Uzbek State World Language University

Uzbekistan State World Languages University (abbreviated as UzSWLU, Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston davlat Jahon Tillari Universiteti; abbreviated as OʻzDJTU) is a public university located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The university was established via merging two language universities by Islam Karimov in 1992.

The University is organised into 8 faculties: Roman & German Philology, Journalism, Translation Studies, Russian Philology and three English faculties, English Philology faculty and offers bachelor, master degrees in language-related fields.

It has also the main national responsibility for training and requalification ESL teachers, creating and updating language textbooks, teaching methods, strategies in Uzbekistan. In addition to that, the university also maintains its own printing service and coordinates the Centre for Development of Language Teaching Methods.

History

UzSWLU is relatively young university, established by Islam Karimov, former Uzbekistan's President. In its current form, It was created in 1992 by the merger of two higher institutes in Tashkent as follows:

Tashkent Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages, established in 1949.

Russian Language and Literature Institute, established in 1963.

In 2007, the University established a lyceum that prepares middle school students to enter the University and also teaches language and humanitarian subjects in depth. Prior to this 2017, the University contained three lyceums, but with the introduction of an eleven-year educational school, this number was reduced to one. This lyceum is located on Bobur Street in Tashkent.

Faculties

UzSWLU mainly focuses on language-related fields and it's divided into 7 faculties. The faculties are listed as follows:

• First English language faculty
• Second English language faculty
• Third English language faculty
• Roman and German Philology
• Russian Philology
• Translation Studies
• International Journalism
• English Philology faculty

The University has three English faculties but they cover different fields, for example, the first faculty is aimed at training interpreters.

First English faculty

This faculty was firstly established on 12 May 1992 by Islam Karimov.

The history of the faculty is directly linked to the history of the university as it was opened in the same year with the establishment of the university. This faculty actually trains ESL teachers and also gives them a choice to learn second language.

The list of the second languages which are taught are given as follows, and the student can choose which language to learn: French, German, Arabic, Spanish, Turkish and Chinese.

It also cooperates with some international companies and universities. The partners of the faculty are given as follows: British Council in Uzbekistan, American Embassy in Uzbekistan, "ITEC" program of Indian Embassy, educational program of Malaysian Embassy in Uzbekistan and with the "TEMPUS" program of European Union. There are three main departments which are currently located at the faculty, and they are: "English language phonetics and phonology department", "English language grammar and history department", "Professional lexica department". This is the oldest faculty in this university.

Second English faculty

The second faculty shares the same structure and serves the similar purposes as the faculty. However, the main differences between the faculties could be found.

It's one of the youngest faculties that was created after splitting the first English faculty in 2002. It was granted a special status in 2009 so now it's fully independent college that is working . Nowadays, there are about 1461 students who are currently involved with the studies at the faculty.

There's more than 100 lecturers and teachers and more 61 of them have or hold a doctor degree. The faculty offers the right to choose one course as the second language, rather than English. There are four main departments at the faculty, which are given as follows: "Practical subjects on English language", "Lexicology of English language", "Stylistics of English language" and "Natural subjects".

Third English language faculty

The third one is the same with its structure and the educational materials with its two ancestors, that's mentioned before.

Lyceum

Nearly, all of the higher educational institutions of Uzbekistan are linked with the academic lyceums and the colleges that prepare some students for them. There's actually a lyceum that was opened in 2007 and now located on Bobur Str.

Academic Lyceum of the UzSWLU

The lyceum enrols only the students who have finished their middle school and then successfully passed the admission tests.

Currently, this lyceum has three faculties: Foreign Languages, Humanities and Natural Sciences. Each department has its own curriculum and specialized subjects, for example, the faculty of foreign languages is exclusively engaged in teaching English at the intermediate and higher levels and the humanities department focuses only on history and related subjects; the main goal of the lyceum is to prepare a graduate with a sufficient level of knowledge for the university.

External links and sources

• Uzbek State Test Centre
• News about the university
• Article and news about the university Archived 17 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Brochure about the university
• Article about the university
• University in maps
• Forum page discussing the university
• Information about the University
• News about the university Archived 10 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Brochure about the university
• University in the maps
• Events at the university
• Article and news from official site of the university
• Events and news from the university
• Events at the university
• Chinese delegation at the University

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