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Welcome speech from the Vice-Rector for External Relations


Vice-Rector for External Relations, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor Attokurov Kursantbek Sharabidinovich. 


Dear colleagues and students! Let me tell you briefly about the history, infrastructure, external relations, and experience exchange programs of our educational institution.

Osh State University is known as the flagship of educational institutions in our country. According to the results of inspections by independent international accreditation agencies, it has been at the top of the national ranking for several years. It was founded in 1939. In 2022, the president granted him special status. Today the university has about 50,000 students. Among them are more than 12,000 students from 29 countries (India, Pakistan, Turkey, Korea, China, Japan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Morocco, Iran, Nepal, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh, Palestine, etc.) Among the teaching staff are 2 corresponding members of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, 108 doctors of sciences, professors, 451 candidates of sciences and associate professors, 33 honored workers, and about 200 best educators of the Kyrgyz Republic. The university has a high-quality educational, methodological, material and technical base, with solid scientific and pedagogical potential. Specifically, there are 2 research institutes, 20 faculties, 6 colleges, 1 high school, 3 lyceums and international centers. Osh State University - a multidisciplinary educational institution that trains highly qualified and experienced specialists in various fields -pedagogical, humanitarian, natural sciences, technical, medical, legal, theological, music, fine arts, agriculture, social sphere and etc. In total, university provides here in 80 areas at the bachelor′s, master′s, postgraduate and PhD levels.

Today, the university has entered into bilateral cooperation agreements and memorandums of understanding with 310 educational institutions in 33 countries. Every year, about 400 teachers, about 700 students participate in the Erasmus+, Mevlana, DAAD, Universities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Orhun, ITEC, “Osh Declaration” and other programs. Based on academic mobility programs and bilateral cooperation agreements, they are to foreign and domestic educational institutions for training, exchange of experience, internships. 28 agreements on joint education and double degree programs were signed with 20 educational institutions in Russia, China and Kazakhstan.

External relations of OshSU are expanding every day. When conducting foreign policy, the departments of international relations and working with foreign citizens under the leadership of the vice-rector. Our doors are always open for you!