On May 17, women's council of "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage organized a spiritual-educational event on the theme "You are always holy - a holy woman" dedicated to the 77th anniversary of the singer of love and kindness Khalima Khudayberdieva.

The guest of the event, poet, writer, journalist, playwright Karimberdi Turmurodov, took part in a poetry lecture on the theme "A woman who found happiness in poetry" and told the students about the life and creative path of Khalimakhon Khudayberdieva.

Also at the end of the event the student youth read samples from poems and works of the poet and received answers to questions. The poetry event made a great impression on the participants.

In today's era of globalization, the first initiative of the five most important initiatives of the President, as well as the meaningful realization of students' free time - in order to further enhance young people's interest in music, painting, literature, theater and other arts, in support of their efforts to discover their talent, tutors working at our university visited the university boulevard with students and had a cultural break in nature, singing poems and songs with students.

On the "Student Safety Day" at “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage a morning briefing was held for the university tutors. According to the instruction, the tutors analyzed the conditions and socio-psychological and everyday problems related to independent study in the student dormitory, helped to solve them. They closely studied the state of observance of internal etiquette and sanitary and hygienic rules in the student dormitory.

Also the territory of the university, where the tutors are on duty, is monitored with the help of video monitoring. Attendance activities were conducted as part of the propaganda events.

         On May 16-17 of this year the international scientific-practical conference "Cultural Echoes on the Silk Road: bridging historical legacies with modern tourism" was held at "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage.

         The international scientific-practical conference started with the speech of the First Vice Rector of the university for administrative affairs Prof. D. Nasimov. Dr. Amir Singh, Vice Rector of the Singapore Institute of Management Development in Tashkent, Professor Mavluda Yusupova, Director of Silk Road Research Institute, Tony Zou, Vice Rector for Research, Innovation and Commercialization of "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, Joseph Hoffmann, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs of "Silk Road" International University, Asghar Mehmood Sufyan, Head of School of Business and Management, as well as local and foreign researchers also took part in the event.

        The speakers emphasized the importance of realizing the social, economic, political and cultural ties of the Silk Road peoples today, exchanging ideas with the researchers of our republic and the world, as well as improving the quality and efficiency of research work of young scientists, master's students, PhD students and specialists.

        The conference, attracting the attention of the scientific community and devoted to important issues of interaction between historical heritage and modern tourism, is continuing its work.

Recently, the team of the "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage took the first place in the regional edition of the intellectual game "Zakovat", which was held among the higher educational institutions of our region. We congratulate our knowledge- thirsty student youth with this success and wish them good luck at the republican stage.

The following teams took part in the republican stage, which will be held in Tashkent:

1. International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage "Silk Road".

2. Samarkand Institute of Economics and Service

3. Uzbekistan - Finnish Pedagogical Institute

4. Samarkand State University of Architecture and Construction

About 70 experts from 22 countries participated in an international seminar dedicated to the third mission of universities: "State contribution to socio-economic development in cooperation".

 In this respect, it is remarkable that "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage was chosen to organize this international seminar. Of course, it is not simply for a reason, because in Uzbekistan, "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, in particular, has long been providing students with knowledge in the direction of the higher education system of developed countries. Our nationally accredited university is now aiming for international accreditation. Holding such a prestigious seminar at our university is the first step towards international accreditation.

Organized on 13-14 May, the seminar, attended by experts from foreign and national universities, discussed important issues. At the seminar, Suna Park, Advisor of Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, delivered a speech to the participants of the seminar from Rector of "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage A. Abdukhakimov.

At the international seminar, important reports were read, a number of presentations were made, which were put up for discussion. One of the important statements at the seminar was that universities should be a driver of preparation of scientific approaches, theory, ideas in all spheres of life of society, and for this purpose appropriate recommendations were developed.

"Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage is pleased to announce the opportunity to participate in scholarship programs offered to support active and talented students!

For the 2024-2025 academic year, the admission of documents for the scholarship of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the state scholarship named after Islam Karimov and the state scholarship named after Navoi begins.

Applicants:

Students of the 2nd, 3rd year of bachelor's degree.

Students in the 2nd, 3rd year of bachelor's degree can apply for the scholarship of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the state scholarship named after Islam Karimov and the state scholarship named after Navoi.

The qualification indicator of applicants for the scholarship of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan must be 100% excellent;

The admission rate of applicants for the Islam Karimov State Scholarship and Navoi State Scholarship may be higher up to 25%.

The deadline for submitting documents for the university stage of the competition is until June 20, 2024.

For additional questions you can contact the Department of Scientific Research.

Phone number for inquiries: +998662406785

On May 14, 2024, in the attendance of M. Abbasova, Chairwoman of the Women's Advisory Council of "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, student youth and teachers, a round table on the theme "Family is a sacred dwelling place" was held in dedication to the "International Family Day" celebrated on May 15.

M. Abbasova, chairwoman of the Women's Advisory Council of the university, F. Gaybullaev, head of staff of the city council of the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, B. Rakhmonov, editor of the newspaper " Voice of Samarkand" and a group of party activists, A. Odilov, head of the department of "Tourism" participated in the event and gave speeches on the topic.

Also at the event, students received necessary recommendations on such important issues as raising a child in a family, family and legal relations in youth, psychology of family life, family economy and budget, basics of reproductive health, respectful attitude to the promotion of spiritual and moral values.

The event, full of questions and answers, was significant in terms of the importance for students and young people in the future to become part of society with a family.

M.A.Yorkulov, head of academic planning and development and independent researcher of "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, gave a lecture at the HTWG Konstanz University of Applied Sciences, ranked 478th in the QS World University Rankings – 2024 on the topic "Strategic development of regional tourism". Furthermore, the students of the university were informed about the touristic potential of Uzbekistan, in particular Samarkand region.