TOEFL is set per programme (postgraduate often asks for more), and the test moved to the new 1.0–6.0 scale on 21 January 2026 — confirm the current minimum and which scale on the official admissions page before you rely on it.
- City
- Urgench
- Type
- Public
- Language of instruction
- Uzbek (Turkic, Latin script since 1993 replacing Cyrillic, national language + HE primary medium) + Russian (HE continuation especially STEM/medicine, working language) + English (growing at foreign branches + elite programmes)
- Accreditation
- Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Oliy taʼlim, fan va innovatsiyalar vazirligi) — apex regulator established 2022 merging former Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education. Uzbek HE: (1) NATIONAL FLAGSHIP — National University of Uzbekistan (NUUz 1918 Soviet-era, premier comprehensive); (2) SPECIALIZED PUBLIC TASHKENT — Tashkent State Technical (TSTU 1918), Tashkent Medical Academy (1990 from Soviet Tashkent Medical Institute 1919), Tashkent State University of Law, Tashkent University of Information Technologies (TUIT), Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent State Agrarian, Tashkent Institute of Architecture, World Economy + Diplomacy; (3) REGIONAL FLAGSHIPS — Samarkand State (SamSU 1933), Bukhara State (BuxDU), Andijan State Medical, Jizzakh State Pedagogical, Fergana State, Karakalpak State, Karshi State, Namangan State, Termez State, Urgench State; (4) FOREIGN BRANCHES (massive 2017+ Mirziyoyev era expansion) — Westminster International University Tashkent (UK), Inha University Tashkent (Korea), Turin Polytechnic University Tashkent (Italy), MGIMO Tashkent (Russia), Singapore Institute of Management Tashkent, plus many Indian + Korean + Russian + British branches; (5) ISLAMIC — International Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan (IIAU 2018 by Mirziyoyev replacing Tashkent Islamic University 1999). Uzbek primary HE medium (Latin script since 1993 replacing Cyrillic); Russian still widely used especially STEM + medicine; English-medium growing at foreign branches + select programmes.