Representatives of the “Silk road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage took part in the VIII General Assembly of the Silk Road Universities Network (8^th General Assembly of SUN ) held on February 13-18 of this year in Dubai United Arab Emirates. The representatives of our university, the head of the Scientific research department Mansurova Nargiza Shamsidinovna and undergraduate student Ramziddin Ergashev who attended to the conference on behalf of our university, discussed the perspectives of establishing cooperation in the future and expanding international cooperation. According to the final results of the event, representatives of our university signed cooperation agreements with several universities. For instance “Al-Farabi Kazakh National University” Kazakhstan, “Ankara University” Turkiye, “Ca’ Foscari University of Venice” Italy, “National University of Arts and Culture” Mongolia, “Transylvania University of Brasov” Romania, “University of Delhi” India and “University of Guilan” Iran. In the near future, it is planned to exchange international staff and students in the fields of tourism and cultural heritage with partner universities.