Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage

The initiative to open a higher education institution in the tourism industry, proposed at the Summit of Eight, held in Qingdao, at a meeting of heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. And by the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan № 3815 of June 28, 2018 the first state university with international status was organized.

The University's mission is to improve the education of the public and preserve existing knowledge, to develop open-mindedness, independent scientific research, and original artistic creation, and to fully support the creative development of human society.

To be a leading scientific and educational center of the Central Asian region, providing research and obtaining advanced knowledge, training personnel for the development of priority sectors of the economy, including tourism, which is responsible to the state and society for the results of its activities.

The University is an autonomous public institution freely performing creative scientific, educational, creative, and cultural activities, and its necessary condition is academic liberties and academic rights.

Pedagogical activity at the University is based on scientific and exploratory activities, developments and innovations, artistic or other creative activity ( further - Creative activity), including the results of its own research.

The University implements all types of educational programs as well as continuing education programs.

In addition, the University primarily provides an environment for research and educational activities, as well as university social life, including library and other information services, and provides editorial, publishing, and publicity activities. The University cooperates with domestic and foreign universities, scientific and research institutions, and other legal entities and creates conditions for members of the academic community to participate in these activities. Forms and procedures of collaboration of the University with legal entities, as a rule, are regulated by agreements.

"Silk Road" International University of Tourism is a higher education institution founded on the close integration of education, science, and industry.

The mission and vision of the IUT Silk Roads are guided by development priorities:

orientation towards fundamental and applied research in modern science, education, and economics;Reproduction of scientific personnel - training with an academic master's degree and a Ph;implementation of academic personnel training in a broad range of areas, including information and communication technologies, business, law and governance, humanities and social sciences, education, journalism, natural sciences, mathematics, and statistics;ensuring the quality of the faculty, including by attracting top scientists of the country and inviting overseas specialists;selection of students: about 80% of undergraduate students are winners of international and national subject Olympiads and competitions of scientific projects. The high competition among master's and doctoral students is also a factor in the selection of students;focus on integration into Eurasian and Asian research and education space: membership in international organizations and associations;academic exchange of teachers and students;double-degree education;aspiration for leadership among domestic (Central Asian) and world universities, evidence of which are high places in national and significant positions in global rankings.