Prospective students will gain new opportunities when applying to universities. This was announced on August 8 during a meeting led by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Currently, applicants can choose up to five universities. According to the President, this option will be expanded in the future.
Now, if an applicant is not admitted to any of their five chosen universities, but their scores are sufficient for available spots in another university, the rector of that university will be able to admit them on a contractual basis.
This is expected to promote competition between public and private universities.
The President also outlined directions for creating jobs for 92,000 graduates who are currently unemployed.
It is noted that 20,000 graduates are planned to be covered by master’s programs and a second specialty. Another 20,000 can be employed in jobs that do not require experience at nearly 10,000 enterprises.
At the meeting, it was instructed to create business incubators in each region, where 15–20,000 graduates are planned to be employed through startups in the fields of entrepreneurship, marketing, design, and IT services.
In industries such as chemistry, energy, geology, automotive, metallurgy, and pharmaceuticals, there is an opportunity to employ 10,000 specialists — engineers, technologists, operators, specialists in standardization, quality control, finance, and economics. Additionally, 5–7,000 graduates can be provided with permanent jobs in industries such as textiles, leather, electrical engineering, construction materials, and food production.
It was also instructed to cover 6,000 graduates with jobs in the fields of transport, logistics, road construction, and utilities, as well as to employ 10,000 people in institutions and training centers in the fields of pedagogy, medicine, social protection, culture, and art.