According to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, six Uzbek universities ranked among the top 500, while two secured places in the top 200.
The National Research University TIIAME emerged as the country’s highest-ranked institution, placing 113th in Asia and fourth in Central Asia. The National University of Uzbekistan followed in 196th place in Asia and ninth in the regional ranking.
Other leading Uzbek universities included Samarkand State University, ranked 215th, Tashkent State University of Economics in 255th place, and Tashkent State Technical University in 281st.
Another 14 Uzbek universities featured between 469th and 1,000th place. They included institutions in Namangan, Tashkent, Urgench, Karshi, Bukhara, Fergana, Jizzakh and Nukus.
The remaining 19 universities were ranked 1,001st or lower. These included Andijan State University, Central Asian University, Uzbekistan State World Languages University and Gulistan State University.
