Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences launches exten­sive educa­tional coop­er­a­tion with Uzbekistan

Karelia UAS launches educa­tional coop­er­a­tion with the new Nordic Inter­na­tional Univer­sity in Tashkent, Uzbek­istan. Three inter­na­tional degree programmes of Karelia UAS will be launched at the univer­sity so that the teach­ers are local, but the contents of the educa­tion are from Karelia UAS. The coop­er­a­tion agree­ment also includes other measures for devel­op­ing the Nordic Inter­na­tional Univer­sity accord­ing to educa­tional models applied at Finnish univer­si­ties of applied sciences.

The offi­cial agree­ment on educa­tional coop­er­a­tion was signed between Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences and Nordic Inter­na­tional Univer­sity on 21th Febru­ary, during the cele­bra­tion of Finnish educa­tion. The event was also part of the Minis­ter of Devel­op­ment Coop­er­a­tion and Foreign Trade of Finland Ville Skinnar’s visit to Uzbekistan.

Karelia UAS is the first Finnish higher educa­tion insti­tu­tion to have such compre­hen­sive, high-level coop­er­a­tion with the educa­tional sector in Uzbekistan.

– This coop­er­a­tion has been prepared for over two years. With this agree­ment, we will educate Uzbek teach­ers and the univer­sity manage­ment accord­ing to Finnish stan­dards. The univer­sity will use our contents of educa­tion, our methods, as well as our manage­ment and quality systems, states Pres­i­dent Petri Raivo.  

– The English-medi­ated degrees are the same as we have on our Joensuu campus, i.e. Inter­na­tional Busi­ness, Indus­trial Manage­ment, and Infor­ma­tion and Commu­ni­ca­tion Tech­nol­ogy, lists Pres­i­dent Raivo. 

Uzbek­istan is currently imple­ment­ing major educa­tional reforms, and the Nordic Inter­na­tional Univer­sity founded last autumn is an essen­tial part of this reform. The Nordic Inter­na­tional Univer­sity will be a new, inno­v­a­tive and compre­hen­sive educa­tional cluster based on modern higher educa­tion compe­tence from Finland and other Nordic coun­tries. Uzbek­istan aims to create a modern educa­tional cluster in Tashkent.

– This coop­er­a­tion is a signif­i­cant strate­gic part­ner­ship that supports Uzbekistan’s higher educa­tion reform. Thanks to Karelia’s part­ner­ship, Nordic Inter­na­tional Univer­sity will become a model univer­sity whose univer­sity of applied sciences features can be learned from by others, empha­sizes Nordic Inter­na­tional University’s board chair­man, Finland’s honorary consul in Uzbek­istan, Alisher Juraev.

The Nordic Inter­na­tional Univer­sity already has a number of Finnish busi­ness and educa­tion part­ners. Karelia UAS is the only Finnish univer­sity partner so far.