π Tender Overview
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovations Kongirotboy Sharipov met with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan to Uzbekistan Kendzi Hirata. During the meeting, the current state and prospects of cooperation between the two countries in the fields of higher education, science and innovations were discussed.
As noted, today a number of higher education institutions of Uzbekistan cooperate with Japans Tsukuba, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka and other prestigious universities.
The parties discussed accelerating the project of establishing a new university in cooperation with Sukuba University in Uzbekistan, as well as expanding joint educational programs in engineering, IT, medicine, energy, agriculture and other priority areas. Proposals were also made to attract Japanese professors and specialists to Uzbekistan, to expand academic mobility and scientific cooperation, to organize joint programs and summer schools for students.
At the end of the meeting, the parties noted that they are ready to take Uzbekistan-Japan educational and scientific cooperation to a new level.