading professional skills of the
university professors and teachers are put into practice.
Upon graduation our students work in the
following professional areas:
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State educational institutions (schools, academic lyceums and vocational
colleges, HEIs and teachers’ upgrading and retraining institutions;
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Public administration institutions;
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Non-government organisations, funds, professional associations;
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Mass media, publishing houses and printed press, information agencies,
TV, Radio, publicity and advertising agencies, PR structures, newspapers,
consultancy, etc.;
Scientific-research and analytical centers;
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State and private enterprises;
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Representation offices and embassies of and in foreign countries;
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Joint ventures;
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Archives, libraries, museums;
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Culture and tourism spheres, etc.
LEGAL BASIS FOR MODERNISATION AND
RESTRUCTURING
In accordance with the Resolution of the President of the Republic of
Uzbekistan of may 23, 2013 № PD-1971 «On measures for
improving the activity of the Uzbekistan State University of World
Languages”, it was conferred the status of the republican key
educational and scientific-methodological institution for the system of
continuous education in foreign languages.
The aim is to ensure the implementation of measures for the further
development of learning foreign languages, and to upgrade and
improve the quality of training of qualified teachers of foreign
languages for secondary schools, vocational colleges and academic
lyceums in accordance with international standards.
UzSWLU’s New Mission
• Training of qualified foreign language teachers for secondary
schools, vocational colleges, academic lyceums and higher
educational institutions, using modern pedagogical and informationcommunication technologies of teaching foreign languages;
development and continuous improvement of state educational
standards, curricula, textbooks and teaching aids for foreign
languages for the entire system of continuous education in
accordance with international standards, involving, as appropriate,
international consultants;
• Development and implementation of modern methods of teaching
foreign languages in all educational institutions of continuous
education as well as institutions of training and retraining of teachers
in foreign languages with regard to international experience;
• Training and retraining of teachers and methodologists of foreign
languages, especially of specialized universities and institutions of
training and retraining of teachers.
INNOVATIONS AND CHALLENGES
• In 2012 Uzbekistan accepted the CEFR (Common European
Framework Reference) as a nation-wide educational standard of
reference for learning, teaching and assessment of foreign
languages. English being the key language in economy, society,
education, and industry, the Ministry of Higher and Secondary
Education of Uzbekistan has undertaken an initiative to align ESL
programs nationwide according to the CEFR levels of language
proficiency:
• A1 - Elementary Schools, General English, Part I
• A2 - Secondary Education, General English, Part II
• B1 - Vocational Schools and High Schools, English for Specific
Purposes, including language programs
• B2 - Higher Education non-language programs and High School
language programs
• C1 - Language programs, Masters, Doctorate
INNOVATIONS AND CHALLENGES
Together with the international experts from Great Britain
a new teaching plan for the next teachers’ generation was
elaborated based on PRESETT Project.
As a result, the first year students of 17 HEIs switched
over to completely new programmes, compiled with due
regard for all-European international standards known as
CEFR.
The programmes included 21 new subjects (modules).
On completion of the HEI the graduates are expected to
have the mastery of language at C1 level.
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New Main Campus of UzSWLU
Building А –Administrative and educational premises, capacity – 2200 seats
Building Б – 3RD English Faculty, capacity - 1000 seats
Building В – Information and Resource Centre
Building Г – Faculty of Translation theory and practice– 1000 seats
Building Д– Sports Complex (gymnasium and a swimming pool)
Building Е – Canteen, capacity – 400 seats
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