Dear 1st year students! Dear friends! A joyful event has happened in your life! The most talented and brightest school-leavers of our country, demonstrated their new abilities, showed new achievements and entered our university!

This is a great achievement, a huge success and an example of how important it is to achieve your goals and realize your dreams in life! You have earned this admission by your labor, common sense and deep knowledge of life!

We wish you not to lose your passion and hobby, keeping all your talent to not only reach the maximum heights of science and technology, but also to solve very relevant and important problems of our time!

We know that you have all the necessary qualities for challenging studies, and you will be able to pass this way worthily and successfully. Studying at university will give you new knowledge and skills, and as a result you will become smarter and more professional in your field.

At our university every day will be full of work and study! Be persistent, move forward and reach new heights! Time will fly by quickly, but it will leave behind invaluable experience that opens new facets of life. Success and good luck to you!

As part of the events of the acquaintance week, the vice-chairman of the university sports club Z.Kafiev introduced the 1st year students to the conditions created in the swimming pool and gym of the university in order to form a healthy competitive environment among young people and increase their interest in mass sports. He invited students interested in sports and swimming to take part in the work of clubs organized at our university and answered the questions asked.

         Dear teachers and students of our university, we invite you to the concert program Jazz-Blues Jam, which will be held in the concert hall in Samarkand on September 20 of this year at 13:00, as well as a meeting with foreign artists.

In this concert program you will hear the most wonderful works performed by the musical group of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage and guest musicians from Moscow.

Come to the concert and enjoy the beautiful melodies and songs.

On September 10-14, Bishkek hosted the international forum “Creative and Scientific Intellectuals of CIS”. N.Abduvakhidova, head of the department on work with youth and mahallas, took part in the session of this international forum. At this forum N.Abduvakhidova made a report and presentation on the topic of awarding the city of Samarkand the status of “Cultural Capital of the Commonwealth”, and the city of Tashkent - the status of “Youth Capital of the Commonwealth” in 2024.

The forum provided detailed information on what is happening today in the cultural and educational sphere of Uzbekistan, what great attention is being paid to young people and what conditions are being created, what reforms are being undertaken to create opportunities.

On September 18 of this year, a collection of books consisting of 9 tomes of rare manuscript copies published by the Party Committee of Shandong Province of China to the Samarkand Regional Administration was handed over to the library of our university. These unique sources were handed over by Deputy Governor Rustam Kabilov on behalf of Erkinjan Turdimov, the regional governor. These books were received by the first vice-rector of our university, prof. J.Eltazarov, who noted that these valuable sources serve as a necessary source of knowledge for the teaching staff of our university and students, and expressed his gratitude to the regional governor.

On October 19, 2023, at 10:30, in the conference hall of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage within the meeting of Scientific Council DSc.33/01.02.2022.I.145.01 which grants scientific degrees in economic sciences, the defense of dissertation work on the topic “Increasing efficiency of using the economic potential in the sphere of tourism” of Kholbayev Shakhriyor Abdullaevich on specialty 08.00.17 “Tourism and hotel activity”, a doctorate student of Samarkand State University named after Sharaf Rashidov for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).