Westminster International University in Tashkent

Westminster International University in Tashkent
	WIUT main building in 2015
Type	International university
Established	2002
Rector	Bakhrom Mirkasimov
Students	5,000
Location	Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Website	www.wiut.uz

Last updated April 23, 2024

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]

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

Diplomatic Academy of London

The Diplomatic Academy of London (DAL) is a graduate department of diplomatic studies at Westminster International University in Tashkent that offers programs of study in London on the campus of the University of Westminster. It offers graduate diplomas, both M.A. and Ph.D., in affiliation with the University of Westminster.^[4] It was originally established in 1988 by the Commonwealth of Nations as a program of study for diplomats from smaller member-nations of the Commonwealth.^[5] By 1992, it had evolved into a graduate department of diplomatic studies for foreign students studying at University of Westminster that was directed by Nabil Ayad with it offering both M.A. and Ph.D. diplomas through that university.^[6]^[7] The department was later absorbed into Westminster International University in Tashkent.^[4]

It should not be confused with the similarly named London Academy of Diplomacy which was a different institution that operated from 2010-2016.^[8]

Alumni

Gayane Umerova, art critic and curator^[9]

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