❗️A master’s degree system oriented toward production (practical) programs will be introduced
By Government Resolution No. 500 dated September 17, 2026, measures to improve and increase the efficiency of personnel training at the master’s degree level in the higher education system have been established.
🔰 Pursuant to the Resolution, starting from the 2026/2027 academic year, personnel at the master’s degree level will be trained:
▪️ under a program oriented toward production (practical) activities — for a period of at least 1 year;
▪️ under a program oriented toward scientific and pedagogical activities — for a period of at least 2 years.
🎓 The educational process in master’s degree programs will be organized in full-time, evening or distance learning formats in accordance with the curricula and programs of specific master’s degree specialties.
🧑💻 Graduates of master’s degree programs oriented toward production (practical) activities, depending on the specifics of the specialty, shall prepare and defend one of the following types of work:
🔵 a project;
🔵 a design project;
🔵 a startup project;
🔵 a rationalization proposal;
🔵 a practical and creative work;
and other types of work.
📝 Graduates of master’s degree programs oriented toward scientific and pedagogical activities shall prepare a master’s thesis.
🖇 Prior to the preliminary defense, the thesis shall be checked for plagiarism and undergo a “blind expert review.”
📚 Master’s degree students who publish articles in journals indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science databases shall be provided with incentives in accordance with the established procedure.
🏛 The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan has been designated as the coordinating body responsible for determining the duration of master’s degree programs based on the specifics of the specialties.
❗️Important: The above provisions shall not apply to the Academy of Justice, the Academy of Public Policy and Administration, the Banking and Finance Academy, the Higher School of Business and Entrepreneurship under the Cabinet of Ministers, Tashkent State University of Law, as well as higher military and paramilitary educational institutions.
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