On April 27, on the initiative of the representative office of the German economy in Central Asia, a delegation of German organizations and universities visited Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent (TPUT). Under the leadership of the Thuringian State Secretary for Economy, Higher education and Digital Affairs, the representatives of the 6 German universities, Thuringian state administration and German Economic Delegation took part in the event.
As part of the visit, members of the delegation, were closely acquainted with technopark, laboratory and startup projects of Turin Polytechnic university in Tashkent.
Both sides discussed the possibility of further cooperation. In particular, as follows:
- Signing Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation between TPUT and German universities;
- Organizing Internship programs in Industries of Germany for TPUT Professionalizing degree students;
- Organizing summer schools in both side university;
- Cooperation in Erasmus+ Capacity Building project calls (signing ERASMUS+ Inter Institutional Agreement);
- Exchange library resources and online access to electronic resources to use educational-scientific information databases;
- Cooperation on research projects and new calls on Horizon Europe projects;
- International mobility: exchange of students and doctoral candidates, exchange of researchers and lecturers and exchange of administrative staff funded Erasmus+ programs;
- International cooperation in teaching: mutual recognition of academic achievements (2+2 programs leading to degree programs in Uzbek track students), establishing joint and double degree in BSc, MSc and PhD programmes;
At the end of the meeting, a memorandum of understanding and an agreement on student exchange were signed with Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences.
Other universities also expressed great interest in cooperation and agreed to sign a memorandum of cooperation in the future.
