Yeungnam University - Uzbekistan Turin Polytechnic University Cooperation Agreement Signed... Introduction of '2+2 Joint Degree'

Yeungnam University (President Choi Oechul) and Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, announced on the 10th that they have signed a mutual cooperation agreement for the operation of educational programs and a 2+2 joint degree program.

At the signing ceremony held on the morning of the 8th at Yeungnam University, attendees included Yeungnam University President Choi Oechul, Vice President for Educational Innovation Park Seungwoo, Vice President for International Education Heo Changdeok, Director of the International Student Recruitment Support Group Lee Chunyoung, as well as Turin Polytechnic University President Tuychiyev Olimjon Alijonovich, Vice President Yusupov Jalolliddin, Director of External Cooperation Karimov Khojakbar, and Director of Innotechnopark Sultanov Mansurbek, among other university officials from both institutions.

President Choi Oechul of Yeungnam University (right) and President Tuyichiev Olimzhan of Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent are holding up the signed cooperation agreement after concluding the partnership.

Turin Polytechnic University was established in 2009 with investments from the Uzbekistan Ministry of Education and the Uzbekistan Automotive Association, and currently has approximately 1,900 students enrolled across nine departments. In 2015, it became the first engineering university in Uzbekistan to acquire the ISO 9001:2008 certification and is recognized as a top-tier institution for engineering and technology education within Uzbekistan.

According to the agreement, both universities will collaborate on the operation of educational programs, jointly plan and implement the 2+2 joint degree program, engage in joint research activities, exchange academic materials and publications, facilitate faculty exchanges for research, lectures, and discussions, and promote exchanges of graduate and undergraduate students for research purposes.

Tuychiyev Olimjon Alijonovich, who served as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Innovative Development of Uzbekistan and Head of the Innovation Development Agency of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation before assuming the presidency of Turin Polytechnic University this year, stated, “Today’s exchange agreement with Yeungnam University will greatly benefit the development of both universities and serve as an opportunity to further strengthen the close relationship between our two countries. We expect synergy through the exchange of Yeungnam University’s long-standing educational and research expertise and Turin Polytechnic University’s specialized fields.”

Yeungnam University President Choi Oechul said, “I am pleased that Yeungnam University, which has received excellent evaluations in various global university rankings, can collaborate with Turin Polytechnic University, which has outstanding educational infrastructure in the engineering field. Since last year, we have actively engaged in exchanges with five major national and private universities in Uzbekistan, establishing the Saemaul Studies Department and educating four faculty members at the Park Chung-hee Saemaul Graduate School and the Saemaul International Development Department.”

President Choi added, “Regardless of nationality, the university’s role is to educate talented individuals well. Taking today as an opportunity, I hope that both universities will not only share accumulated educational experiences but also create a new educational paradigm. Yeungnam University will devote sincere efforts toward this goal.”

Yeungnam University has been steadily exchanging with universities in Uzbekistan to nurture talent contributing to the development of human society and to establish a foothold for the expansion of global education. In June last year, a delegation led by President Choi Oechul visited five major universities, including Tashkent State University of Economics, regarded as one of the top institutions in Central Asia, and signed exchange agreements.

Since the agreement, Yeungnam University has operated a 2+2 dual degree program with Tashkent University of Information Technologies (TUIT) starting from September last year, and Samarkand State University established a Saemaul Studies Department in August last year and admitted its first freshmen under the dual degree program with Yeungnam University.

From April this year, major courses taught by Yeungnam University professors have been offered locally for students, with lectures conducted online. Additionally, in January, Yeungnam University held academic and cultural exchanges with Bukhara State University and Samarkand State University through museum and academic symposium events, further expanding the scope of exchanges with universities in Uzbekistan.

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