Westminster International University in Tashkent

WIUT main building in 2015

Type| International university
Established| 2002[1][2]
Rector| Bakhrom Mirkasimov
Students| 3,000[1]
Location|

Tashkent

Uzbekistan

Website| www.wiut.uz

Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT) is the first international university in Uzbekistan and first in Central Asia to offer Western education, with United Kingdom (UK) qualifications. WIUT was established in 2002 in partnership with the "UMID" Presidential Foundation, the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of Uzbekistan, and the University of Westminster in London (UoW).[1]

## Contents

* 1 Background
* 2 Academic structure
* 3 Alumni
* 4 References
* 5 See also

## Background

WIUT provides programmes at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels. Most of those enrolled at the university are studying economics or business subjects.[1] It has been described in International Education: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Issues and Systems as "successful in attracting students with high academic credentials".[3]

## Academic structure

In 2020, the university transitioned to a new academic administration structure. There are three schools operating at WIUT: (i) School of Business and Economics; (ii) School of Law, Technology and Education, and (iii) the Graduate School, offering doctoral programmes. Each school contains academic departments with subject areas.

(i) School of Business and Economics:

* Economics
* Finance
* Management & Marketing

(ii) School of Law, Technology and Education

* Law
* Computing
* Global Education

(iii) The Graduate School

* PhD
* DSc

## Alumni

* Gayane Umerova, art critic and curator[citation needed]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ibbotson, S.; Lovell-Hoare, S.; Lovell-Hoare, M. (2016) (in hu). Uzbekistan. Bradt Travel Guide Uzbekistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-78477-017-4. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xuehDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA28. Retrieved 20 Jan 2024.
2. ↑ Lamie, J.; Hill, C. (2023). The Evolving Nature of Universities: What Shapes and Influences Identity in International Higher Education. Routledge Research in Higher Education. Taylor & Francis. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-000-93531-8. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-BTIEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT73. Retrieved 20 Jan 2024.
3. ↑ Ness, D.; Lin, C.L. (2015). International Education: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Issues and Systems. Taylor & Francis. p. 823. ISBN 978-1-317-46751-9. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=F_FnBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA823. Retrieved 20 Jan 2024.

## See also

* TEAM University
* Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent
* Yeoju Technical Institute in Tashkent
* Academic Lyceum of Westminster International University in Tashkent
* Inha University in Tashkent
* Tashkent State Technical University
* Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration
* Tashkent Financial Institute
* Moscow State University in Tashkent named M.V Lomonosov
* Tashkent Automobile and Road Construction Institute
* Tashkent State University of Economics
* Tashkent State Agrarian University
* Tashkent State University of Law
* Tashkent University of Information Technologies
* University of World Economy and Diplomacy
* Education in Uzbekistan

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