About the University
Tashkent State Law University (TSUU) is the
main higher and scientific and methodological institution in Uzbekistan for the
training of legal personnel.
Educational process
The University, as an independent
educational and research institution, actively applies new pedagogical
technologies in the educational process, conducts fundamental and scientific
research on topical issues of legislation and its application, as well as legal
regulation in society, carries out a wide range of spiritual and educational activities
aimed at raising awareness and legal culture.
Tashkent State Law University trains
specialists at the level of bachelor's, master's, doctoral students and
independent applicants.
By the Decree of the President of the
Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 29,
2020 UP-5987 "On additional measures to radically improve legal education
and science in the Republic of Uzbekistan", the organizational structure
of the Tashkent State Law University was revised and new faculties and
structural divisions were created.
Currently, there are 4 faculties operating
at the Tashkent State Law University:
1. public law;
2. criminal justice;
3. private law;
4. International law and comparative law.
These faculties have departments of
constitutional law, administrative and financial law, court, law enforcement
and advocacy, Criminology and forensic science, as well as a Center for the
Study of Japanese Law, a Center for the Study of German Law and Comparative
Law.
The
university has 19 departments. The scientific potential of the university is
43%. Measures are being taken to increase the scientific potential to at least
70% by supporting research over the next 5 years.
For
your reference: Today, the
university has 279 professors and teachers, including 33 Doctors of Science(
DSc), 82 candidates of Science (including 29 doctors of Philosophy (PhD)), 23
of them have degrees and titles of professor, 42 – associate professor.
The educational process at the university
is based on the credit-modular system, which is new in our country. In
addition, the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) has been
introduced into the process, providing students with the opportunity to choose
subjects.
Starting from the 2020/2021 academic year,
the university provides remote admission to bachelor's and master's degrees.
Tashkent State Law University provides
training in the following specialties of the master's degree (the duration of
training is 1 year):
1. legal practice
2. international arbitration and dispute
resolution;
3. sports law;
4. the law of public administration;
5. business law;
6. labor law;
7. theory and practice of criminal law
application;
8. Intellectual
property and information technology law.
Currently,
the Tashkent State Law University has 4,426 undergraduate students and 269
graduate students.
Classes
at TSUL are conducted in Uzbek, Russian and English.
The University also has a Center for
professional training of legal personnel in accordance with international
standards, a specialized branch of the University for the training and
Retraining of preventive Inspectors, and an academic lyceum.
In addition, the university coordinates the
activities of the legal technical schools of the Ministry of Justice,
established in each region of the country.
In 2020, the university launched the
E-University platform, which provides for the digitization of the educational
process, including the formation of schedules, exams, grades, student ratings
and the transition to electronic document exchange. This platform allows
students and their parents, the general public to control and directly
participate in all processes related to the activities of the university, and
also ensures the openness and transparency of the processes.
Prevention and fight against corruption is
one of the main tasks of the university. In this regard, the university has
adopted an Anti-Corruption Program. An Anti-corruption commission has been
established. A code of ethics was also developed. Mechanisms are being
implemented to create a feedback system to obtain information about corruption,
to conduct systematic surveys of students on corruption issues and take
practical measures based on their results, as well as to exercise public control
over the examination process.
International activities
TSUL is rapidly expanding its horizons in
the international arena. To date, the university has established cooperation
with more than 50 universities in the near and far abroad countries, as well as
cooperates with international organizations and representative offices, such as
WIPO, USAID, GIZ, and implements projects in a number of areas.
The University implements joint educational
programs aimed at awarding a "double diploma".
Within the framework of joint educational
programs, an agreement was reached with the Tajik State University of Law,
Business and Politics to establish a joint faculty located on the territory of
this university in the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as with the Yanka Kupala
Grodno State University (Republic of Belarus) on the training of bachelors in
private international law and M. S. Narikbayev KAZGUU (Republic of Kazakhstan)
on the training of bachelors in international economic law. Agreements were
also reached on the creation of joint bachelor's degree programs with the East
China University of Political Science and Law, and joint master's degree
programs with the Universities of Mikolas Romeris (Lithuania) and Queen Mary
(Great Britain).
Tashkent State University has become a full
member of the International Association of Universities( IAU), the
International Association of Law Schools (IALS), the European Association of
Law Faculties (ELFA), the Grand Charter of Universities (Magna Charter) and the
European Association of Higher Education Institutions (EURASHE).
Students of the university take an active
part in international competitions such as Willem C. Vis Moot Arbitration,
Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
The University actively cooperates with
leading law firms. Among them are White&Case, Foley Hoag, Dentons, Sidley
Austin, Vinson & Elkins, Willkie Farr&Gallagher.