The ancient and ever-popular Samarkand, which has a history of almost 3000 thousand years and was able to fascinate the whole world, welcomed its another  age today. On such a great day, we congratulate all professors, teachers, students, workers and employees of our university on October 18, Samarkand City Day.

May you have a good and lucky day, we wish our professors and teachers high achievements in thier work in education, diligence and perseverance to our students with their studies, and also we wish the employees many blessings for your contribution to education.

Happy holiday, dear team!

Our university organised “Days of psychological and collective counselling among women”.

Reception days: Friday of every month

Office hours: 9:00 - 18:00.

The rights of our women are established in the renewed Constitution.

On 17 October of this year a delegation headed by Daria Sannikova, Director of the Kazan Tourism Development Committee, visited our university. First Vice-Rector of the university, Prof. J.Eltazarov welcomed the guests. Within the framework of the visit with Daria Sannikova and the Kazan delegation the prospects of co-operation in the field of education and tourism were discussed.  The guests visited the university library and the national costume gallery, which demonstrated the richness of the cultural heritage of our area. An agreement was reached at the meeting to establish co-operation in the field of tourism and tourism education.

The chairperson of the women’s council of our university M.Abbasova gave an interview in the broadcast “Assalom Samarkand” of the regional television about what work is carried out today in our university with the teaching staff of students and girls, what conditions are created for them and what is the gender equality conditions.

Provision of electronic automated and remote access in the information resource centre of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage https://unilibrary.uz /  the platform is available. This platform is placed on a tablet in the form of a table at the entrance to the library ( reception).

This platform includes 186,974 items of literature, 26,078 articles, 8,252 monographs, 20,896 dissertations. Remote reading of this literature provides an opportunity for self-study. In addition, a special QR code tracking system has been created at the entrance to the library, which allows remote tracking of all the literature available in the library and reservation of these books.

“Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage Information and Resource Centre has 25,371 items of literature in the form of books under the title of 13522. Of them 4801 copies of literature in Uzbek language, 3680 copies in Russian language, 10 749 copies in English language and 5141 copies in other languages. Of these: printed literature in bound forms-25371 pcs, electronic-911 pcs, Braille-17 pcs, audio-58 pcs, educational literature in bound forms-1039 pcs, scientific literature-1814 pcs, fiction-1793 pcs, foreign literature-19354 pcs, other literature-371 pcs.

All conditions for students and teachers are created in the library. The library has 1 electronic room with 14 new (hp) computers. There are also 2 study halls and a room for intellectual games. In the first study hall there are 18 soft cushions (poufs). The second study hall has 21 seats and students have the opportunity to read books and prepare a lesson using educational literature. In the Brainstorming room, teachers and students hold discussions on a topic of interest. At the same time, Atriuum Book Systems (USA) platform is used in the library. Through this platform, students and teachers can find the literature they need, borrow it, or come to the Information Resource Centre and borrow it. All the rooms of the library are equipped with cooling (air-conditioning) devices and each room is decorated in its own beautiful way.

Currently, the EBSCOhost database of local and international information and databases in the information resource centre of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage http://search.ebscohost.com , Atrioom Book Systems https://univsilkroaduz.booksys.net , Proquest https://www.proquest.com , Unilibrary.uz https://unilibrary.uz , Springer https://link.springer.com ) are used.

On 12 October of this year, Professor Ma Jian, Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Heritage, Northwest University of China, gave a lecture for the students of our university on “From oasis to grassland: the early development and interaction of the mountains of Eastern Tianshan”. During the lecture, information about the importance of the East Tianshan region in the history of the Great Silk Road, archaeological scientific expeditions conducted in the territory of oases and grasslands was presented.

It was also told about the importance of scientific research works carried out in Surkhandarya region with the cooperation of Chinese-Uzbek archeologists. At the end of the lecture, the students received answers to their questions.

On December 19, 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 66/170, proclaiming October 11 the International Day of Girls and recognizing their rights. In 2023, we celebrate the 12^th anniversary of the establishment of the International Day of Girls.

A solemn event dedicated to the International Day of Girls, organized by the Chairman of the Women’s Council of the University M.Abbasova, and the university in cooperation with the primary organization of the Youth Union was held at the “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage from early morning. This event was attended by the first Vice-rector J.Eltazarov, the staff, as well as the teaching staff of the university.

“Over the past 12 years, issues of importance to girls have received significantly more attention at all levels, and girls have more opportunities to have their voices heard. The empowerment of women and girls and the promotion of gender equality are crucial to accelerating sustainable development”, - noted the first Vice-rector J.Eltazarov.

During the event, certificates were awarded to foreign students, as well as students who helped in the organization of this event.