History and Activities of the Department.
The Department of International Cooperation of Urgench State Medical Institute was established in 2019. As a result of consistent and targeted efforts, the number of the Institute’s international partners has been increasing significantly year by year. In particular, while the Institute cooperated with only 7 foreign organizations in 2019, this number exceeded 60 by 2026.
Today, the Institute has established strong cooperation with leading universities, clinics, and medical organizations in the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, India, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of Türkiye, the Republic of Korea, Germany, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and a number of other countries.
Within the framework of these international cooperation ties, approximately 100 faculty members of the Institute annually undergo professional development and internships at partner higher education institutions abroad through academic mobility programs. At the same time, around 50 students of the Institute participate annually in summer practical training programs at foreign higher education institutions and their clinical bases, gaining international experience. In order to further improve the quality of education, more than 50 foreign professors, academic staff, and industry specialists are invited to participate in the Institute’s educational process every year.
In addition, joint educational programs are successfully implemented at the Institute in cooperation with leading foreign universities. In particular, in cooperation with Privolzhsky Research Medical University of the Russian Federation, joint undergraduate programs have been established in General Medicine in the 3+3 format and Dentistry in the 3+2 format; with Kazan Federal University, in Pharmacy in the 3+2 format; with Xinjiang Medical University of the People’s Republic of China, in the undergraduate program in Traditional Medicine in the 3+2 format and in the master’s program in the 1+2 format; and with Türkiye’s University of Health Sciences, in General Medicine in the 4.5+1.5 format.
The number of international students studying at the Institute, as well as the geographical diversity of their countries of origin, continues to expand every year. Currently, more than 1,400 international students from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and approximately 10 other neighboring countries are studying at Urgench State Medical Institute. This clearly demonstrates the Institute’s attractiveness and competitiveness in the international higher education landscape.
